WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU GOT YOUR FIRST Pet

Frequently Asked Questions for First time Pet Ownership in Singapore http://www.petsnook.com/faqs.html

1) Bring Your Pet To Visit A Vet For a Check Up to assure Pet is Healthy & free from

     Diseases & Vaccination jab To Prevent Pet from future Contracting Diseases.

2)  Get De-Worming Tablet from the vet clinic to De-Worm Pet If Pet Never done or last

      done 1/2 year ago. De-worm must be done every 2X / year  & 4X / year if keep more

      than 3 pets.

3)  Get Your Pet All Its Necessities & An Identification Tag. It is inexpensive and sold at

      most pet shops. Write / Engrave Your Phone No / Address & Attached To

      The Collar.

4)  Get A Dog License from AVA if your Pet is a Dog. Cats & other small animals is not

      required to have a License. When You Receive Your License Tag, Attached It To

      The Collars : - Better chances of reuniting lost pets to Owners. License For Dogs

      are Renewed Yearly. It can be done at any Singapore Post & AVA in Pasir Panjang

      Road or Online http://www.ava.gov.sg/JAVASCRIPT/m7-option10.html

SERVICE CHARGES

Male Dog Licence  =  $14.00 / annum

Female Dog Licence  = $70.00 / annum
Sterilised Dog Licence = $14.00 / annum
Fourth & Subsequent Dog = $175.00 / annum

Dog Badge Registration = $6.50 / badge

Dog Badge Replacement = $12.00 / badge

Dog Licence True Copy Certified  = $8.50 / copy

Pet Shops or Animal Exhibition Licence (Bird, Aquarium Fish or Poultry Hatchery) = $126.00 / annum or part thereof Pigeon Premises Licence = $45.00 / licence

5)  Microchipped Pet. Ensure microchip is registered with the AVA and SPCA. It

     is a tiny chip with a special number inserted under your pet’s skin at tracing

     back your lost pet. Microchip your pet and report your loss to a centralized pet

     search system. 

AGENTS FOR MICROCHIPPING

SPCA - http://www.spca.org.sg/help_us/microchipping.asp

AVA - http://www.ava.gov.sg/JAVASCRIPT/m5-option4.html

PET CALL - http://www.petcall.org

PETOPIA - http://www.bestfriends.com.sg/

OTHER APPOINTED AGENTS

http://www.petcall.org/listAgents.asp

6) Sterilise / Nutured Your Pet if the animal is = / > 6mths & 1 – 2 mths later for

    nursing mothers.Animals that are sterilised are less likely to wander & they are

    healthier, happier, lastly, won’t add to the exploding number of unwanted

    animals in Singapore.