The Bowen Knot ⌘: To: All FurParents Planning to Move to Ecuador With Their FurBabies

Monday, September 14, 2015

To: All FurParents Planning to Move to Ecuador With Their FurBabies - USDA Forms and Details

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Sasha

Zoey Bear

To: All FurParents Planning to Move to Ecuador With Their FurBabies

The process of getting all the visits, deadlines, costs, and USDA paperwork in order to bring your beloved FurBabies into Ecuador is both scary and confusing. For me, I refused to move to Ecuador without my FurBabies Sasha and Zoey Bear. I thought I would share the Veterinarian Bills and USDA Forms so that just maybe it would help future FurParents planning to take a leap of faith moving to Ecuador.

Note: The guidelines and rules change so please double and triple check what is required. We moved here on April 2, 2015.

1st Visit on January 20, 2015: 1 year Rabies Shots for both. They had to be given at 90 days.

1 year Rabies for Both

2nd Visit on February 3, 2015: Da2ppcv+L Vaccination, Microchip, and Fecal Float for Sasha since she wasn't on Flea and Tick medication. Da2ppcv+L Vaccination only for Zoey Bear since she was on Flea and Tick Medication. They did give Zoey Bear Diphenhydramine injection to help she handle the Da2ppcv+L Vaccination.

Da2ppcv+L Vaccinations

3rd Visit on March 19, 2015: You can see the list of things they did on the below invoice. Our flight had to be moved because of Visa/Passport issues by a week and we had to go back and have a few things repeated at the Vet's office including refiling our USDA paperwork in Gainsville, Florida. I can't find that invoice but this will give you an idea what was required for our original flight on March 26, 2014. During this visit we also purchased Adaptil Spray to be used during stressful moments for the FurBabies. That spray is awesome!!!

Health Certificate Visit page 1

Health Certificate Visit page 2

USDA: Here are the 4 forms that are part of the USDA Certificate. All of the forms have to be typed up or the USDA will refuse them. In addition, the airlines will refuse to allow you to board the plane.

Sasha's USDA Packet for Travel page 1

Sasha's USDA Packet for Travel page 2

Sasha's USDA Packet for Travel page 3

Sasha's USDA Packet for Travel page 4

Zoey Bear's USDA Packet for Travel page 1

Zoey Bear's USDA Packet for Travel page 2

Zoey Bear's USDA Packet for Travel page 3

Zoey Bear's USDA Packet for Travel page 4

Ecuador: We were told we had to drag the Furbabies down to Miami, Florida from Central Florida to the Ecuadorian Consulate and pay a fee of $50 per FurBabies to be allowed to bring them into Ecuador. Nope!!! We did not do this and we had no issue.

Advice: Make at least 5 sets of copies of the USDA packets. That way you don't have to stress about the airlines or Customs keeping a copy.

Here is a Sweet Card We Got From Tiffany at Dade City Animal Clinic:

From: Tiffany :-)

Thank You So Much to: Dade City Animal Clinic, Tiffany, Brenda and Bard, the USDA, and FedEx

If you have concerns or question please message us or leave a comment. I hope this hopes :-)

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