Quote Originally Posted by k9krazee
My dad makes as about as much as your mom does, my mom a whole lot less...somehow we can support 6 people, 5 dogs, 2 cats, 3 guinea pigs, a gecko...and have money to spend on other things like trips (Adam and I went to Europe for a month)...We try to give our animals the very best vet care that we can, we definately have priorities, if one of the animals need vet care we are more than willing to sacrifice something that we may really want.

err.... not all families have similar backgrounds... your folks may make the same but if you have certain issues..... that much is not enough for even the simplest things.