Originally Posted by Smudjer (Post 6655191)

Bringing 3 cats over later in the year by road. Each have had microchip and rabies injection and all were done at the same time. Two out of 3 passed blood tests and were given pet passports. Once we go to Spain they can return to UK 6 months after the date the successful blood test was taken.

Cat 3 - the youngest of the 3 -who did not pass his blood test has been retested and we are currently awaiting results - so it is not impossible for them to fail! If we took him out of the country without successful blood test then my understanding is that he would have to go into quarantine on the way back in the UK.

If he fails this latest blood test, he has to have rabies shot again and we go through the process again of waiting 1 month after injection for blood test. Moral of this story therefore is please don't assume that injection will be successful and will pass blood test.

Originally Posted by Quiterio (Post 6716091)

I'd like to hear other people's views on taking cats over and back repeatedly. Currently, we put ours in the cattery if we go for a short break, but are wondering how stressful / disorientating it would be for them to make the 2-way journey with 2-3 months in between.

Originally Posted by betris (Post 6716849)

oh get a life.for me the best solution is a bin bag and over the side of the bridge

Originally Posted by Chiclanagir (Post 6716863)

Come on Betris it isn´t that bad for you to kill yourself! Or perhaps it is!:thumbup:

Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 6716092)

Its total stupidity. I remember the stress our cat went through on our journey out here. You could tell it wasn't happy, but we thought it was better than in the hold of an aircraft. It would have killed it outright if we had taken it back again a few months later

Originally Posted by Quiterio (Post 6717831)

What would have killed it? Being in Spain?

How was it when it got back?

Originally Posted by Quiterio (Post 6718242)

Sorry, Mitzyboy. Re-read your post and got it the second time!

Doh!

Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 6718279)

Actually the cat died 3 months after we got here, tbh it was 11 and I think the stress of moving, the change of climate and scenery were just too much for it :(

Originally Posted by Quiterio (Post 6716091)

I'd like to hear other people's views on taking cats over and back repeatedly. Currently, we put ours in the cattery if we go for a short break, but are wondering how stressful / disorientating it would be for them to make the 2-way journey with 2-3 months in between.

Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 6718279)

Actually the cat died 3 months after we got here, tbh it was 11 and I think the stress of moving, the change of climate and scenery were just too much for it :(