taking a cat to America - quarantine?

Hi guys. Does anyone know what the current status of taking UK cats to America is? We are nowhere near ready to move, but I had previously read that cats have to stay in quarantine for a number of months unless the cat is a show cat. This seemed kind of arbitrary to me, but if we can avoid that by entering Kitty Bizzle in cat shows, then she will become a show cat! Any thoughts?

It may be a state thing and not a federal thing...we'd be aiming for Indiana...

I don't think there are any restrictions at all! Unless you're going to Hawaii. A year ago I brought my 3 cats to Maryland from the UK with no problems. You do have to have them certified fit to fly/healthy, but that's about all. There are some differences from state to state but I've yet to hear of a quarantine for the mainland.

I don't think there are any restrictions at all! Unless you're going to Hawaii. A year ago I brought my 3 cats to Maryland from the UK with no problems. You do have to have them certified fit to fly/healthy, but that's about all. There are some differences from state to state but I've yet to hear of a quarantine for the mainland.

Thanks, that's good to know!

yeah there is no quarantine for the US, with exception of Hawaii i think.

yeah there is no quarantine for the US, with exception of Hawaii i think.

Awesome. I've told K-Biz the good news, but she seemed unimpressed

Maybe she really wanted to be a show cat.

Maybe she really wanted to be a show cat.

Hey, that's a good point, maybe she did. She has been gone a lot lately. Maybe she secretly attended the cat show at the NEC and has been getting modelling work since then, without telling us. If that's the case I will expect a contribution to the rent.