Oh that's good news FP. Well other than the bill of course but hey ho he's worth it. Is he insured? Best thing I ever did was to insure that vet dazzler Alfie. Otherwise he'd have had me out of house and home.
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jun 25, 2018 9:49:27 GMT
Thank you all. No, not insured Tinks. B & K are our first pedigree cats so our experience with Top Cat and Buttons was different as until they were very old they only went to the vets once a year. To be fair Katya only needs that. Boris is needing more visits. Yes he is worth it though.
So happy to hear this, FP. I am flabbergasted at the vet charges in the U.K. Here,the most expensive treatment is neutering which is 30 euro for a male and 50 for a female. When Chassis was shot twice in the lungs, the cost for a lengthy operation, 6 days in the vet hospital and aftercare visits , was around 550 euro (which the Vet halved as he was so pleased she had survived, but even so...). I know you would have paid whatever it cost to see him healthy again, sorry for the rant, but I think the charges are a disgrace.
It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.
I agree that the charges are exorbitant and I took issue over this very thing with our friends' son who is an orthopaedic surgeon at the RCVS and whose wife is a domestic vet.
He tried to justify it by saying their training is longer than that of medics and dentists and, unlike the post war years when most of us had our first moggies and their life expectancy was 7 or 8, people now expect their pets to live twice that long and for vets to be able to treat or cure every ailment associated with the ageing process, so the development of animal medicines has increased exponentially.
Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to.
I think pet insurance has influenced vets fees. I had to have Alfie's teeth removed because of calicivirus. His bill was agreed in advance by the insurance £1250, just short of anyway. Harvey had to have the same but there was an issue with his insurance ... which all came out in the wash ... but I had to pay up front. Same op, same vet but she knew I was paying out of my own pocket. £869! That's a big difference.
These days almost the first question you're asked when your animal is sick is "are you insured".
I do agree to some degree though that pet owners do expect more but that's because every decision made by farmers is a business decision. It has to be commercially viable.
I've not bothered in the past either FP but the boys came with free insurance for x weeks and in that time Alfie's heart murmur was diagnosed so there was a bill of about £900 for starters. That cat was such a duffer in the health stakes. Beautiful and I adored him but a duffer nonetheless.
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jun 25, 2018 10:45:14 GMT
I agree with you cassandra & Nellie about the costs but you are over a barrel when it comes to it, no choice.Personally I think pet insurance has raised costs for those of us who think pet insurance is a scam and won’t pay a monthly charge especially as both my sister and Cass don’t get charged the same in Europe.
Sorry FP but having read some of the vet charges mentioned upthread, we're definitely getting our Millie insured. Mrs M looked into it a few weeks back when we had that scare with Millie's eyes - she's getting on a bit now (Millie not Mrs M) and a sudden bill like I've read about would be virtually impossible for us to fund. I don't care how much training the vet needs, they're ripping off their customers big style.