If you are leaving Costa Rica and have pets there are a few steps that you must take to insure a safe trip for your beloved pets. Leaving and entering have different rules and regulations. Depending on the destination entry requirements into another country will vary. It is extremely important to know these rules and entry [...]
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Well it appears something is wrong with my editor so bear with me until I figure this out.
In Santa Cruz, Guanacaste our first leatherback turtle of the year swam ashore on September 15th to lay her eggs on Junquillal Beach a full month before the average season starts. Usually, the season begins in the middle [...]
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It has been a pet peeve of mine for some time how people stand on the side of the road near the rotunda a Multiplaza in Escazu selling their puppies that are sick or too young to be away from their mother.
Disease is rampant and these puppies if you buy one, you are for sure [...]
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Unfortunately the most airlines are not up to date on their information when transporting pets. Recently someone called from the ticket counter at American Airlines and said that the airlines would not let them board without permission from the Costa Rican Consulate. Today yet another call, this time from someone trying to board with their [...]
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YUK! They are everywhere. Apparantly when the dry season ends and the rainy season begins garrapatas (ticks) come out in record numbers. I have never seen so many ticks in one place. We have treated the animals with everything available and they still are crawling off the dogs and onto the furniture/floor. Our cats have [...]
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Moving your pets in or out of Costa Rica can be very stressful for the owner but the dogs/cats handle it better than we do. Do NOT every sedate your pet before they fly. This can lead to very severe and sometimes fatal results.
Airlines will not knowingly accept a pet that has been sedated. If [...]
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AM Costa Rica is one of the English newspapers here in Costa Rica. You can find them online at www.amcostarica.com. They are a daily newspaper that is at this time only offered online. It is a great source for finding what is going on throughout the country.
Today Mr. Jay Brodell (the editor) wrote an article [...]
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We have many animals as you might have read on earlier posts. One of our dogs Taubi has a very odd skin condition. My vet calls it the “Michael Jackson disease”. Where Taubi only a couple of years ago was a beautiful brown and black Akita, he is now 95% white. His nose has gone [...]
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In the summer you often have a pet embargo from May to September with several of the airlines. The will refuse to ship pets due to the extreme heat thus an embargo is put in place. Continental airlines will still ship during this time because your pet is never left outside in the extreme heat. [...]
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Not many people learn of the Ministry of the Atmosphere and Energy or the MINAE unless they are bringing a bird or want to know something about the National Parks and Wildlife of Costa Rica. The only reason I know anything about this entity is because I have a bird that is on the endangered [...]
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