How much would you pay to mend your pet?
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ScotHill said:
A friend paid £6k in operations for her cat, and another swore blind they would go up to £20k for their currently ill house rabbit.
I estimated that for our cat I would stretch to maybe £700. Am I a
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It's not as simple as all that. I estimated that for our cat I would stretch to maybe £700. Am I a
?If an animal is at the end of it's natural life why prolong it, just makes us feel better. (I feel the same way about humans too)
We spend about £50 a month on treatment for our dog, I'm hoping to keep spending. For years. Some people will be spending that on ins, its only the cost of a lunch out!
And yes I'd spend on an op, as long as a reasonable chance of success.
Edited by PositronicRay on Sunday 24th February 08:52
I've probably spent a couple of thousand euros on my old Pit bull Kayleigh. Thankfully vet bills here are quite cheap.
She came from a council pound at around 11 years old. She wasn't in the best of health to start with. Within a couple of months she needed a replacement knee:
After a while the new leg wasn't being used properly, we took her back to the vet and they said there was some major problems with it, so off it came:
I've also been dealing with her food allergies and some problems with her ears.
I feel that right now her quality of life is good and there isn't realistically any medical procedure I would decline to do extend her lifespan on a cost basis alone. Her leg cost me over a thousand all in with the 2 operations. I've definitely done in another grand or so with repeated vet trips and meds for the ears and allergies, and then all the extra cost for her special diet. I don't regret spending it at all, she's doing very well and we'll take it a day at a time
If something else goes badly wrong with her then realistically its probably curtains for her, but this would be a quality of life decision rather than a financial one. I've got some younger and healthier dogs too, 5 at home in total. If I had to I'd be willing to pay £10k to save any one of them. Kay included, even knowing full well she probably won't live another year.
My girlfriends has one dog, she would be devastated if anything happened to him. I'd sell my Lambo and use the entire proceeds to save that dog if I had to.
She came from a council pound at around 11 years old. She wasn't in the best of health to start with. Within a couple of months she needed a replacement knee:
After a while the new leg wasn't being used properly, we took her back to the vet and they said there was some major problems with it, so off it came:
I've also been dealing with her food allergies and some problems with her ears.
I feel that right now her quality of life is good and there isn't realistically any medical procedure I would decline to do extend her lifespan on a cost basis alone. Her leg cost me over a thousand all in with the 2 operations. I've definitely done in another grand or so with repeated vet trips and meds for the ears and allergies, and then all the extra cost for her special diet. I don't regret spending it at all, she's doing very well and we'll take it a day at a time
If something else goes badly wrong with her then realistically its probably curtains for her, but this would be a quality of life decision rather than a financial one. I've got some younger and healthier dogs too, 5 at home in total. If I had to I'd be willing to pay £10k to save any one of them. Kay included, even knowing full well she probably won't live another year.
My girlfriends has one dog, she would be devastated if anything happened to him. I'd sell my Lambo and use the entire proceeds to save that dog if I had to.
Algarve said:
I've probably spent a couple of thousand euros on my old Pit bull Kayleigh. Thankfully vet bills here are quite cheap.
She came from a council pound at around 11 years old. She wasn't in the best of health to start with. Within a couple of months she needed a replacement knee:
After a while the new leg wasn't being used properly, we took her back to the vet and they said there was some major problems with it, so off it came:
I've also been dealing with her food allergies and some problems with her ears.
I feel that right now her quality of life is good and there isn't realistically any medical procedure I would decline to do extend her lifespan on a cost basis alone. Her leg cost me over a thousand all in with the 2 operations. I've definitely done in another grand or so with repeated vet trips and meds for the ears and allergies, and then all the extra cost for her special diet. I don't regret spending it at all, she's doing very well and we'll take it a day at a time
If something else goes badly wrong with her then realistically its probably curtains for her, but this would be a quality of life decision rather than a financial one. I've got some younger and healthier dogs too, 5 at home in total. If I had to I'd be willing to pay £10k to save any one of them. Kay included, even knowing full well she probably won't live another year.
My girlfriends has one dog, she would be devastated if anything happened to him. I'd sell my Lambo and use the entire proceeds to save that dog if I had to.
Just goes to show there are some heroes in the worldShe came from a council pound at around 11 years old. She wasn't in the best of health to start with. Within a couple of months she needed a replacement knee:
After a while the new leg wasn't being used properly, we took her back to the vet and they said there was some major problems with it, so off it came:
I've also been dealing with her food allergies and some problems with her ears.
I feel that right now her quality of life is good and there isn't realistically any medical procedure I would decline to do extend her lifespan on a cost basis alone. Her leg cost me over a thousand all in with the 2 operations. I've definitely done in another grand or so with repeated vet trips and meds for the ears and allergies, and then all the extra cost for her special diet. I don't regret spending it at all, she's doing very well and we'll take it a day at a time
If something else goes badly wrong with her then realistically its probably curtains for her, but this would be a quality of life decision rather than a financial one. I've got some younger and healthier dogs too, 5 at home in total. If I had to I'd be willing to pay £10k to save any one of them. Kay included, even knowing full well she probably won't live another year.
