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Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 11037107)
I think you've misunderstood what I meant. In the UK an outdoor cat doesn't have to face long freezing winters or coyotes.
I have always been a believer in 'there are lots of animals in the world'.....I tend not to get overly 'whimsy' I hope, but sometimes I just seem to see that people from Britain take this ultra precious stand, that seems everyone else should be judged by this non measurable gold standard. Where I presently live, my neighbours have homes all over the place, but we all look after each others cats and dogs. I have re-homed or put to sleep a number of animals in my time, when moving to or from the Middle East, but not Canada.. The OP will find changes difficult....I have 30cms of snow today! I can't cope, but the cat will cope ably:thumbup: |
Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by TeamW
(Post 11036864)
We are moving to Canada probably early march and are facing a bit of a dilemma. We've got a cat, still young and obviously love him very much. We currently live in a small town, on a quiet road so cat has a pretty chilled out life here. We are going to move to Ottawa and ideally live as close to the town centre as possible due to husbands job. So here's our dilemma: what's the best option for him? I honestly don't know what is more unfair: take a 'country' cat to live in a city after a traumatic experience of flying, etc... Or to keep him here but with new owners (we have a few friends interested). I've also heard that some cats completely changed after the trauma of flight/relocation and became a bit vicious (?) Anybody with cats, could you share your experience?
Another question: I got quoted of £650 from Pet air Uk to fly him over. Is it good? The other company quoted £850....:blink: They told me you don't need the rabies done but they recommended. Did you bother with it? They also didn't mention anything about pet passport.... Appreciate any help! :thumbsup: |
Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by MillieF
(Post 11038343)
I'm sorry Alan, I didn't mean to be twitchy! I'm just a bit hacked off with the weather....
I have always been a believer in 'there are lots of animals in the world'.....I tend not to get overly 'whimsy' I hope, but sometimes I just seem to see that people from Britain take this ultra precious stand, that seems everyone else should be judged by this non measurable gold standard. Where I presently live, my neighbours have homes all over the place, but we all look after each others cats and dogs. I have re-homed or put to sleep a number of animals in my time, when moving to or from the Middle East, but not Canada.. The OP will find changes difficult....I have 30cms of snow today! I can't cope, but the cat will cope ably:thumbup: Our cats were already with relatives while we lived in Asia, so it was an easy decision to leave them as they had a good home and they were getting on a bit anyway. We got our Canadian cats from the spca. They have so many, but we've only got room for two:( |
Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 11038675)
That's ok - I can see how my post might have come across.
Our cats were already with relatives while we lived in Asia, so it was an easy decision to leave them as they had a good home and they were getting on a bit anyway. We got our Canadian cats from the spca. They have so many, but we've only got room for two:( |
Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 11038680)
I have little sympathy for poor people going hungry, the SPCA has rabbits. :thumbup:
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Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by TeamW
(Post 11036864)
We are moving to Canada probably early march and are facing a bit of a dilemma. We've got a cat, still young and obviously love him very much. We currently live in a small town, on a quiet road so cat has a pretty chilled out life here. We are going to move to Ottawa and ideally live as close to the town centre as possible due to husbands job. So here's our dilemma: what's the best option for him? I honestly don't know what is more unfair: take a 'country' cat to live in a city after a traumatic experience of flying, etc... Or to keep him here but with new owners (we have a few friends interested). I've also heard that some cats completely changed after the trauma of flight/relocation and became a bit vicious (?) Anybody with cats, could you share your experience?
Another question: I got quoted of £650 from Pet air Uk to fly him over. Is it good? The other company quoted £850....:blink: They told me you don't need the rabies done but they recommended. Did you bother with it? They also didn't mention anything about pet passport.... Appreciate any help! :thumbsup: Personally we have done both. Our Cats in SA were settled at my parents home before we left, as we stayed with them before coming over to Dubai. We thought about bringing them over but seeing them keep my parents company and how spoilt they are to have a huge garden to roam around in, we just couldn't do it. So we have left them there and everyone seems happy with the situation. We get weekly photos of what the kitties are up to :) Here in Dubai we have ended up rescuing 2 cats. We took them on committing to take them in when we leave as we had checked the regulations for bringing cats into Canada (we didn't want them to have to sit in Quarantine). They are both apartment cats here, big one is too fluffy to even consider going out in the heat, little one has only ever known living inside. So I feel they will be going to a similar setup in Canada. I can see both sides, you need to decide for your self what is right for this kitty at this time in it's life. That being said there are less expensive ways to send cats. Our first quote was £1669 for both of them to go. We have ended up booking them on our KLM flight for $400 - £245 total. We have to do a bit more ourselves but it is manageable. I'm not sure about carriers from the UK but KLM came highly recommended for their pet handling service. We will see how it goes next month :thumbsup: |
Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 11038680)
I have little sympathy for poor people going hungry, the SPCA has rabbits. :thumbup:
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Re: Take or not take our cat
Thank you for all your replies... I think we are gonna leave him behind. :( We have some friends just few doors from ours that want him so our cat will be living in the same street. He'll probably keep coming back here for the 'delight' of whoever will rent our place but I'm sure he'll soon work out where home, or should I say, FOOD is! :)
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Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 11038166)
You're moving to NS? Any reason in particular? :unsure:
I have stopped posting on here asking about NS, as my threads either got no response, or most replies were from folk who had never been to NS, but had a myriad of reasons not to live there. Just to stay on topic, the cats are coming with us. |
Re: Take or not take our cat
Originally Posted by TeamW
(Post 11039087)
Thank you for all your replies... I think we are gonna leave him behind. :( We have some friends just few doors from ours that want him so our cat will be living in the same street. He'll probably keep coming back here for the 'delight' of whoever will rent our place but I'm sure he'll soon work out where home, or should I say, FOOD is! :)
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Re: Take or not take our cat
Take your cat with you.
We have two of the most timid, scared cats you could ever hope to meet. They are terrified of strangers and HATE loud noises. We were convinced that the trip from UK to Canada would kill at least one of them (we brought them anyway, though....heh), but they were absolutely fine. They've settled in brilliantly, and I can't believe i spent over a year obsessively stressing out about it. I'm so happy we didn't give them away or leave them in the UK. We used Air Pets. It wasn't the cheapest option (it cost about a thousand pounds), but they were extremely helpful and professional, and would thoroughly recommend them. |
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