Thanks guys. And thank you Brian for feeding recommendations - I discovered Mudbay and have bought them a lovely sea food by Weruva (a lot of it is a no no as my just don't like soup like things) in jelly. Kalinda loves it but Nina is not sure. Looks like a lovely treat to me. But they have raw mixes so I will try that next, want to establish a good pattern of feeding so I know if anything upsets them - what it is. They eat and love raw chicken but not sure how it will go down as a complete mix.
The paperwork bit was expensive but I did not want to put a foot wrong there so well worth it. And the company we used was awesome - we used World care pet transport. To be honest, when I gave them away the day before the flight I was sobbing but they organised the last vet visit and travel health certificate and all transport to and from airport.
We were given crates very early so had them a month before and one of the cats even slept in it before the flight. The other is smarter and does not trust anything with doors that lock
The cats actually arrived to our flat before we did (we had to rent a car and wait for bags) and were extremely quiet in the van (also our friend saw them at the airport when he was picking up his cat and said they were quiet) until they saw me and then were screaming. They were a bit jet lagged I think or were just hungry from not being given much food before the flight so were waking us up for food for few days. But apart from that, they are well and we have now had an offer accepted on a nice large condo so hopefully moving in a month.
Brian, I will ping you when I come to Portland, would be great to catch a coffee if you are willing