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PETS help needed!
« on: September 25, 2006, 08:02:28 PM »
I'm getting ready to make the initial vet appointment, to get the microchips and rabies vaccinations for my two cats. Is there any paperwork that needs to be filled out at this time, or just make sure everything's well-documented?  It kind of looks like all of the paperwork is stuff to be filled out by the vets at the last minute, when we do the tick treatment/worming.  And can I get the vaccination and the blood draw for the rabies titre done at different vets, or is it better to have it all in the same office?

Any advice is appreciated; my kitties want to go with us!   ???


Re: PETS help needed!
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2006, 08:17:43 PM »
My advice is to get all the work done at one vet, if you can.

You do not need to have paperwork filled out for the microchipping and rabbies vaccine.  Just make sure to get the rabbies certificate.  I wrote the microchip number on mine and then the vets office sealed the certificate.  Foreign countries love seals and stamps...they think it makes everything more authentic or something.  You do the tick and worming treatment the day before you put your pet on the plane.  It has to be administered at least 24 hours before your pet arrives in the UK, but no more then 48 hours prior.

Good luck!


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Re: PETS help needed!
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2006, 11:01:15 PM »
You don't have to fill out any specific paperwork at this time, but my advice would be this:  if you're having the microchipping and the rabies vaccination done at the same place on the same day, have your vet create some sort of record of the time that each was performed, so that you can show clearly that the chip was implanted (and then read) before the rabies vaccination was given.  PETS is pretty strict about that. 

Otherwise, like Kristina said, you don't HAVE to get everything done at the same place - but not doing so is going to cause a lot of hassle down the line when the third country health certificate is filled out 10 days before leaving the country, as that form refers back to each of the steps and it's definitely useful if your vet has the same documentation as you.  I've got the itemized receipts/printouts from each visit beginning with the microchipping and rabies booster back on March 10th, and I'm going to take those with me to the vet on Wednesday so that together we can make sure we've got everything covered before I take the paperwork to the USDA vet on Thursday.


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