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Moving and relocating with pets involves special considerations and planning. Read more about it here.
Before you move:
- Make an appointment and have your pet examined by your veterinarian; collect pet records.
- Ask your vet for a reference for a practitioner in the new city.
- Air travel should be booked four weeks ahead of departure for domestic moves and six to eight weeks prior to international flights.
- If you are moving overseas, your pet must be examined and vaccinated 30 days prior to leaving.
- Secure a form of identification to your pet's collar.
On Moving Day:
- When booking a hotel or corporate housing, make sure the management allows pets.
- Before crossing into another state, know that some states have border inspection of all animals.
- Limit feeding of your pets to once a day during the move, preferably in the evening, unless your veterinarian instructs otherwise.
- The appropriate size for a kennel should allow your pet room to stand up, lie down, and turn around in natural positions.
- If you are moving locally, take your pets on several visits to the new home before you move in to familiarize them with their new habitat.
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