Hi Karl,

We are taking our Bernese 8 month old pup (43kg) with us!! We are definately using ParAir from Colchester and it is costing approx £3000. :scared:

We are not, unfortunately, taking Millie our 9yr old Tabby due to the fact she is a bit of a spider catcher.

Jayne

We had a two dogs.


We could not bear the thought of leaving them behind ,you know how difficult it is trying to find a suitable home where they wont be mistreated by their new Mummy and Daddy ,a home where they will be well cared for,and we could'nt bear the thought of them pining away night after night.So we had them put to sleep £150.00 job done ! we kept the old leads and collars though for aus.then we bought a couple of new muts when we arrived only £60.00 each total costs £270.00

Only kidding! a large dog cost around £3000. inc

had me going then was just about to call you a **** and a ****** i found a site that just builds you an air kennel and arranges the flight you sort the rest out yourself they give you full instructions on how to go about it. not sure how much they charge yet waiting for a quote http://www.petexports.co.uk/ anyone heard of them

Very good. You're very brave - how many death threats did you receive from people who missed the last line? ;o)

So - probably up to £1,500 I suppose for our 17kg Heinz 57. She's currently having hydrotherapy for arthritis so maybe she can swim there and save a few bob.

Cheers
Karl

We looked into doing it ourselves however you have to find an airline to take them, airlines don't like private custom. I suspect that they prefer you to use an exporter as the paperwork is less likely to be incorrect. Good luck we gave up and are using par air.

annn

cats love australia. lots of sleeping in the sun and they are immune to funnel web spider poison which might come in handy.

we are just in the process of DIY animal shipping...and from what I can see its not THAT difficult...First ports of call are the vets for advice and the phone number for your DEFRA office. Defra send you a big pack on whta to do...you have to apply to Oz for a import permit(which is a couple of simple forms we have just done them) and an export licience here...but i think thats the last part on the list...I will see if I can find the page I found with step by step instruction on what it involved...And of course it saves alot of money. the boxes you can get from Sky Kennels tel 08000159321 for a brouchure and instruction on how to measure up. 2 of these 1 for a cat and 1 for a medium size dog is costing£205.00 but you can hire them...
If I can find anything else to help you or I remember anything I have forgotten I'll ad it on later....

nice one thanks for the help . i'v had a couple of quotes in
air pets £1650
ladyhaye £2114

Have you spoken to any airlines yet? The paperwork is the easy bit.
Good luck.

Peppi,

I think how you get on with arranging this directly would be of interest to a number of us who would also be looking to do the same thing - it's certainly something I'm planning on looking into abit later on this year. Please let us know how it goes, especially given the posting by Annn about finding it difficult to get airlines to accept.

There was another posting recently from a chap whose girlfriend also organised directly and was had no problems, so I think it can be done.

Rgds,
Nicky

I will keep you all up to dat with it. I am waiting for the pet boxes at the moment because I went to fone the airlines the other day and realized I neede the weight of the box and pet before ringing...so with no boxes at the mo I couldnt answer that one. But I will let you know how I get on...

I have considered DIY but my partner won't let me.....

Unfortunately, my idea for DIY export of the dog is bubble-wrap (with a hole in for the nose, I am not cruel ) and then posting him out. I am more than happy to use DHL as then she can track his progress....

i think half and half sounds ok pet export ltd just sort out the box and flight but iv not recieved a quote from them yet

Hi

I am just starting doing a DIY job on my 2 cats. Regarding airlines, Singapore will not touch pets, British airways flat rate for 2 cats which includes freight, handling, fuel surcharge, transits fees, avi check, vet sealing fees, customs entry, and security, is £825.00. Qantas was the most helpful if you ring 0208 754 1001 ask for Chris Smith, he will send you an e-mail within 30mins detailing the costs. You have to weigh the cats and the box, then work out each of the above costs, e.g freight is £17.36 per kilo and fuel surcharge is 26pence per kilo, lots of things to add up, but it worked out a lot cheaper. My cats weight: Dudley 8.75 and Dexter 6.75, so total cost £654.80. That included the weight of the carrier which is 1.25.

Hope this helps anyone.

Jane

thanks jane...I shall be book marking this number and will certainly give him a call...one query i had was the vets at the airport for sealing purposes. Im asuming from this that the airlines supply them as such...This has been really helpful...

cheers Peppi