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Cat asked in PetsOther - Pets · 8 years ago

Moving to a different country--> worried about pets.?

I currently live in south east England. Next year (summer time) me and my family are moving to South Africa, Cape Town. I have 2 dogs currenltly. They are both meant to be long haired, but I always keep their fur short. Their breed is Lhasa Apso and originate from like the Tibetan mountains and are proper cold dogs. Later this year/early next year I am getting another dog- A greater swiss mountain dog (NOT A BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG), and they originate from the Swiss mountains. So they are all cold dogs but we are moving to a sunny, beachy Cape Town and I am worried about how they will adapt. Any tips/knowlegde about this? )Also if anyone knows anything about GSMD's pelase tell me anything you know about them at all) Will they do alright there?

I also have two cats and am planning to get two more sometime this year. My current cats- one is indoors and loves the sun but she is VERY anxious/stressed/high strung and always has been and has never been calm in general, let alone in new situations. She is 12, and will be almost 14 then, so I am very worried about how she will handle it all. My other cat is a thick furred, but not long furred, cat who is on the chubby side. But the thing I'm worried about is she lieks to go outside a lot and usually just spends her time walking around our garden and stalking things. But there are a lot of poisonous snakes/spiders etc in South Africa and we dont have much of a garden in cape town (patio, pool area, big balcony's) so I'm worried she will wander to the mountain/hill behind our house (like our back garden, but giant fence blocking us from it haha) and there are many creatures in that grass. I dont know what I'm going to do. What if she tries to hunt a rattlesnake or something and gets bitten? We also live next to a road here but its quiet but in Cape Town the road by our house is quite busy. What should I do?

My snake will just be chilling in the sun so I think he'll love it, but what temperature should we keep his container in? We keep it quite warm cause its cold here, but in cape town the temp varies a lot but not half as cold as here.

Thanks for any tips.

Update:

Quarentime time is not needed from UK to south africa, only vet certifites and injections etc.

And to whoever said something about getting another dog- why should I not get another dog just because I'm moving? There are many reasons I need to get it before I move because those dogs are extremely rare and there are hardly any breeders, less than a dozen in UK, a few in Europe, some in USA. Also the breeders in the UK are more responsible here.

Okay so I looked it up on the internet and I can bring my cats and my dogs, but can I bring my snake? I cant find anything. He's a corn snake, not venemous.

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  • 8 years ago
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    All of your animal will have to be quarantined, I don't even know if you'll be able to bring your snake with you. If you're really that worried, i would just find new homes for all your animals and not risk it.

    And if you know you're moving, why are you even getting another dog? Its just another pet to take with you, and you're getting one who's meant for colder weather. Just wait until you move and get a dog there.

  • Wondo
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    8 years ago

    There is a quarantine period for pets and along with it paperwork and fees. A pet that prefers cold weather will not be happy in hot climate. Most times people take a dog that likes being outside even when snow on ground, to somewhere tropical, the dog spends majority of time in air conditioning. Not exactly ideal for a dog that likes being active. Cats are actually fairly immune to most rattlesnake venom. i dont know about other poisonous creatures of SA.

    I know it would break your heart but due to lengthy quarantine in less than pleasant conditions (and small area) along with dog(s) being cold weather dogs, you may want to consider finding good home(s) for them in what might be their best interest. True love is not selfish love.

  • 8 years ago

    They go into quarantine for 6months+ don't they to make sure they aren't carrying diseases etc but u can visit them everyday and in that quarantine they get use to it i believe, well that is what i read when i was thinking about moving to Australia

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