First of all I want to say thanks again for all the helpful and informative posts on this board - I really don't know what I'd have done if I hadn't found this forum - probably reading the NZIS website 24 hours a day and weeping copiously.
Having read so many of the threads here I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to do in order to send my cats to NZ. I have contacted both Airpets and Golden Arrow to get quotes for sending my two cats to NZ later this year, but having received the quote from Golden Arrow there's something I'm confused about. The quote mentions boarding the cats with them prior to departure, which I thought was just for convenience, but then in the details it mentions the tests and treatments that would be done while the cats were boarded there.
So, my question is: do the cats have to go to the pet shippers three days before departure? Or could I get my own vet to do those tests and treatments and just take the cats along to the shipper on the day they fly?
Part of the reason I'm confused is because the info I got from Airpets didn't mention boarding before the trip. Or maybe they did and I missed it. Or maybe I'm just being really stupid!
Anyway, I'd be grateful for any info.
Thank you.