leaving pets behind
May 9th 2005 | 3:00 am
#46
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Re: leaving pets behind
Thanks everyone
Sam, your post has brought tears to my eyes again, I will definitely be there til the end, just hoping, hoping, hoping it turns out to be something else and wont come to that but the vet didnt really hold out much hope......
Sam, your post has brought tears to my eyes again, I will definitely be there til the end, just hoping, hoping, hoping it turns out to be something else and wont come to that but the vet didnt really hold out much hope......
May 9th 2005 | 4:17 am
#47
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From: cleveland Brisbane
Re: leaving pets behind
[QUOTE=bridiej]We may only be taking one cat now....
So sorry to hear about holly, hope writing on this thread helps in some way as people have been so nice on here as we all know what it is like to have and love a pet.
Lisa
So sorry to hear about holly, hope writing on this thread helps in some way as people have been so nice on here as we all know what it is like to have and love a pet.
Lisa
May 9th 2005 | 4:33 am
#48
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by bridiej
We may only be taking one cat now.... Holly, my eldest (11) has been vomiting for a while, took him back to the vets again today to discover it's blood he's been vomiting for the last couple of weeks, he's lost weight and sleeping a lot and vet pretty sure it's cancer.
totally devastated, cant stop crying at the thought of losing my baby....
totally devastated, cant stop crying at the thought of losing my baby....
My heart goes out to you as I am going through the same thing with my eldest cat, Winston, who was diagnosed with liver disease early this year and is gradually going down hill.
Winston has been with me for 16 years, so I know exactly how you're feeling The thought of losing a beloved pet (and the term pet just doesn't cover what they mean to you, does it?) is so hard to accept, and you just can't imagine how it's going to be not having them in your life.
So have a good cry and let it out - this has been a horrible shock and it will take a couple of days to come to terms with it. The important thing is that you will be there for him, and you'll make the best of whatever time Holly has left and spoil him rotten.
I'm thinking of you,
Nicky
May 9th 2005 | 4:37 am
#49
Margie
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by Born2tri
Hi,
Just wanted to know if anyone has left there pets behind as we have two dogs a dalmation and bearded collie going to live with a friend i think,and i keep telling myself we are doing the right thing as going to be so busy when we get there, and not many house's accept pets when renting, also beardie hates the heat and dalamation gets car sick even just going 5mins, but all the same my heart is torn when i look at them, just wanted to know if others have managed without their pets or am i just being cruel not taking them. The children are fine about it now but not sure when the time comes what they will be like. Heading for Brisbane end of July and any advice appreciated.
Lisa
Just wanted to know if anyone has left there pets behind as we have two dogs a dalmation and bearded collie going to live with a friend i think,and i keep telling myself we are doing the right thing as going to be so busy when we get there, and not many house's accept pets when renting, also beardie hates the heat and dalamation gets car sick even just going 5mins, but all the same my heart is torn when i look at them, just wanted to know if others have managed without their pets or am i just being cruel not taking them. The children are fine about it now but not sure when the time comes what they will be like. Heading for Brisbane end of July and any advice appreciated.
Lisa
We have a cat aged 5 years called Zola, we gat her 3 years ago for our children, before emigration became a serious issue.
We looked into taking her, but the paperwork and costs were really high!
Our vet said that the move could prove too traumatic for her, as they only water them on flights, no food. Then on arrival you may be in at least 2 different addresses, which to territorial cat is not good! Plus the extreme heat. We weighed up the pros and cons and decided the best thing for Zola was to leave her. Fortunately, a neighbour has said she will take her, so we know who she is with and that she keeps her territory.
I hated the thought of the cost and strain of moving her, to then have her run away or have an encounter with local wildlife that she would not recognise as a threat. Our cat loves playing with and eating spiders!
The girls are really mature about it and have been promised another pet once we are settled!
It's like leaving one of the family behind, but you have their welfare and comfort to think of! Good luck with whichever path you take!
