Apr 13 2009
Moving with a cat to Prague.
Moving with a cat to Prague.
As some of you know we have moved with our cat from the UK to Prague. Here the little check list we followed:
1. Would it be allowed to keep a cat in the flat and was the flat suitable for a cat. Have alterations to be made?
No problem here, small animals like cats are allowed and the flat didn’t need any alterations to be ‘cat safe’.
2. Cat Immigration Requirements
The Czech Republic requires basically three things to allow you to bring your cat with you. First, a microchip (preferred) or tattoo, that serves to identify the animal. Second, a pet passport that confirms (third) a valid vaccination against rabies.
As our cat already had a microchip, we only had to make sure that he was vaccinated minimum 30 days and max one year before the move and that everything was documented in his passport.
3. Relocating a cat to Prague
We had decided to take him with us in the car, which brought us two more problems, cage and sedation. We got an old metal dog crate that was big enough to fit blanket, food and water and litter box in. We started to feed him in the cage approximately 2 weeks before the move, so that he got used to it. We got some tablets to ‘relax’ him during the travel, but they didn’t really work. Our cat hates driving in a car, period. All in all it took us 2 days to drive us and our, loudly protesting, cat from the UK to Prague. Not a journey I want to make soon again, but all things considered not too bad neither.
A cat passport? I know you’re being serious, but that just about had me rolling on the floor!
I traveled with my cat across multiple states (USA) in my car. He *loved* his cat carrier, but even more than that, he loved to sleep on my lap as I drove. So, in the backseat I would have his cat carrier with the door propped open so he’d have the option of going in it. Also on the floor in the back, I would put his litter box.
He mainly stayed on my lap, but once in awhile he’d go lounge in his carrier, or do his ‘business’ in his litter box (which would cause me to find a rest area as quickly as possible!)
I never would have thought to put him on my lap as I drove, except that the first time I took him home from my grandma’s friend’s house (2+ hour drive) he meowed so pitifully that I finally let him out of his carrier, and he made a beeline to my lap. He was all of maybe 10 weeks old.
Hello,
Where are you from? Is it a secret?
Thank you
Joker