Cat from Ukraine

[PhilC 5]

My wife will be traveling from Ukraine to the U.S. hopefully before Christmas. I gave in and said she could bring her cat. She will be flying Aeroflot from Kiev. Any help on traveling with a pet will help. She plans to take him in the cabin. Not that I don't like cats but I prefer dogs.

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

My wife will be traveling from Ukraine to the U.S. hopefully before Christmas. I gave in and said she could bring her cat. She will be flying Aeroflot from Kiev. Any help on traveling with a pet will help. She plans to take him in the cabin. Not that I don't like cats but I prefer dogs.

And there it starts..

Before you know it, your Man cave get's turned into a sewing room.

Congrats.

[Karl and Olga 3]

Hi, I can help. I brought my cat from Kiev last year in summer. unfortunately you don't have enough time for doing all the shots for the cat (if she doesn't have them). so what do you want to know? what documents, where to go and where to call? it's much easier for me just to write a letter or to talk to your wife and explain what she should do in Russian then to write everything in English.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My wife will be traveling from Ukraine to the U.S. hopefully before Christmas. I gave in and said she could bring her cat. She will be flying Aeroflot from Kiev. Any help on traveling with a pet will help. She plans to take him in the cabin. Not that I don't like cats but I prefer dogs.

Alla brought a dog and a cat. Ukraine requires they have a health check before leaving and that they receive a health cerificate from the Grand Poobah of Veternarians in Kiev. Her Vet will know what to do. This is to LEAVE Ukraine.

The US requires nothing in particualr for CATS, dogs require a rabies vaccine but cats do not. The cat will get a rabies vaccine during its checkup in Ukraine. The US MAY inspect the animal when it arrives at the POE. Ours were not inspected by a veterinarian but we did have to show the rabies vaccine record for the dog

We were TOLD both animals could fly in the plane cabin with Alla and I. When we got there we were told only ONE could be in the cabin (this was Aerosvit Airlines, each airline has their own rules, check with them) and we had to pay something like $75 for each animal to fly...again we found this our at the airport. The animals need to be in a carrier. The cat rode in the baggage, the dog in the cabin. Our cat is very laid back, sort of like a "Garfield" and sleeps most of the time and rarely shows any interest in anything. I doubt she was even disturbed from her nap.

The biggest challenge was the airline, the actual importation of the animals was nothing really.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://www.aeroflot.ru/cms/en/before_and_after_fly/animals