PETS passport scheme
 

Am I doing something wrong, or is it that only a limited number of vets here cater for people wanting to take their pets to the UK? When I call vets I am asking them if they participate in the PETS scheme, and the people answering the phone (not necessarily the vets I guess) are saying not.

I am trying to get a vet around here that does the rabies shot, microchipping and such, AND the blood test to the right place so that I can take my cat to the UK affordably. The alternative of course is quarantine which is going to cost around 1700 pounds, not including the flight.

How are people managing to get this for their pets and take them to the UK?

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It's not that, it's just that they've never heard of it, so default to the standard "If I don't know about it then it doesn't exist" position.

The rules have actually been relaxed a little. It used to be that only special vets in the US could do it, but now any vet can if they follow the procedures. You're looking for a "Third country official veterinary certificate" not a Pet Passport.

Here's the general info: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm

Here's a factsheet that lists all the steps your vet needs to follow and has a checklist: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar...090312.htm.pdf

And here's a model certificate (after some EU rubbish): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/...en00120017.pdf

Best of luck. :)

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THANK you!

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I was going to suggest you ask for this thread to be moved to the MBTTUK forum but I see you've opened a duplicate thread there.

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Hey Cathy

I was in the exact same situation as you a few years back....we went to a vet in Mountaintop PA - Not far from you !

Anyway the vet didnt have much of a clue about the whole process but we got the dog chipped and some paperwork done but then my dear wife decided it was best to give her beloved 200lb St Bernard to another family in the Poconos and move to the UK with me alone so we aborted the process half way through....i have some info and help located on my hard drive somewhere...i remember having to wait 6 weeks after the bloodwork then send off the results - it was very complicated. PM me if you need any thing and Ill see what i can dig out.

Cu

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Wow.... Mountain Top... funny... I know Tom and Noreen Clark from WNEP live there! Small world. And you live in Kent? Dover is my home town. I know Mountain Top fairly well, from travelling up and down 309 a lot.

Thanks for the reply. I have printed off the links given by chartreuse, and early next week will approach a vet and see what I can get done. A friend is 'fostering' my cat until the whole process is done, since I am moving back to the UK at the end of the month.

I'll bet you missed your dog. Gosh. I hate the thought of giving her up.