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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Pets in Dubai - continued

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About animals - next part :) This time, the cost of food etc.

As I wrote once before, having a pet in Dubai is not a simple and inexpensive matter.
The first thing is that you can not have pets in all districts. It's not about just walking them, but in some parts of Dubai, for example in Jumeirah Beach Residences having pets are prohibited at all.

Walking is also not a simple matter, especially in the summer time when the temperature reaches 50 degrees (C). So you need to wake up very early in the morning when the temperature is more bearable (still less than 40 degrees). Later in the day it can be only a little 'pee walk', forget about proper walk, unless you want to expose your pet to shock. You can walk your pet in the evening (after dark) when the temperature drops a bit. In addition, you can not go anywhere with your pet for a walk. What is funny animals are banned in all the parks in Dubai.

Products for animals - a small price comparison

Royal Canin – Sterylised 37 (cat) – 2 kg	94 aed	20 euro
Royal Canin – Light 40 (cat) – 2 kg	85 aed	18 euro
Royal Canin – Intense Hairball 34 (cat) – 2 kg	86 aed	18.15 euro
Royal Canin – Labrador Retriver 30 – 12 kg	310 aed	65.33 euro
The only ferret food in Dubai w Beaphar Care + (really bad food)	5 aed7	15.81 euro

Silicon Litter 3,8 l	35 aed	7.38 euro

I chose them randomly, some for cats, some for dogs. Thre is only one kind of ferret food in Dubai so I place it here as well. I do not know the prices in all countries, but there are much more expensive here than in Poland for example.

While the ferret food are so poorly represented, I feed my 'carpet snake' Dolores with Ziwi Peak for cats with lamb or venison. Price 98 dirhams (20.65 euro) for two 400 g pack.
Klusek, have kidney problems, so he have to be fed with a veterinary diet. Royal Canin RENAL, dry food (2 kg) costs 105 dirhams (22.11 euro), and meat sachets - pack of 12 pieces costs 65 dirhams (13.70 euro) / 5.40 aed per piece (1.14 euro).

Things like cat litter, litter box, bedding etc are more expensive here as well (compared to Poland). I brought litter box in Poland (ordinary cat litter box, plastic), I paid for it about 3 euro and here the cost is about 8,50 euro or more. Crazy!

There is one more problem - pet stores! There are many things that we can easily buy in Europe but not here. So one have to bring it with or order it and it means more costs.

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

How to bring your pet to Dubai

I wrote once before about the cost of veterinary treatment of pets in Dubai. In the near future will write more about it (cost of treatment, food etc.). Now I tell you what to do if you want to bring your pet to Emirates.

Bringing a pet to UAE

As you know, Klusek come with me from Poland, we had a little trouble with that but finally we managed. To bring a pet to the UAE you must obtain an 'import permit'. The local Ministry of the Environment and Water has created a special page that you can use to apply for a permit http://petimport.moew.gov.ae/defaulten.aspx.

The import permit validity will be only for one month.
Pets neet to have following vaccinations:

Dogs	Rabies	Canine Distemper Virus (CDV)	Canine Parvo Virus	Infectious Canine Hepatitis	Leptospirosis
Cats	Rabies	Feline Pan Leukcopenia (FPV)	Feline Rhinotrachitics (FHV-1)	Feline Calicivirus
Ferrets	Rabies	Distemper Virus (DV)

You need a certificate indicating the level of antibodies to the rabies virus - antibody levels must be at least 0.5 IU / ml, and the certificate should be from governmental laboratory or accredited laboratory.

The Certificate is not required for the countries from the group below:

Australia, Austria, Andorra, Ascension Island, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bahrain, Bermuda,Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Fiji,Finland, French Polynesia, Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland,Italia, Japan, Jamaica, KSA, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, Montserrat, Mauritius, Mayotte, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Portugal, Qatar, Saint Vincent & the grenadines, Saint Kitts & Nevis, San Marino, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, U.S.A,Vatican City, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna.

So, we have yo have:

- The pet must have a microchip for identification mentioned in the vaccination card

- Dogs and cats must be vaccinated for RABIES within last year, strictly not under age of 3 months. 21 days should be elapsed after the rabies vaccination date as a condition for allowing entrance of the pet.

The pet has to be shipped in Cargo not with the owner :( So even if an air line allowed to have pet on board we can not do it. You can check all conditions for carrying pets on http://www.iata.org.

Each person is allowed to import only 2 pets - law.

Summarize:

We need following documents:

1. Import permit

2. Original Government Health Certificate

3. Original Vaccination Card or Passport

4. Original Certificate for Rabies Serum Neutralization. (The certificate is not required from the aboved mentioned countries)

The importer will pay the fees (400 Dirham per one head) using the E-Dirhams card at the entry point on arrival of the pet.

There are a list of breeds or types of dogs that are prohibited to be imported into UAE, I will not mentioned this list because it changes like in kaleidoscope. Second think is that there are some breeds that you can have when you are living in a villa and can not have when you live in a flat. It is better to write to them and ask.

For further clarification or enquiries you can write to animalquarantine@moew.gov.ae or call +971-42148444.

The cost of air ticket

I bought a ticket from Frankfurt and it cost 400 Euro.

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Pets... how much you have to pay for a vet

If you live in Dubai and you want to have a four-legged friend, you have to have a lot of money...

Sick pet it is huge expenses :( My little prince Klusek for about a month had pneumonia... weekly check-up visit with RTG its a cost about 350-400 AED.
Food is more expensive than in Poland - about 5 Euro, and threre are only a few of them. The best one is Beaphar Care+ Ferret - so not a best sort.
If you have a cat or dog, it is easier. There is a lot of choices, you can buy normal food or veterinary diet.
Annual rabies vaccination (is compulsory as everywhere) - the cost 220-250 AED. All other vaccinations required its a similar cost.

You have to know that not in every area you can live with a pet. In some of them there is a prohibition a possession of pets at all. There are pet free zones - you can't go out with your pet there. And all the parks in Dubai are a pet free zone :(