Margie
May 9th 2005 | 4:55 am
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by Fuggle
Ditto! Mine is a welsh D mare too. ive had her since she was rising three but have known her since she was a lil knee high sprog. and now just when all the ground work has been done I have to sell her if you need any info on decent websites to advertise her just give me a PM or if the people seeing mine are after something younger or different to my mare I can forward on your details asI have had some people that have been very particular about what type of welsh D they want - mines 15.2hh and not your traditional stocky type, she's more leggy and athletic looking and I have had some people that want the real traditional macoy. I have had enough interest, just me being picky where she goes, have turned down three people so far as just didnt think they would be right for a still relatively young horse although she is out and actively competeing and doing well.
know exactly what you mean by some dodgy responses though - had any about paying by some sort of cheque payment and asking the mileage?!?! Do they think I have the word "Stupid" stamped on my forehead? duh!
These people over tomorrow look a good prospect - mother wants to get into dressage and her boy wants to do a bit of pony club so sounds a fun and adventureous home. got my fingers and toes crossed! just getting scary now as offer been accepted on the house and its a good chain and the buyers want to be moved in by six weeks :scared: but im still not rushing to sell her as good home for my baby girl is a priority.
anyhoo, I wish you luck finding your girlie a new home, let me know how you get on.
if you need any info on decent websites to advertise her just give me a PM or if the people seeing mine are after something younger or different to my mare I can forward on your details asI have had some people that have been very particular about what type of welsh D they want - mines 15.2hh and not your traditional stocky type, she's more leggy and athletic looking and I have had some people that want the real traditional macoy. I have had enough interest, just me being picky where she goes, have turned down three people so far as just didnt think they would be right for a still relatively young horse although she is out and actively competeing and doing well.know exactly what you mean by some dodgy responses though - had any about paying by some sort of cheque payment and asking the mileage?!?! Do they think I have the word "Stupid" stamped on my forehead? duh!
These people over tomorrow look a good prospect - mother wants to get into dressage and her boy wants to do a bit of pony club so sounds a fun and adventureous home. got my fingers and toes crossed! just getting scary now as offer been accepted on the house and its a good chain and the buyers want to be moved in by six weeks :scared: but im still not rushing to sell her as good home for my baby girl is a priority.
anyhoo, I wish you luck finding your girlie a new home, let me know how you get on.
May 9th 2005 | 4:59 am
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Re: leaving pets behind
This is the one and only thing that is upsetting me about leaving.
my family dont bother me at all, i can keep in touch with them and to be perfectly honest it will be nice to not have to babysit, loan money, give lifts etc etc etc.....
but i am leaving behind two rats, one cockatiel, three snakes and a very much loved dog who i think knows something is going on cos she just Sh*t all over the kitchen floor which is something she doesnt usually do.
She did it when we came back from hoilday, as well as doing it all over the bedroom floor and chewing my new shoes!!!
I think i am being told off!!!!
I think the rats are going to one of the kids friends, the cockatiel is going to a local birdhouse/wildlife park but i am still hanging on to the snakes and dog for dear life - will have to let them go soon though, just so i can see that they have settled and are happy before we leave.
my family dont bother me at all, i can keep in touch with them and to be perfectly honest it will be nice to not have to babysit, loan money, give lifts etc etc etc.....
but i am leaving behind two rats, one cockatiel, three snakes and a very much loved dog who i think knows something is going on cos she just Sh*t all over the kitchen floor which is something she doesnt usually do.
She did it when we came back from hoilday, as well as doing it all over the bedroom floor and chewing my new shoes!!!
I think i am being told off!!!!
I think the rats are going to one of the kids friends, the cockatiel is going to a local birdhouse/wildlife park but i am still hanging on to the snakes and dog for dear life - will have to let them go soon though, just so i can see that they have settled and are happy before we leave.
May 9th 2005 | 6:17 am
#52
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by kez
the cockatiel is going to a local birdhouse/wildlife park
Theres no way I could put my birds into a park they would be so scared
May 9th 2005 | 8:48 am
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Re: leaving pets behind
Aw god, I'm not sure I can keep reading these post, makes me want to cry
So very sorry Bridie, it must be a horrible time for you. Even though I don't have my dogs with me at least I know they are ok.
It is like losing part of the family.
Mandy
So very sorry Bridie, it must be a horrible time for you. Even though I don't have my dogs with me at least I know they are ok.
