Comments on: Animal Woman

By: helen

helen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:53:47 +0000

Hi Virlana, we visited Toronto once (in the depths of winter) and I don’t think I’ve ever felt so cold in my life! Loved the city though – if I had to live in a city then that would be my choice. We even thought about moving to Canada before we came here but anyway, back to Skopelos. We’ve been over to Glossa on a number of occasions and it really is completely different to Skopelos Town, not just the feel but the flora and fauna on that side of the island really is beautiful, especially in Spring. When we were looking for somewhere to live we visited a number of places towards Glossa but with junior at kindergarten in Skopelos it didn’t seem fair to move her and I’m not really sure I could live that far away from Skopelos Town. So visiting Glossa is good but I don’t think I could live there!
Hope you manage to get over to Skopelos, I’m sure you’d have a great time.
All the best
Helen

By: helen

helen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:46:12 +0000

Hi Thea, when we brought our cats over we had to get a pet passport which showed they’d had their rabies vacinnations, blood tests and were in good health and disease free. As we had no plans to take them back to the UK again we didn’t have to wait and have further blood tests although I know that this has to be done within a few weeks’ of the previous tests if you intend your animal to travel back with you. I’m not sure about animals coming from the US, I know that the criteria differs from country to country. In the UK I contacted our local vet and DEFRA (govt. organisation for animals etc.) to get the relevant information and documents.
A specialised animal transporter dealt with the flights and getting them to the airport and on the plane so that was the easy bit, we just had to collect them at the other end.
We saw the vet in December and she is due again in February and Nina in Skopelos Town at the pet shop, who trained as a vet, can also deal with any problems.
Hope that helps
Helen

By: Virlana

Virlana — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:49:56 +0000

Just a note to say how much I’ve enjoyed reading your blog, especially on a day like today when it’s minus 20 c. and about a foot of snow on the ground here in Toronto. Have you been to Glossa? What did you think of that town? We’re hoping to make it over to Skopelos next summer. We shall see.
Thanks,
Virlana Kardash
Toronto, Canada

By: Thea

Thea — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:36:11 +0000

Dear Senior (the mother of Junior?) … I will be returning to Skopelos in May to work on the Glossa Public Library … expecting to stay through most of October. I have a small white dog, one year old, coton de Tulear (long story). I’m thinking of bringing him and wondering how you’ve done with your animals … the transporting and the living on the Island. Were there special shots suggested to you? Does the vet still come once a month? Thanks for responding. Thea Montandon