Ziggy the cat's 17-day journey from Israel to UK

Poor little kitty when through all this and now has to spend 6 months in
quarantine. Six months seems rather excessive to me.

jmcquown...

Poor thing! I can't recall the last time I heard of a cat having rabies,
can you?

Will in New Haven...

Quarantine isn't just about rabies. If they aren't prevented, they will
teach people to spell color and honor properly.

Will in New Haven

jmcquown...

LOL! You mean like colour and honour? Having grown up around Scottish
grandparents I do that anyway. Same thing with flavour :)

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

I thought the UK had discontinued the six-month quarantine
rule! (Or does that depend upon the country of origin, now?)

Outsider...

6 months! Does that mean in a cage for 6 months? Poor guy.

polonca12000...

Poor kitty!
Purrs and best wishes for a great onetruehome,
Polonca and Soncek

Nik Simpson...

There is a process you can go through which basically means going
through the 6months quarantine (with the cat at home) before travelling,
I think it's called the Pet Passport scheme. Don't know if applies to
all countries though.

djmaizels...

There is a pet passport arrangement with certain countries, but not all.
All other cases require 6 mths quarantine to maintain our rabies-free
condition here. Quarantine conditions are spartan but not just a cage.
Usually there will be an indoor and outdoor run, and the kennel maids
will give them plenty of attention. He'll be OK and will certainly have
a queue of people waiting to adopt him at the end.

Karen AKA Kajikit...

Poor baby! Six months seems a bit harsh... at least it could be six
months minus 17 days - he's been in solitary confinement for that long
already!