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MrsMyrtle · June 2010

Feel free to explain. I'm just curious.

MrsMyrtle · June 2010

The reason I ask is because, even though we eventually realized that Toby was alright, we were wary of spending hundreds of dollars on something that would probably not tell us anything. Vets can really rip you off sometimes, and that's unfortunate.

6fsn · June 2010

A couple of hundred bucks on my 12 year old cat sure. Several thousands for cancer treatment no.

Butter Cookie · June 2010

I would have to seriously consider it if it was going to be something I had to take out a loan for just to make sure my cat could get some chemo. I'm not saying I wouldn't do it, because I am a crazy cat lady and I adore my furry buttfaces, but I'd hesitate.

Mrs.Thistletwat · June 2010

With fatcat we examine what is going on with him before jumping to go to the vet. But if he's really sick or hurt we pay what we need to. Does that include getting him a hand-painted prosthetic eye when we had his removed? No. Does it include getting him a root canal and a cap for a broken fang? No. But meds, necessary surgery, yes.

notamrs · June 2010

Pretty much along the lines of what 6 said. A lot depends on the situation and realistic prognosis. I also have a vet that I love who, although not cheap, is not all gung ho about doing unnecessary treatments, so I trust that he's not running up the bill.

LnR70707 · June 2010

DH and I have discussed this because we had friends go through cancer treatments with their dog. Cost would play a factor, but the biggest thing for us would be quality of life for the pets. Thousands on cancer treatments that will leave the dog horribly sick and barely eating with a slim chance of beating it would be a no for us.

$150 for the vet to do a urinalysis, just to conclude that Ruger was drinking twice what he should..worth ruling out the alternative.

**O-Face** · June 2010

We would be willing to pay anything up to probably $3000 for anything. But chemo? I wouldn't want a human to have to endure that.

GBCK · June 2010

my comp doesn't wanna load polls.
But I get the gist.
We have a cost-benefit thing for petcare costs.

So when Dawg needed a grand to remove a toy? and the success rate was over 90% and she'd be all better? we didn't bat an eye

when we're talking about that same amt of $ to prolong life w/o looking at quality and all that? no

And, nope, we've not paid for the allergy testing--we've settled for benedryl, avoiding some foods, and crossing fingers...she just has to be itchy on occasion the same way I do :-P

PMeg819 · June 2010

With two dogs, you start to figure out what things you can do at home to treat things. Chicken and rice for upset tummies, Imodium for diarrhea, etc. What we do at home is always monitored and we don't hesitate to run to the vet. When the vet thought Paris might have cancer, DH and I had serious talks about how far we were willing to go. Some of it was money, but we also had to factor in quality of life.

Paulo's Menina Bela · June 2010

With Milky we spent 1200. Out of nowhere she had a massive seizure followed by several others. She was at the emergency vet for a couple of days before we decided to take her home. The vet at the clinic suggested taking her to UC Davis. Milky had been H's best friend of 15/16 years so H seriously considered taking her, but the chances they'd be able to help her or even found out the cause was slim to none.

H isn't sure he'd spend as much on the dogs we have now because he doesn't have that same attachement.

[Deleted User] · June 2010

Having worked at a vet's office, I am more wary now about costs. The vet I worked for loved to overcharge people or try to convince them that they absolutely needed this treatment or that special all-natural pill that happens to cost $200 a bottle. I really need to get my cat's teeth cleaned so I have been asking around for quotes.

But like PP said, it would also come down to quality of life. Having seen what these poor animals go through with cancer or other diseases and disorders, I could never put my cat through that kind of pain and misery. I still hear the wails of this one cat who had cancer, literally had a hole in her butt, and the owner refused to put her down and instead brought her in every to have the wound cleaned until she died. It was horrible.

*Barbie* · June 2010

it would depend on the pet's age/health/condition/chance of survival/necessity of treatment.

i.e. if Rogue develops cancer at 12, we're not going to aggressively treat it - we'll make her as comfortable as possible or consider putting her down -she'd be past her life expectancy and we wouldn't want to put her through hell to only survive for a short while with a poor quality of life.

VarunaTT · June 2010

Libby was close to $3000 for six more months of good life when she got cancer. I treasured every absolute minute of it and don't regret a penny of it. Making the decision to end the treatments when the cancer returned made me ill, but our chances of beating it again were slim to none, the treatments would've been more agressive, more expensive, and emotionally DH and I were done.

Basically, as long as I could still afford it while paying my bills and a minimum lifestyle for DH and I, I'd spend whatever it took. And, depending on some other things, if it took credit to do it, I'd do that too.

psichick · June 2010

depends on the situation and also depends on the animal. if either of the cats gets sick i will certainly take them to the vet. the snake.......maybe. hedgehog, again maybe. the geckos or frogs mostly likely not.

barbie - one of our cats is named rogue. don't see that name too often for pets

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