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I am sure they will help you, I have helped them with transport in the past, they are a great team. They will find him a lovely home I am sure :)

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Hello,

We are hoping to move to Perth later this year and will be sending our beloved Westie (Elle, 9) over too.

I am worried sick as she has never been in kennels, let alone a crate. Can anyone answer if she can travel with her bed or toy and should/can we send her ahead of us so we can pick her up on arrival a month later, or would you advise shipping at the same time?
Also, can you visit them and walk them or not?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Mick & Bev

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I have 2 dogs that will be getting shipped over as well, but I haven't been through the process yet, I am sure someone will be along to help, but I don't think they can bring anything with them, although I may be wrong?

It will be worth it, as she will have the rest of her life with you, and it is only a month :)

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Hi,

We are also sending kitty (yep our cat) over. I have done some extensive research about it. The answer is plainly - no. They don't even allow food in the kennel on the plane - all is deemed choking hazard. They do place water with them. Travel is all done in a dark compartment in the plane, which helps the pets to settle down and sleep.

I have been given a great tip by someone (don't recall where from now) - send a t-shirt, or some kind of clothing you have been wearing for a day or so, without washing it, with them. This gives them a re-assuring, known scent to be with them when they travel. (actually makes sense to me) I am unsure if this is even allowed, but i do know you can send them with your own bedding, so it should be.

I am waiting for my booking space in perth to come through, which should be sometime next week. Then I will speak to airpets who is doing the transportation for us. Wil post back here when I know the t-shirt idea is allowed.

As for sending her ahead, we have chosen a 2 week ahead time. This is simply to allow us to finish up with getting rid of our furniture etc, whilst kitty is not around. We feel all the change at home will unsettle her, and then to send her off in a crate after all that is just a bit too much. Figure if we can keep the 'unsettling;' bits to a minimum it would be best for her.

Hope any of this helps.

DO let me know if you get any other pointers/ideas. Not much recent info on taking cats over on the list.

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Hi,

Just got email back from the Perth Quarantine place.
Kitty's spot is booked for end of April. Took 5 days to arrange via email.

To note - We contacted all three quarantine stations, and they all had the same reply about the waiting list - there is none for cats, only for dogs, so if you plan to take a cat, don't get put off by the notice about 5 months plus waiting lists.

Still waiting to hear from AirPets - The person we deal with is on holiday this week.

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Just to add to that, I was told today by my pet relo agent that there shouldn't be a problem getting cats into Sydney but Perth may have a waiting list. Thankfully we need Sydney.

I'm stressing because I have 3 cats and can't have them all together at the quarantine station, just 2. The dilemma being, my young boy idolises my older boy, but my older boy and girl are from the same litter and have never been separated, plus they were hand-raised. My young boy terrorises my girl so that bit's a no brainer. Wondering if I should have them all separate. :confused:

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Yes, the Oldies site is lovely, we get some lovely homes off there for the oldies our breed rescue has on the books.

Try the various Beagle rescues as well, all breeds will have their own breed rescue and often oldies are easy to place as a lot of people love them. I'll find your local one if you pm your area.

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budget all in around £2500 per animal - BUT it will go up the bigger the animal for shipping costs. We shipped Charlie the Shih Tzu in November, used Airpets at £1350 then add $800 for quarantine charges - micro chipping costs, any costs for anything that needs doing before the animal is shipped to get it in top health (VETS fees etc), blood tests are awesomely expensive but they'll be tested for lepto and other things. Remember to add rabies (if you will be taking the animal back to the UK at all - not necessary if you do NOT return the animal to the UK). Plus there are always the extras you didn't think of at the time such as getting the animal to the shipper plus possible overnight costs for that.

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Hi, if you do need Perth, I would double check your info. I communicated directly with Perth, and there is no waiting list for cats.

Hope you get them all into one place.

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They're oldie dog is a Westie I think, and at 16 I bet a real darling, if only I wasn't going as well, I would have him! I think when we have settled in Melbourne we will look to give a home to another oldie, the house isn't the same without them. It is only when our old boy Teddy died last year that we started to plan our move :)

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My cat arrived at Byford today and I cannot wait to find out how he is:o

If anyone is visiting their pet in Byford, keep a look out for a large ginger tom cat called Gordon.:o

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Ah, sorry, no, my post was a bit ambiguous. My dilemma is whether to have two of them share a cell or not and, if so, which two, etc.

Hey Gordon! Han says, have a great holiday. He's packing his bags, too.

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Hi, we recently had Petair transport Archie our Yorkshire Terrier to Melbourne quarantine station. It cost about £2000 in vets fees and his flight etc. There are also quarantine costs of about $700 to pay in Australia.

His 30 days are up this Sunday:thumbsup: and we are driving from Adelaide to pick him up. Its about an 8 hour drive or we can fly him but it would mean 2 days extra in quarantine because of the bank holiday.

Hope this helps.

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Hello
We are moving to Adelaide in June of this year and are shipping our Chocolate Labrador. He's costing us almost £1900 for the crate and flight, plus £300-£350 for the 30 days quarantine plus medicals on top of that. I estimate the total will be about £2500 including everything Although for us we need to add on about £200 more as they don't have a quarantine center in Adelaide so he has to go to melbourne and then be flown to us in Adelaide once the 30 days is up! I know it's very expensive but i could never leave our dog - as sad as it is, he's part of the family!
Hope that helps..

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Interesting about the conflicting info on cat quarrantine at Byford (Perth). I too was told 5 months (by agent not Byford as never asked them).

For whats its worth I choose not bring my two ginger boys (Colin and Dave). I had them from 6 weeks, hand raised at a rescue centre from birth and they were 9 when I left. Very sad.

The reason I left them is that cats are a real problem in Australia. They are not indigneous and do kill native fauna. This is especially easy as Australia doesnt really have a carnivore equivelant - as such parrots, possums etc arent so alarmed seeing a cat around. Lots of people do have cats and Im sure most are responsible and keep them in at night etc but there are also tales of "cat haters" here who see it as their duty to deal with the migrant cats.

It was awful leaving the biys behind but they have a wonderful home with a someone I know so "keep in touch". I dont however regrer the decision - we have possums living in the garden who we feed and can now get ver close to - seeing a beautiful (and "at risk") animal like that in the wild is wonderful. Another of Australia's gifts.

Of course you must make your decisions but please consider this aspect.