Can you Afford a Pets Injury?

[joycenalex]

in october 2003 alex the wonder dog had a case of aspiration pneumonia . he spent 2 nights in icu at osu vet hospital hooked up to ivs. i borrowed money and did without a lot as i repaid the loan of $1400. this past summer mojo had a bladder stone removed, final bill $1000. my vet cut me slack, let me make payments. i worked overtime, but paid it off in 2 months.
it hurt, but as long as i can stand up and work, the furries get good care.

[Catlady711]

I can usually cover up to about $500 without trouble. Dusty once had aspiration pnemonia and wracked up over $400. Anything over that I would have to seriously consider the pros and cons of treatment, sucess rate of treatment, pets age/health, and quality of life issues. Although I'm fortunate that I get discounts where I work so that helps anyways.

[cmayer31]

I have plastic money for emergency use only. I would do anything that I could to make sure that any of my pets had the proper care. I also have a cousin a few hours away that is a vet and has his own practice. I don't use him as my regular vet, but in an emergency I would not hesitate to contact him for help.

[areias]

Just to add-I'm looking to get another job, and although eventually I will quit my current job (pizza delivery) I will hold onto it for a little while to pay for impending vet bills. LOL I think I love my animals more than I love myself.

[Kalei]

I don't have a dog, but if something happened to my cat and it costed that much I probably could never afford unless I somehow bummed money from the bank or something, if something was a 1000 or lower I could probably afford it, I would try to do anything for my cat and my rabbit.

[Husky15]

Well, I don't have any money cause I don't work yet, but if anything happened to CC I'm sure my parents would do all they could. Same with Belle.

[Jessika]

I probably would not have the money up front, but believe me, if my pets needed any emergency medical attention, the money WOULD be there, whether it be donated from friends or family or I had to work my butt off for it, it WOULD be there. I have too many friends and family that think of my dogs as their "neices/nephews" and "godpups" for any emergency not to be taken care of.

I know that's bad, but as this point in my life our savings is very minimum; Shoot I don't even have medical insurance or money to cover my OWN emergencies... but I KNOW we will be taken care of. If nothing else, God will provide.

[luvofallhorses]

yes, we would find a way to pay for the medical bill. Luckily, our vet lets us make payments.

[columbine]

"Afford?" I have credit, I could just sacrifice my future. "Afford" doesn't mean much.

[G535]

I've been in debt most of my working life for animals, mostly horses and cats.

Now it's only one cat and my vet takes payments and I have an emergency credit card.

[Kalei]

I would be able to afford it with the help of visa and debt, but no matter what I could come up with it and just have to pay the debt off later.

[Ginger's Mom]

I have used plastic money in the past for $1000 in pet medical bills (to try to save my RB girl), it took several years to pay back. And I would not hesitate for a second to do the same thing again. It is definitely worth it.