It is like losing part of the family.
Mandy
May 9th 2005 | 8:50 am
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Re: leaving pets behind
Aw god, I'm not sure I can keep reading these posts, makes me want to cry
So very sorry Bridie, it must be a horrible time for you. Even though I don't have my dogs with me at least I know they are ok.
It is like losing part of the family.
Mandy
So very sorry Bridie, it must be a horrible time for you. Even though I don't have my dogs with me at least I know they are ok.
It is like losing part of the family.
Mandy
May 9th 2005 | 7:55 pm
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by peppi
Could you pm me the decent webs to advertize on...Ive got a arab gelding that isnt going with me
The links are below.
www.horsequest.co.uk it costs £ 30 for as long as you need and is a well known website in the horsey world
www.jumpoff.co.uk (need to go to the jumpoff horse trader section link) £5 charge until its sold.
www.adtrader.co.uk free advertiseing.
They were relatively cheep to advertise on - there are a lot of free ones like the free ads which I got a lot of responses from and they are also allowing a free photo at the moment so you dont have to pay for any advertisement. but the ones listed above were the main responders. the jumpoff one allowed up to five photo's so got all the nice competition pics in there.
just dont pay any attention to people saying "they will pay by UK cheque" and asking milage and body condition!!! there are a lot of scams going about, but you can spot them a mile off.
I wish you luck in finding your Arab a new home. I got another viewing for Lou tonight and just hope I dont burst into tears again when this lot come over to see her.
Hope the above helps.
Fuggle.
May 9th 2005 | 8:05 pm
#56
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Re: leaving pets behind
I'm leaving my cat with my parents at their farm. I've loved him to bits since rescuing him from a stream where he was dumped as a kitten but there's just no way I could submit him to a nightmare flight and a month in quarantine. Don't forget a month to us is a almost a year to them. Anyone who puts their pet through that is selfishly thinking of themselves and not really their pet. If they can be rehomed, they should be, not dragged all the way round the planet.
May 9th 2005 | 9:11 pm
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by Mongrol
I'm leaving my cat with my parents at their farm. I've loved him to bits since rescuing him from a stream where he was dumped as a kitten but there's just no way I could submit him to a nightmare flight and a month in quarantine. Don't forget a month to us is a almost a year to them. Anyone who puts their pet through that is selfishly thinking of themselves and not really their pet. If they can be rehomed, they should be, not dragged all the way round the planet.
Sorry but I disagree.
I've done a lot of looking into this and spoken to many, many people who did take their pets and the consensus is they are perfectly fine and well looked after in quarantine.
You are perfectly entitled to your view but please dont tell other people they're being selfish.
May 9th 2005 | 9:45 pm
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by Mongrol
I'm leaving my cat with my parents at their farm. I've loved him to bits since rescuing him from a stream where he was dumped as a kitten but there's just no way I could submit him to a nightmare flight and a month in quarantine. Don't forget a month to us is a almost a year to them. Anyone who puts their pet through that is selfishly thinking of themselves and not really their pet. If they can be rehomed, they should be, not dragged all the way round the planet.
Thats is not true.
Leaving your pet in a boarding kennels can be stressful. An animals blood pressure will go sky high if you measured it in the vet and go even higher if it stays in the vet for any length of time.
Animals face stress every day and cope with it in a variety of ways.
Providing a reputable export company is used and the vet is in agreement that the pet is healthy to travel, then there is no reason why the family pet shouldnt be exported.
Rehoming doesnt always work as well as one would think. A new family to get use to can be stressful too.
And a month isnt like a year to a pet, time variations to an animal cannot be proven.
Bearing in mind thousands of cats and dogs are exported every year to be renuinted with owners, and do just fine.
Ive seen cats/dogs go out of the UK and come into the UK and never have I seen one injured or have any detrimental effects to its health.
Alot of people are suffering from leaving their pets behind or the worry of taking them, some pets through ill health cannot travel.
Being called cruel for whatever their judgement, does not help.
Yes you are entitled to your opinion as was previously said.
But animal cruelty comes in many forms. Taking your pet to share your new life is not one of them.
Homing to the wrong person, could be.
