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- 05/21/2013 at 12:56 AM
  Lily ~
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  I’ve found the cutest little holland lop that I’d love to buy, and have been researching them and weighing the pros and cons for a while now, but still unsure.
  
  The only problem is, in two years I was planning on moving to the UK. I wouldn’t want to put my sweet bun through the stress of quarantine to enter the UK (I’m from America), let alone the traveling itself.
  
  I’d still really love this bunny, and would probably change my plans and not move if I couldn’t find someway for less-stress traveling. Would it be selfish of me? I don’t know.
  
  Thank you so very much. x
- 05/21/2013 at 1:47 AM
  Roberta
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  A friend took her dog travelling with her a while ago, from UK to Australia to New Zealand and back to the UK.
  There was no quarantine involved due to a regular series of vet checks prior to departure. I am not sure how it worked but Chester boarded and disembarked the flight with Kate each time and returned home with her.
  Possibly ring round some vets and find out if there is a program like that available to you, you could even try emailing a few vets in the UK and get their perspective.
- 05/21/2013 at 2:05 AM
  Deleted User
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  I really think your first step is to research the laws in detail. I know they’ve been relaxing them for a while now (had to since the channel tunnel opened) so it may not be a problem, … or if it is more of a standard length of time (like in Canada and the US) say ten to fifteen days that wouldn’t be so bad. There should be info on an official website, or the consulate can give you details. Pretty difficult to make a decision until your sure what moving would mean.
- 05/21/2013 at 2:36 AM
  Bam
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  http://www.animalpassports.co.uk/rabbit-rodent-pet-passport.htm
  
  It seems you must quarantine a bunny if you bring it to the UK from the USA. Perhaps some other EU-country doesn’t have this rule, then you could go there with your bun and then travel from there to the UK.
- 05/21/2013 at 3:52 AM
  MoveDiagonally
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  It would not be responsible or fair for you to buy a rabbit that you know you will have to rehome in two years. I think you should plan on taking her with you (going through quarantine, paying fees, etc) or wait until you move to the UK to buy/adopt a bunny.
  
  If you choose not to buy a rabbit now you could always look into fostering which are shorter term commitments.
- 05/21/2013 at 6:11 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  US to UK is a very long flight for a bunny. I wouldn’t want to put a bunny through that stress.
- 05/21/2013 at 6:17 AM
  Beka27
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  I would hold off for now. While it may be possible to get her to the UK, since this is something that is already planned, it’s really in both you and the bunny’s best interest to know ahead of time what you’d be facing. You also don’t know what the housing situation will be once you move. When you come with a pet, you are right away reducing your available options to only places that allow animals.
  
  I like MoveDiagonally’s suggestion to foster in the meantime, IF that’s something you think you could do without becoming overly attached.
- 05/21/2013 at 7:24 AM
  Sarita
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  Definitely hold off!
- 05/21/2013 at 11:20 AM
  FooFoosMommy2
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  At least in going from continental US and Hawaii and the Carribean, if you get her shots and paper work submitted before you go, she won’t need to be in quaritine. I’m not sure how much it costs, but it would be worth it to take her with you. And some airlines allow rabbits to fly with you, Foo’s carrier is airline approved so if we ever do travel with her, she’ll get to come on board with us and won’t have to leave us.
- 05/21/2013 at 11:33 AM
  Sarita
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  From what I am reading on the GOV.UK website you must quarantine pet rabbits from outside the EU for 4 months and they must have a rabies import license (not sure exactly what this is, but in the US we do not have any approved rabies vaccine for rabbits).
- 05/21/2013 at 11:54 AM
  Stickerbunny
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  The quarantine is to prove it doesn’t have rabies or any other disease you could bring in, along with a vet certificate of health and all that. For SOME animals you can quarantine at home, before you leave, if you promise the animal will not be in contact with others for a while when you get to the UK (the admin on the other forum I am on moved from U.S. to UK with his parrot and they let him home quarantine since it was a cage animal). I am not sure how it is with rabbits though. The quarantine if they insist it’s done at their facility in the UK is pretty nasty to the animal, many UK groups have called it inhumane. I would get in contact with the immigration officials and see exactly what would need to be done in detail before you get one, at the least. But, ideally, I would hold off on getting it until after the move.
- 05/21/2013 at 3:27 PM
  Beka27
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  Posted By Sarita on 05/21/2013 11:33 AM
  From what I am reading on the GOV.UK website you must quarantine pet rabbits from outside the EU for 4 months and they must have a rabies import license (not sure exactly what this is, but in the US we do not have any approved rabies vaccine for rabbits).
  
  This is interesting. I know the UK requires vaccines and we don’t, so that must be their way of transitioning the rabbit over. I wonder if they vaccinate the animal upon arrival, or how that works…? Do you know if there is an approved rabies vaccine here? Maybe the vet will do that if you ask for international travel?
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