*jane*

Can anyone advise on the pet export process? We're hoping to take our two cats with us when we move to Sydney in January, but they're scared of almost everything and we're worried it'll be too traumatic for them.

Also, we've got basic info from DEFRA re. jabs etc., but what about the other costs involved? And would we need to use a specialist company to transport them? If so, any recommendations? Any advice whatsoever would be hugely appreciated!

Sorry if this has already been done to death on here, but I had trouble finding threads that answered all my questions...

SunshineGirl

We're taking ours. Please note that there is currently a 3 month wait for quarantine and that you can't book quarantine until you have the import permit. Also you can't apply for a permit until you have had them microchipped.

You can't start soon enough when it comes to pets!

We're using Animal Airlines but Golden Arrow came well recommended as well.

Good luck!

tequila

You couldn't take all the ones in my road could you? Stop them s***ing in my garden and my baby daughter wondering what it is!!

*jane*

Gosh, that's rather more complicated than I thought! Best get on with it now, I think. Thanks very much for your help!

zoe13

we used airpets in heathrow, they did everything except sort our the transfer from sydney to adelaide after quarantine - you wont have to worry about that though. i had all the same concerns but i think its worth it (even tho its soo expensive!) and the cats have been fine (one is so timid and the other one is tolerant of other people). they love it here!

*jane*

Aww, that's good to know! Could you also give me an idea of the approximate cost? Thanks very much.

cresta57

First class cat carriers are available here

Aldebaran

ooooh you are awful :scared:

kitty4

Is the 3 month wait for quarantine for the Sydney quarantine station?
We are going to use airpets, who said they needed to book into Sydney asap as the size of the quarantine station has been halved! but didn't know it was 3 months. Can't book until we have a firm offer/contracts on the house, this is so difficult to plan because of house buyers messing around

SunshineGirl

We were in the same position even with an offer on the house. When we did exchange, I immediately rang Perth and was told there would be a 3 month wait so I decided to ring Sydney and Melbourne as well just in case I could get them in there then fly them over to Perth.

Both told me there a 3 month wait there as well.

zoe13

hello again...

not sure of the approx cost to be totally honest with you - i am too scared to add it up!! i think it would be around £2500 but that would also include the cost of getting them flown over to adelaide. airpets were really good and they were very tolerant of me ringing to say 'oh yes we would like to provisionally book for such and such a date' and the a few weeks later having to cancel that due to house sale falling through (sodding chains). we were lucky as we could have used melbourne or sydney (perth is the smallest and nearly always full if you have to book relatively short notice) so when it came to me properly booking (had to leave the house to sell 'on its own' so to speak as i was pregnant and had to fly or have the baby on my own in uk - partner already working in aus) they were able to book sydney straightaway. i think i read they had a flood so lost half of their quarantine 'rooms' - not sure how else to describe them!! 'cells'??? anyway. i also think that getting an import certificate is a guarantee of a space in quarantine as they won't give you one without the other. i think... well i was pregnant and dealing with approximately three million other things at the same time so i could be wrong..

say again - highly recommend airpets..

meow

lee/jane

Hi

We did it all ourselves, you can get all the info on the government websites, for permits and vet things. It was a bit hard, but doable, and we save quite a bit of money. We had a bit of a nightmare when we got to the airport to drop them off. They wanted to inspect the cages empty to look for drugs and things, so we had to take the cats out. One of the cats is really nervy and was a bit freaked out, so we couldn't get him out in the car park it was to much of a risk, so I had to get in the car with the box, and one of my boys to take the cat out of the box, then quickly pass the box out to my husband so he could take the cage in to be weighed and checked. The cat lost the plot and managed to get under one of the car seats and I couldn't get the bleeder out. Meanwhile my boy was sobbing cause he was going to miss his cat, it was not a good day. Anyway everything else went well and they have settle really well here, except that the birds here are very aggressive and dive bomb the cats in the garden, the cats really didn't know what hit them, they were scared at first but they have go use to it.

Jane

zoe13

all the birds gang up on our two and make such a racket that it warns all the others away. even when i sit out they all sit in the lemon tree shreiking at me!

im sure i read on here that you cant do it on your own anymore - anyone remember or know about it that can help?