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Offline Gecko

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Taking my Cat with - who to use?
« on: June 23, 2016, 10:37:38 am »
Hi all

For those of you that brought over your animals/pets. Who did you use and why?

We coming over from South Africa so any recommendations for pet travel consultants from here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
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Offline yusuf

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Re: Taking my Cat with - who to use?
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2016, 11:01:43 am »
Welcome to the forum.
Interesting nickname. I am still super appreciative that we don't see the common house gecko in NZ  :)
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Re: Taking my Cat with - who to use?
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2016, 11:01:43 am »

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Re: Taking my Cat with - who to use?
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2016, 11:47:45 am »
Try Keringa Petwings but be prepared for a rather hefty bill. R2k for rabies test, R7k for flights, R2.5k for import permit, R7k for quarantine and so on...
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Offline Gecko

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Re: Taking my Cat with - who to use?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2016, 01:51:21 pm »
LOL @ yusuf - I love Gecko's... any lizard. Its spiders that give me the hibbie-jibbies!

@hugopve - I looked into them, thanks. They want to keep my kitty for 30 days in JHB (Im in CT) before she flies over, while the other agents Ive contacted are 5-7 days only for final health checks and tests.. so Keringa is out for me. To me they are just after the kennel fees.

As for the hefty bill - true.. but its going to cost about the same to take my kids with ;)

Thanks all x
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Offline Seeker

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Re: Taking my Cat with - who to use?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2016, 09:15:17 pm »
Always delightful to see if somebody treat their furkidz with this respect.  :yippee:

Gecko, I know Zedd took their 2 dogs and cat with them last year. He wrote a very nice post about it. Have a look at this thread: http://www.sagoingtonz.co.nz/forum/index.php/topic,8613.0.html
I am sure he might be able to give you a few pointers, if needed. I know he mentioned about a 30 day testing schedule, but cannot remember anything about quarantine required in SA in his post. I stand to be corrected.

 
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