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Originally Posted by Betty
Can I ask a sensitive question? I think I can. We can all talk openly right? If I hurt anyone's feelings by asking, I'm truly sorry. Having said that - here goes. At what point does the health care of your pet become too expensive to pay for? That is - that you decide to let nature take it's course or put your beloved pet down due to a lack of money?
I don't have pets due to my husbands allergies and never really did growing up. But always loved cats and made friends with many in our neighborhood growing up or at relatives houses. I can see the attachment. It's a member of the family.
But it's not like health care for humans where - if you're seriously ill and in the emergency room - they'll give you medical care and ask you for payment after the fact. And as you were saying - they want a good chunk of the money upfront. Although I guess you could make payments and all that. And I've heard of animal health insurance -
so barring that from the equation - at what price is it too much money?
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It's never been about price for me but about quality of life for my pet. "Owning" a pet requires a certain amount of responsibility to care for that pet. You need to realize that from the get go (not all people do). There are many surgeries or medications that allow a pet to live a healthy and quality life. If these can be applied, then my opinion is to do them. If a situation is not fixable, then you get to a point where you have to make a decision. i am always grateful that difficult decision CAN be made for a pet. We certainly don't have that luxury with our human loved ones.