jenkas Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hi We are moving to perth in around June 2013 and we cant decide on whether to take our pet cat with us. He is only just over a year old and if we go without him we will miss him so bad and we are worried we may not settle. On the other hand if we take him with us we will be worried sick about his journey. Can anyone give any advice whether to take or not? He spends most of his time outdoors and I am worried about the wildlife and also if the ozzys will be ok with a cat in the neighbourhood?? Have no job organised as yet and will be going over to perth looking for accocmodation too, this is also something we are worried about as we may not find a rental which accepts pets?? So many questions.......help!! :arghh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPetairUK Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Dear Jenkas Super difficult scenario! Firstly your cat will be fine, he will not love the journey or the quarantine but within a few days/weeks will be loving the Australian sunshine. Ref the rental - again it is not so easy when you have a pet but plenty of people do find a rental home easily enough. Good bits of advice - if you have someone in UK you know and trust to have him, then that is a really good option and get the rabies vaccination and rabies blood sample done (it will be about £150) and then at least it is done and he can travel as planned and then you can put off making the final decision until closer to the leaving date. Rough costs for flying a cat are about £1200 for all in service (collection/permits/vet check/flight ticket/crate) plus $1000 AUD for the 30 day quarantine stay. Best advice is to get the rabies work done around 5-12 months before the flight date and then at least you get to put the decision off for a bit Bob http://www.petairuk.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geraldine Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hi Jenkas, we also faced this dilemma, our cat was too old to insure and that sort of made my mind up. We decided to give her to my best friend who adores cats and is more than happy to have her. We gave her a couple of months ago even though we are unlikely to be moving until Easter. This has allowed us time to adjust to not having her around (this was the hard part) and as it turns out a blessing in disguise as we have moved into temporary accommodation in the UK whilst we rent our house out and we wouldn't have been able to have her here. It really is a personal decision and what suits one family wouldn't suit another. We all miss her but are lucky enough to receive regular photos and when we visit plenty of strokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenkas Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Thanks Bob, may do that and decide closer to the time. Geraldine that is a fair point as we may have to live in temp accomodation before we go. Decisions decisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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