Vet bills

[Young Salt]

Originally Posted by Slingah

they just quoted us $500.00+ to clean ONE of our cats teeth....we got two cats......ya right

for that kind of $$ you should get one of those diamond grills that's popular with the rappers

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Young Salt

for that kind of $$ you should get one of those diamond grills that's popular with the rappers

.....kitty bling

[teaser]

I have 2 rottweilers that have pet insurance, it's about $350.00 a year for each dog. If you love your pets then its well worth it. The 1st few visits to the vet basicaly pays for itself, shots, checkups everything is covered as long as its not a pre-existing problem. Great for puppies and kittens. My female rotty had her left knee replaced 8 months ago and now its time for the other one to get done. $3200.00 a pop! After insurance claim submitted ... $1300.00so the savings are well worth the initial investment. I wish I had it on my first rotty "Squirt", some of you here may remember me writing about him. I spent a total of $32,000.00 on him in Bridgewater to try and save him, 6 operations, 29 days in the animal hospital and I still lost him. Insurance would have been great when I had him but I thought ...who needs to spend 350.00 on pet insurance? So check out the insurance for pets if you really want to save some coin.

[labrax]

We put our dog down late summer last year, and the vet offered a number of treatments they could have subjected the dog to without any idea whether the procedures would have produced any benefit to her quality of life. I took a more pragmatic approach than my wife, as I could not see ultimately putting the dog on $75/mo. pills, acupuncture treatments, lots of follow-ups for them not being able to tell us if it would improve her outcome. In the end - my wife, who was a long term vet tech (at the same office) agreed and we decided that it was in the dog's best interest to put her down.

A co-worker is going through the same thing right now - $60/mo for the last 9 mo. + plus all the office visits for a dog that really should be put down. I and two other dog owners that went through similar situations warned him that they almost try to upsell the services knowing that the attachment to a beloved pet will get people to spend a lot of money. He has been to Tufts and his local vet and has probably spent over $1200 easily in that time frame.