My girlfriends has one dog, she would be devastated if anything happened to him. I'd sell my Lambo and use the entire proceeds to save that dog if I had to.
When my dog went under a van, I had to decide whether to put put him down, amputate or bring an orthopaedic surgeon up from London. I went for the last option.
His front leg:
A year after:
Probably cost £8k.
Spent £2k on the cat that managed to slice itself open (as in, internal organs showing) not once but twice. This was a month after the dog broke his leg.
Spent £2k on a puppy that had a liver shunt. Had to call time on that one though. She'd fried her brain, poor thing.
His front leg:
A year after:
Probably cost £8k.
Spent £2k on the cat that managed to slice itself open (as in, internal organs showing) not once but twice. This was a month after the dog broke his leg.
Spent £2k on a puppy that had a liver shunt. Had to call time on that one though. She'd fried her brain, poor thing.
AstonZagato said:
When my dog went under a van, I had to decide whether to put put him down, amputate or bring an orthopaedic surgeon up from London. I went for the last option.
His front leg:
A year after:
Probably cost £8k.
£8k just for the leg, or was there other injuries too?His front leg:
A year after:
Probably cost £8k.
I reckon I could have had that leg fixed for 800 euros, or took off for 400. I'm glad I don't live in UK
Algarve said:
£8k just for the leg, or was there other injuries too?
I reckon I could have had that leg fixed for 800 euros, or took off for 400. I'm glad I don't live in UK
Not sure I can remember exactly how much it cost but it was a decent 4 figure amount. I remember thinking it was a decent Ford Fiesta. Amputation would have been a fraction of that. But I thought I owed him the chance to remain 4-legged. Putting him to sleep would have been cheapest. That was only ever going to be a last resort though.I reckon I could have had that leg fixed for 800 euros, or took off for 400. I'm glad I don't live in UK
No other injuries. He needed to be be put under general anaesthetic for his x-ray, sedated until the surgeon could arrive from London with nursing care, cost of a top vet orthopod surgeon, transferred to a veterinary hospital for the operation, another general, lots of x-rays to make sure it was all properly aligned, kept in for a few days after the op, pain relief, follow up visits to check the metal work, another sedation to remove the external fixation. He was in external fixation for about eight weeks.
He limps a bit when he's tired. But even then, if he sees a squirrel, he's off like a greyhound.
I don't have insurance.
Edited by AstonZagato on Sunday 24th February 18:19
I broke our new kitten (well he attempted to jump whilst being held) and snapped his leg in two places, first vet we went to said it could be around 8-10 thousand or have a leg off/put to sleep. I spent the night planning on how fast I could sell my car, it was my stupid fault for not insuring him...
Luckily we took him to a specialist it only cost just over 2 thousand and we managed to scrape it together, if we could manage it we’d pay it, even though he must have been in so much pain he spent a hour waiting in the vets reception purring at me nuzzling my hand staring at me with his big eyes, there was never a question of not spending the money
Luckily we took him to a specialist it only cost just over 2 thousand and we managed to scrape it together, if we could manage it we’d pay it, even though he must have been in so much pain he spent a hour waiting in the vets reception purring at me nuzzling my hand staring at me with his big eyes, there was never a question of not spending the money
if the operation results in the dog having a meaningful quality of life I would not hesitate to spend whatever it took; I have done this on occasion. However, if the treatment is merely an extension of life for a short period ( I had this with a Boxer who had incurable cancer), then I would not, merely provide comfort and palliative care and euthanize the dog when things deteriorated. I have seen people keeping their dogs alive for too long and it is not a good thing.
Don’t think I could put a price on it to be honest, have spent quite a lot in the two and a bit years since we got our frenchie as he suffers pretty badly from allergies.
Lots of tests, medicine and special diets etc and still no closer to finding any solution other than medicine to stop him scratching himself raw and strict diets.
We have insurance so get roughly 80% of the costs paid, but even with this it’s been quite a lot.
Don’t grudge any of it though, pretty sure he would do the same for us if he could too
Lots of tests, medicine and special diets etc and still no closer to finding any solution other than medicine to stop him scratching himself raw and strict diets.
We have insurance so get roughly 80% of the costs paid, but even with this it’s been quite a lot.
Don’t grudge any of it though, pretty sure he would do the same for us if he could too
Edited by Lazermilk on Sunday 24th February 23:30
We watch Supervet. Knowing what's possible with "only money", I'd find that money somehow but it does need to be a positive outcome. Noel refuses to operate if the result wouldn't give the animal the QoL it deserves. I like him and hope I could act with his level of humanity if the situation arose.
But our dogs are insured too, on good plans. Seems the most sensible way to "put your money where your mouth is".
But our dogs are insured too, on good plans. Seems the most sensible way to "put your money where your mouth is".
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