Bringing my pussies to US
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Bringing my cats to US
Im planning on bringing my 2 cats to the states with me... but whats the best way to do it?
I have heared that US Airways has now stopped carrying livestock internationaly (dont know why, their cabins are getting worse.. maybe they think the pets are getting better seats than the passengers), so i was wondering if anyone knows of any good airlines that carry pets in the hold.... how much is it, what documents do they need (USairways only wanted a note from the vet saying they were healthy) etc etc etc.
Oh, and happy christmas everyone!
I have heared that US Airways has now stopped carrying livestock internationaly (dont know why, their cabins are getting worse.. maybe they think the pets are getting better seats than the passengers), so i was wondering if anyone knows of any good airlines that carry pets in the hold.... how much is it, what documents do they need (USairways only wanted a note from the vet saying they were healthy) etc etc etc.
Oh, and happy christmas everyone!
Last edited by basementwaj; Dec 17th 2005 at 2:03 pm.
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Re: Bringing my cats to US
Originally Posted by basementwaj
Im planning on bringing my 2 cats to the states with me... but whats the best way to do it?
I have heared that US Airways has now stopped carrying livestock internationaly (dont know why, their cabins are getting worse.. maybe they think the pets are getting better seats than the passengers), so i was wondering if anyone knows of any good airlines that carry pets in the hold.... how much is it, what documents do they need (USairways only wanted a note from the vet saying they were healthy) etc etc etc.
Oh, and happy christmas everyone!
I have heared that US Airways has now stopped carrying livestock internationaly (dont know why, their cabins are getting worse.. maybe they think the pets are getting better seats than the passengers), so i was wondering if anyone knows of any good airlines that carry pets in the hold.... how much is it, what documents do they need (USairways only wanted a note from the vet saying they were healthy) etc etc etc.
Oh, and happy christmas everyone!
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Just don't call them 'pussy' once you get here. My mum still hasn't learned.
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Re: Bringing my cats to US
Originally Posted by basementwaj
Im planning on bringing my 2 cats to the states with me... but whats the best way to do it?
I have heared that US Airways has now stopped carrying livestock internationaly (dont know why, their cabins are getting worse.. maybe they think the pets are getting better seats than the passengers), so i was wondering if anyone knows of any good airlines that carry pets in the hold.... how much is it, what documents do they need (USairways only wanted a note from the vet saying they were healthy) etc etc etc.
Oh, and happy christmas everyone!
I have heared that US Airways has now stopped carrying livestock internationaly (dont know why, their cabins are getting worse.. maybe they think the pets are getting better seats than the passengers), so i was wondering if anyone knows of any good airlines that carry pets in the hold.... how much is it, what documents do they need (USairways only wanted a note from the vet saying they were healthy) etc etc etc.
Oh, and happy christmas everyone!
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Re: Bringing my cats to US
Originally Posted by Eskimo
we used BA - 400GBP to LA for both Cats in one box- its all on their website - tons of rules around the container size , papers (which no-one looks at) etc .. cats where fine and spend their lives eating baby lizards now :scared: if I remember some of the jabs have to done a fair few months before travel and you need them chipping
I hadnt heared that before but i guess it makes sense. They have all their jabs up to date, and as they are house cats they are in great shape.
Did that 400quid include the box they flew in???
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Originally Posted by Patrick
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
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Re: Bringing my cats to US
Originally Posted by basementwaj
Have they definately got to be chipped????
I hadnt heared that before but i guess it makes sense. They have all their jabs up to date, and as they are house cats they are in great shape.
Did that 400quid include the box they flew in???
I hadnt heared that before but i guess it makes sense. They have all their jabs up to date, and as they are house cats they are in great shape.
Did that 400quid include the box they flew in???
yep we where told they needed chipping and the box (because we wanted them to travel together) was 150 quid on top ! - when we got to the airport (having followed the rules to the letter) BA told us it was too big ! great moment , me screaming at some BA person whilst 50 of the wife's family wail in the background. Better still we got to the other end (after an emotional 11 hour flight) nobody even looked at the cat papers and the company had sent a sedan to pick us up even though they knew we had 7 cases, a 4 by 4 cat cage and a stroller..... ahh happy times
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Originally Posted by basementwaj
Very useful!!!!! where do you get the airline approved cat box from?
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
let me dig out the cat box company we used
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Originally Posted by basementwaj
Very useful!!!!! where do you get the airline approved cat box from?
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
We got it on vacation to the states so that we could ask someone
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Originally Posted by basementwaj
Very useful!!!!! where do you get the airline approved cat box from?
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
did your cat have to be chipped?????
Thanks for that
http://www.doggiesolutions.co.uk/ero...d+cat+cages+uk
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Originally Posted by Eskimo
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
4 cats to Cleveland from Edinburgh cost a fair bit as we ued a third party to handle it all for us (we had enough on our plate with the rest of the move ). Went Continental cargo, seemed relatively unscathed. Didn't need chipping. I think it was worth the money apart from the 5am wakeup calls for food
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
Originally Posted by Paul S
4 cats to Cleveland from Edinburgh cost a fair bit as we ued a third party to handle it all for us (we had enough on our plate with the rest of the move ). Went Continental cargo, seemed relatively unscathed. Didn't need chipping. I think it was worth the money apart from the 5am wakeup calls for food
I've looked at a few companies but I'd prefer to go with one that I had a good recommendation for.
Also, how much is a fair bit?
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Re: Bringing my pussies to US
It cost us hardly anything to put our dog on the plane (American Airlines), we followed all the vet guidelines about jabs etc & no one even looked at the papers. We didn't chip her either. They took her at check in & she was there waiting for us when we went to get our bags, she was a bit shaken, but then again, she's a big ole whip Boxer dawg!!!