Vets in Switzerland and Pet Passport
Looking at the DEFRA website it seems that a Swiss vet can administer a tapeworm treatment and sign a UK issued Pet Passport. But just wondering if anyone has actually done this, and can confirm that it causes no problems when coming back into the UK through the tunnel.
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Why the concern with Switzerland? If they are signed up to the process I cannot see why there would be a problem. If unsure then you can either get the treatment en route back to Blighty and/or print off the DEFRA info before you travel. In my experience each time we travel the pet passport checks are more and more cursory.
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I would have thought that my concern was pretty obvious, I don't want to turn up at Calais to be told a Swiss vet's stamp in the passport is invalid.
I raised the query simply because I shall be visiting relatives there for a few days and it would a lot more convenient to use their local family vet than hunt one out in France on the way back.
As I said in the original post, from the DEFRA website it would appear to be OK, but to be sure I was merely asking anyone else who had used a Swiis vet what their experience was.
Oh, and when I came back through the tunnel last year I thought the check was actually quite thorough.
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As long as you are within the time frame and the vet has the status to do it I don't see why not. I am sure other people have used vets other than French ones.
I don't agree with cursory they check pretty thoroughly in my experience. My return was delayed last year and I had to get a second check done a few days after! I hope I didn't look as tense as I felt as the nice vet hadn't rewormed the dogs stating it would be bad for them! But the stamp was in order!
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