I arrived in Honolulu last week with my beloved kitty, Miranda, and wanted to share my experience with others. I have worked very hard to make sure that this transition was as pain free for Miranda (and for me) as possible. I had all of her paperwork in order, sent in my fees, etc. and made airline reservations that allowed Miranda to travel in cabin with me. We left Texas last Thursday and flew to Los Angeles. We spent the night (good thing since we were three hours late getting there) and left for Hawaii first thing Friday morning.
We arrived at the Honolulu Airport about 10:30 a.m. They took Miranda from me at the gate and took her to the Quarantine Facility. My husband met me at baggage claim. We went to get the car and drove directly to the Quarantine Facility. Fortunately, we had located it on our house hunting visit in July. We walked in, presented Miranda's Health Certificate and proof of flea/tick treatment. They gave me a receipt for the money I had sent in and brought Miranda out to me. She had been out of my control for about 45 minutes total.
It was a piece of cake!!! I was so worried that I would miss a step and she would have to stay and that would have been awful. The people at the facility were very nice and the man that brought her out to me said she'd been looking around, very curious, while he was checking her out.
I'm so glad we're finally here and all back together again. Now we just need our furniture to arrive. That should happen late next week. For now, we're camping in our new house - sleeping on an air mattress and using beach chairs for our living room furniture. I got my cable/internet/phone connected today so at least I'm connected to the real world and can watch Judge Judy!
This whole process has been quite an ordeal, but little by llittle it's all coming together.
If anyone planning to move to the islands with a pet would like more info, feel free to contact me.
Tina
We arrived at the Honolulu Airport about 10:30 a.m. They took Miranda from me at the gate and took her to the Quarantine Facility. My husband met me at baggage claim. We went to get the car and drove directly to the Quarantine Facility. Fortunately, we had located it on our house hunting visit in July. We walked in, presented Miranda's Health Certificate and proof of flea/tick treatment. They gave me a receipt for the money I had sent in and brought Miranda out to me. She had been out of my control for about 45 minutes total.
It was a piece of cake!!! I was so worried that I would miss a step and she would have to stay and that would have been awful. The people at the facility were very nice and the man that brought her out to me said she'd been looking around, very curious, while he was checking her out.
I'm so glad we're finally here and all back together again. Now we just need our furniture to arrive. That should happen late next week. For now, we're camping in our new house - sleeping on an air mattress and using beach chairs for our living room furniture. I got my cable/internet/phone connected today so at least I'm connected to the real world and can watch Judge Judy!
This whole process has been quite an ordeal, but little by llittle it's all coming together.
If anyone planning to move to the islands with a pet would like more info, feel free to contact me.
Tina
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