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Hi
we would like as much info as possible on the transport of your animals to Australia as we are leaving for Australia hopefully by the end of this yr.We would be taking a cat and bulldog.
We are still in the process of selling our house.we have family in Australia my son and daughter are there now having left south africa.my daughter is in Victoria (Melbourne) and my son in Queensland.I hope you can give me lots of info.The area we are going to is Victoria ( Melbourne.)
Regards
Irene.
Hi Irene,
Congratulations! Australia is a wonderful place. Of course South Africa is too, but it’s very nice and liberating to be free of all the political and criminal problems that South Africa has.
The best advice that I can offer is to contact Keringa/Petwings. They are one of the few companies in South Africa that act on behalf of the Australian government as quarantine. They will be able to give you all the information that you need. I highly recommend them.
Firstly you need to know that moving animals is an expensive affair, but our cats are like our kids so we had to take them. You just need to be aware that it is a very expensive affair, not only on the South African side, but also on the Australian side.
Secondly you need to know that Australian quarantine takes a very long time. 210 days to be exact. 90 days must be done in South Africa, and 30 days must be done in Australia. The rest can be done in either country. I would recommend doing the maximum amount at Keringa. This is because the facilities at Keringa are much nicer than at the quarantine station in Australia. That’s not to say that the quarantine facilities in Australia are bad – they’re just more clinical, governmental and the enclosures are much smaller, especially for dogs. Also in winter the enclosures in the Australian quarantine station are much colder than the ones at Keringa. I think there is a quarantine station in Melbourne, but there are only three in Australia – the others are Perth and Sydney. Animals going to anywhere else in Australia will probably go to the closest station.
Thirdly, you will probably suffer more than your animals! By that I mean that people assume that animals will hate it in quarantine, but the truth is, at least for cats, that after a week or so in quarantine they are perfectly fine. One of our cats is highly strung and we thought that he would have problems as he has reacted negatively to being in kennels before, but even he was fine. We were fortunately in a position to visit our cats six days a week, but even for those that can’t, the animal handlers at Keringa are excellent.
Give Keringa a call on 011-976-3030 – their website http://www.keringa.co.za doesn’t seem to be working at the moment, but give it a try as it may have been fixed by the time you read this.
Regards
Craig
Good thoughts!! I’ve take pleasure in your visit of Australia and South Africa……. I agree with you that both of these countries are beautiful. . Thanks for being true about this
Hi Ben.
Thanks for your kind words.
Cheers
Craig
hi Craig
I read with delight the documentation of the move of Tim Tam, Misu & Mumble.
It breaks my heart to think that they will have to be in quarentine for 210 days – not sure why Austrialia cant follow in the footsteps of UK and NZ in terms of relaxing their quarentine time for animals from SA.
Anyone who is willing to pay somewhere around R 15 000 per cat to get it over there clearly means they have taken great care of the animal and had it innoculated etc etc.
Anyway my question is how were you able to move up to Jhb to visit the ‘children’ when you were from Durban.
I too am in Durban but would not be able to work in Jhb and couldnt bear the thought of my cats being in Quarentine for minimum 3 months….
thanks
Hi Angela,
Yes they were in quarantine for that long, and yes it is a long time, but they came out of it perfectly fine, and appear to be completely oblivious to the fact that anything even happened!
You’re right about people who pay that much, and I do think it is a long time, but I also agree that Australia must protect itself against the influx of pet-bourne diseases such as rabies. The reason that quarantine is so long when coming from a handful of countries, of which South Africa is one, is primarily rabies. Australia is rabies free, and they want to keep it that way. That said, I’m sure that you would have seen rabies manifestation before 210 days, but I’m not a vet so I can’t say for sure. I believe quarantine from non-rabies countries is only 30 days.
Fortunately we were in a position to move to JHB, and stayed in a garden cottage only a few km from Keringa. I had already wrapped up a company, and Caroline was working remotely (i.e. over the Internet). At the time our house in Durban was on the market and fortunately we managed to sell and receive the money before we left SA.
It is hard to have your “kids” in quarantine, especially if you can’t visit them, but I’ve been told (and believe) that we are the ones who suffer more than the animals. They don’t have a real concept of time and before they know it they’re back with their family. But I agree, it is hard to bear the thought of leaving them for so long. I think dogs have it harder than cats as they pine for their family a lot more.
Cheers
Craig