Traveling with Cats

If you must travel to the destination before you can send for your pet, oftentimes pet transporters can assist you with obtaining health certificates, veterinary requirements or boarding. They will be able to provide shipping crates as well as pick-up and delivery services from home to the airport. A network of transport specialists may also even allow for a transporter to meet Fluffy upon arrival and deliver her to your new home. Most, but not all, transporters can assist with international relocations. Each country has its own requirements for pets entering the country. In some instances only a health certificate is required along with the proof of a rabies vaccine. In other countries it may be a long involved process requiring months of planning and or quarantine once Fluffy arrives. These transporters are always knowledgeable about these rules and restrictions, after all, that is how they make their living.

However you decide to travel with Fluffy, do your homework first and acclimate her to the changes she soon will be facing. You will find the move will go smoother and the stress level for both of you will be greatly reduced.

Sally Smith is the Founder and the President of Companion Pet Enterprises, pet transportation company and a company dedicated to advising and helping others in how to move their pets both domestically and internationally. Smith is diversified in skills throughout the pet industry. Working as a vet tech, animal groomer and designing a pet care facility that offered all services in one fell swoop- including pet transportation. She became the Director there for over 12 years. Her diversified background has allowed her to hold several positions among them serving on the boards for the New Jersey Veterinary Technicians and Assistants, the Independent Pet and Animal Transportation Assoc. and the American Boarding Kennels Association. Her current clients consist of Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Continental among others. She shares her experiences willingly and wrote this article in an effort to help all involved- the cat, the cat owner and the transportation companies.