The Cat That Traveled Overseas

I love my pets to death, and the thought of being without them for a prolonged period of time seems like a really tragedy (for myself, but them as well) so if I had to make the choice of transporting them around the globe or leaving them at my parents (who I know would love them) I would probably go wit the unknown and take them with me.

This all comes up because there was a position in my husbands company that had freed up. The only catch was that you would need to live outside of the country for 18 months. While I love to travel, and the chance to live abroad seems like a nice way to see the world I just feel like we would have to leave so much behind. And our cats are like our children, I would miss them dearly. So as we discussed the opportunity we decided in the end to let it pass us by.

I couldn't imagine what it would mean for other aspects of our lives as well. We would have to keep the house, but that means that we would be financing another home elsewhere and still paying the mortgage here. That was a long list.

One that proved to bring in little extra income since our expenditures would be higher.

This was all okay, at least for the chance for a little adventure.

But the unknown aspect about my cats, that was what scared me the most, it was something that led me to many sleepless nights as we weighed he opportunity.

What I learned is that they would go into quarantine, they would actually be placed with other animals that "may" be sick and that was anywhere from 30 or more days. I am afraid that they might not have made it. Or they would have thought that we abandoned them. I was told by our vet to USDA website and read up on what needs to be done in order to get your pet to the place of travel. And I was amazed at how much this varied.

Not to mention that it was going to be the same thing bringing them back. They would have spent a lot of time in quarantine by the time our adventure was over.

Now that the position is gone I have actually slept the best I have in over a month!