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Traveling Abroad with Your Pet

To travel abroad with your pet, you need to prepare in advance

So, let's start with the fact that you need to get a veterinary passport for the animal, and carrying out all the necessary vaccinations and other preventive measures for travel can sometimes take more than a month. It cannot be done in a week – the animal must be given deworming tablets 10 days before vaccination. Those travelers who frequently take animals abroad know well that more than a month before the trip, one should start the route "veterinary pharmacy – veterinary clinic".

Some countries have special requirements for the transportation of animals. For example, in a number of EU countries, only vaccinations with certain types of polyvaccines are recognized, which are rarely used by default in our country. In such cases, veterinarians need to be informed of the situation, and naturally, vaccinating an animal with a European-made polyvaccine will cost you a bit more than using a domestically produced vaccine.

As for the transportation process itself, it is advisable not to feed the animal before a long trip, for obvious reasons. During the journey, the animal will need clean drinking water and sedatives, as such trips are stressful for it. For dogs of more or less large breeds, not only a leash and collar are required, but also a muzzle.

It would not be superfluous to study the internal rules for transporting animals of the transport company (airline, railway carrier, etc.) whose services you will be using.

The next issue is the infrastructure for animals at the destination. In some poor countries, pets are not as popular as here or in Europe. Therefore, even buying cat and dog food there can be problematic. Pet stores and similar sections in regular stores are rare, and not found on almost every corner in cities, as we are used to. Veterinary pharmacies and clinics are even fewer in such countries, so their addresses should be found out in advance.

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