Bring UK cat back to US

What do I need to do?  What shots etc....  Thanks. 

ooo, I'd like to know this as one day we want to take our cats back to the U.S. too!!

I think you should check with the state the cat is flying into to verify but my understanding is it is only the rabies vaccine and fit to fly certificate!

We just brought our two cats back last week.  All you have to do is get the vaccinations up to date, including rabies, and have your vet give you a letter saying the cat is well and fit to fly.

We used a pet shipper, Trans Fur to help with the paperwork.  It cost 690 pounds for 2 cats to go from Heathrow to Houston and that included a very sturdy crate made of lumber.

do they freak out and have Post Tramatic Stress from this travel? just curious, I often think of taking my dog to the US just to visit but don't think this is the wisest lol.

Actually, you don't need the rabies jab. Dogs must have them, cats don't. Though clearly it's a good idea to have the jab either here or as soon as you get to the US.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/animal_import/animal_imports_pets.shtml

I think that the rabies must depend on where you are taking the cats.  It was required for Texas.

I agree, I had heard it depended on the state, I know Hawaii has very strict laws since it is an island(s)

I wouldn't travel just for a vacation with my pets, it is expensive and I think it does take a toll on them. My cats adjusted fine coming here but they were a little out of sorts for a few weeks.

Hawaii is the same as the UK.  You can do the 6 months quarantine bit like the Pet Scheme or you can have your animal quarantined in Hawaii. 

We've moved the cat TO the UK and then moved the cat BACK to the US. Moved the cat back this time in January, so this is recent info. You can only move the pet on direct flights -- so my advice is to use United. We've used Virgin in the past and they charged us over 500 pounds to move the cat -- we were on the same flight as the cat so it wasn't like we were shipping it with out us. We were all set to use them again, when the airport strikes happened in January 2008. I was pregnant, and not about to faff about, so we ended up calling United who could also take the cat. They said to NOT ship him as cargo -- which is what Virgin was having us do each time -- and instead to simply have his as an extra piece of luggage. He still had to go into the hold, and had to be in the carrier, but as they were now looking at him as an extra piece of luggage it ended up being something like 50 pounds instead of 500. REALLY. Plus, they were VERY nice and helpful. We had to tell them ahead of time we would be having this "extra piece of luggage" and it was a cat since they only have room for a certain number of pets. When we showed up at Heathrow, somehow that bit of info had been lost so they didn't actually know we were bringing the cat, but that was no problem. They took GREAT care of us and we didn't have to go to any special place to drop the cat off or anything like we did with Virgin. It saved us LOADS of money and I would use them again in the future.