Pets Passports.
This simple process is pitted with potential pitfalls in a system which is basically simple.
If you want to return to the UK from the EU with your cat and or dogs then you need to be up to speed with the requirements of the system.
The authority for the perfect passport is the Defra website,http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/pets/procedures/support-info/guide.htm, and this should be read. Had I not read through the procedure when we were a few weeks from our departure date. Then I would have faced another 7 months while the rest of the family were already back!
I'm not going to repeat the website but things to watch out for:
Make sure that the basic rules are followed.
Microchip
Vaccination
Blood test
Subsequent vaccinations
And don't lose the lab result!
Make sure all details are correctly recorded in the passport, it is your responsibility.
It will ensure that you don't face being turned back at the port.
It will save you a lot of time and the awkward conversation with the vet " I do zeeis for a living" and having his side kick chirping in " he does know what he is doing!' While a room full of people and frothing pets stare you out of the place. An english person arguing with a French Vet whatever next!
French dogs and cats can, at the moment, be micro chipped out of sequence if they are tattooed and this can cause problems. They must be registered at 4 months of age. A pet must be micro chipped before it will be allowed to enter the UK.
Also if you have several pets make sure the vet completes the record at the time and accurately records the entry especially when you are having the final tick and so on procedure is being done. Times should be in 24hr clock.
All amendments have to be signed and stamped by the official veterinary surgeon.
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