Animal Travel boxes are wooden boxes used for transporting pets in when flying pets. They have to be fairly sturdy – and must be the right size for you dog or cat. A good dog box or cat box will have mesh at the front and air holes for ventilation. A pet transport box will also have a water bowl attached inside the box.
When sending you pet overseas it is a good idea to write your details and the pet travel companies details somewhere on the box. Animal travel boxes are custom made – you will need to measure your pet and then a box can be made. Some countries have restrictions on wood that enters the country – so the wooden pet box will need to be treated so as to allow it in to those countries. Plastic pet boxes are available – but the are very expensive when compared to a wooden animal travel pet box.
Some of the things you will need to do if you move your pet overseas.
- Get a quote from the airline
- Measure your animal
- Find the right box
- Buy the box
- Check with the consulate that the animal is not banned, and will not be put to sleep the moment it arrives at the airport.
- Check which vaccinations you need
- Find a Vet to give vaccinations and administer any other advice for special conditions, as it is impossible to insure an animal traveling via airline.
- Find Kenneling in the country you are going to.
- Deliver you pet to the airport.
- Collect your pet at the airport and deliver to kennels for quarantine.
These are just some of the things to do when moving your pet overseas. Start with the animal travel box – that will take a little time to make up – I would recommend you do not do this yourself – find an Animal Travel Agency – so much easier and not that much more expensive than doing it yourself!