May 10th 2005 | 1:11 am
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Re: leaving pets behind
Originally Posted by Fuggle
Hi Peppi,
The links are below.
www.horsequest.co.uk it costs £ 30 for as long as you need and is a well known website in the horsey world
www.jumpoff.co.uk (need to go to the jumpoff horse trader section link) £5 charge until its sold.
www.adtrader.co.uk free advertiseing.
They were relatively cheep to advertise on - there are a lot of free ones like the free ads which I got a lot of responses from and they are also allowing a free photo at the moment so you dont have to pay for any advertisement. but the ones listed above were the main responders. the jumpoff one allowed up to five photo's so got all the nice competition pics in there.
just dont pay any attention to people saying "they will pay by UK cheque" and asking milage and body condition!!! there are a lot of scams going about, but you can spot them a mile off.
I wish you luck in finding your Arab a new home. I got another viewing for Lou tonight and just hope I dont burst into tears again when this lot come over to see her.
Hope the above helps.
Fuggle.
The links are below.
www.horsequest.co.uk it costs £ 30 for as long as you need and is a well known website in the horsey world
www.jumpoff.co.uk (need to go to the jumpoff horse trader section link) £5 charge until its sold.
www.adtrader.co.uk free advertiseing.
They were relatively cheep to advertise on - there are a lot of free ones like the free ads which I got a lot of responses from and they are also allowing a free photo at the moment so you dont have to pay for any advertisement. but the ones listed above were the main responders. the jumpoff one allowed up to five photo's so got all the nice competition pics in there.
just dont pay any attention to people saying "they will pay by UK cheque" and asking milage and body condition!!! there are a lot of scams going about, but you can spot them a mile off.
I wish you luck in finding your Arab a new home. I got another viewing for Lou tonight and just hope I dont burst into tears again when this lot come over to see her.
Hope the above helps.
Fuggle.
May 10th 2005 | 1:55 am
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Re: leaving pets behind
Bridie, I so feel for you. I lost a cat a few years ago, to feline leukaemia. Such a cruel thing to watch, nd so hard to judge when enough is enough. But I took some comfort from the fact that, unlike humans, we can help animals when they begin to suffer too much.
I had had my cat from the age of 5 weeks, and because we were both in the forces we took him with us from NI to Germany, and when it came time to move back to NI, did not hesitate. He coped really well with the time in quarantine, came out after 6 months and he was the same happy cat he had always been. They really looked after him while he was there, regular vet check ups and lots of space to play in. We went to visit a couple of times and I phoned at least once a month.
I have two cats now, and have made the very difficult decision not to take them. The oldest is a rescue cat, she does not like strangers, men even more so than women and any change in her routine just stresses her out. She is 9 at the minute, and while she loves me and I love her to bits I don't think I could subject her to that journey. The younger one (by 18 months) is a bit of a scardey cat, she got lost for 6 weeks when we hadn't had her long and now won't go out of the house on her own! So to split them up would be stressful for her.
So they are both going to the mother in laws. She lives on her own, no other pets and her house backs onto fields. I think they will be very happy. It doesn't stop me from wanting to cry evey thime I think about leaving them though.
Shirley
I had had my cat from the age of 5 weeks, and because we were both in the forces we took him with us from NI to Germany, and when it came time to move back to NI, did not hesitate. He coped really well with the time in quarantine, came out after 6 months and he was the same happy cat he had always been. They really looked after him while he was there, regular vet check ups and lots of space to play in. We went to visit a couple of times and I phoned at least once a month.
I have two cats now, and have made the very difficult decision not to take them. The oldest is a rescue cat, she does not like strangers, men even more so than women and any change in her routine just stresses her out. She is 9 at the minute, and while she loves me and I love her to bits I don't think I could subject her to that journey. The younger one (by 18 months) is a bit of a scardey cat, she got lost for 6 weeks when we hadn't had her long and now won't go out of the house on her own! So to split them up would be stressful for her.
So they are both going to the mother in laws. She lives on her own, no other pets and her house backs onto fields. I think they will be very happy. It doesn't stop me from wanting to cry evey thime I think about leaving them though.
Shirley
