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How much would you spend on your pet?
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:51 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:51 am
Dog, cat, etc. do you have a limit you would spend to keep it alive?
Whether it’s old age, illness, injury, etc. at what point do you just cut your losses and put it out of its misery out back?
Whether it’s old age, illness, injury, etc. at what point do you just cut your losses and put it out of its misery out back?
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:57 am to BabyTac
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old age
Is there a cure you are trying to sell here?
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:58 am to BabyTac
Depends on situation
We paid LSU 3K for a surgery that had failed twice before with our regular vet
LSU told us the way they would do it they could almost guarantee it wouldn’t fail
Dog was about 4 years old at the time, it worked & we had several more years with her before cancer got her
I don’t think I could put an older dog through a bunch of treatments, I’m thankful mine passed when she did so I didn’t have to make the decision on when it was time
We paid LSU 3K for a surgery that had failed twice before with our regular vet
LSU told us the way they would do it they could almost guarantee it wouldn’t fail
Dog was about 4 years old at the time, it worked & we had several more years with her before cancer got her
I don’t think I could put an older dog through a bunch of treatments, I’m thankful mine passed when she did so I didn’t have to make the decision on when it was time
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:58 am to BabyTac
Depends on its age/condition/etc. I'm not letting a young pet die if it can be saved and have a good quality life.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 7:58 am to BabyTac
A lot. Just spent 9k on my Great Dane that I adopted a couple years ago. Thats after I spent a couple grand to get rid of his heart worms that he had when we adopted him.
It was $6700 for a 20 hr stay at an emergency vet for aspiration pneumonia. Then the follow up vet visits, x-rays and medicine end up being close to 9k.
It was $6700 for a 20 hr stay at an emergency vet for aspiration pneumonia. Then the follow up vet visits, x-rays and medicine end up being close to 9k.
This post was edited on 3/26/24 at 8:01 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:00 am to Rize
quote:Adoption place doesn't give them a clean bill of health prior to transferring to you? Seems like they should pay for that.
Thats after I spent a couple grand to get rid of his heart worms that he had when we adopted him.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:00 am to Rize
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A lot
Yep.
LSU Vet school put a pacemaker in our dog and she had some good, healthy years after that.
Worth it...
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:01 am to BabyTac
When I got married. My to be wife had two cats....I set a $700 total on their medical expenses after that they can either be replaced or forgotten. There is the joke about cleaning your plate because somewhere some kid is starving... But I would rather spend money on a kids education in Haiti than a pet found in a parking lot
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:03 am to BabyTac
I put down my 13 year old lab a couple of years ago. He had a tumor on his face. It could have been treated but the vet said it'd be rough on him. We waited until we noticed it starting to hurt/impact his quality of life and put him down instead of dragging it out. He lasted about 9 months after we noticed the tumor. The fact that he was able to jump in the truck and walk excited as all hell in to the vet made it really freakin' hard to do. If he were younger I would have spent a lot without a second thought. I figured giving him a painless quick end was better than dragging things out.
This post was edited on 3/26/24 at 8:04 am
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:04 am to BabyTac
Honestly this is a big reason I don't think I'll ever have another dog. Leaving the vet every time was never under $300 for simple things. Dogs can ruin your finances quickly
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:04 am to BabyTac
Depending age or illness, whatever I can afford. If near end of average lifespan or terminal, I’d just make comfy until it’s time and offer it’s most fav treats and chocolate and pizza, etc.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:07 am to The Mick
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Thats after I spent a couple grand to get rid of his heart worms that he had when we adopted him. Adoption place doesn't give them a clean bill of health prior to transferring to you? Seems like they should pay for that.
We knew about it. He was at the West Baton Rouge animal shelter and a rescue picked him up and was doing the slow kill method of giving him heart worm pills because they didn’t have the funds to do the faster treatment. We adopted him and went with the faster treatment and paid for it.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:10 am to BabyTac
We just bought a dog…and that initial cost soon grows exponentially. So many vet visits with shots and neutering and chip and what not.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:12 am to The Mick
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Adoption place doesn't give them a clean bill of health prior to transferring to you?
A large portion of animals that leave rescues/shelters have heartworms, skin problems, anxiety, etc.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:13 am to BabyTac
I just had to spend $2k on mine. One of my dogs had a rectal hemorrhage..
Saturday night I get home and open the front door and it looked like a crime scene in my house. One of my dogs was bleeding out of her arse. Took her straight to the LSU vet.
Had to put down $2k. She stayed Saturday night, Sunday night and came back home yesterday, but was told we will actually get some of that money back. From what it sounded like, in situations like that they charge $2k to make sure whatever they have to do was covered. They had to pump her with fluid and probiotics. She was dehydrated.
Its something that happens that they have no idea what causes it. So to answer your question I guess $2k.
Saturday night I get home and open the front door and it looked like a crime scene in my house. One of my dogs was bleeding out of her arse. Took her straight to the LSU vet.
Had to put down $2k. She stayed Saturday night, Sunday night and came back home yesterday, but was told we will actually get some of that money back. From what it sounded like, in situations like that they charge $2k to make sure whatever they have to do was covered. They had to pump her with fluid and probiotics. She was dehydrated.
Its something that happens that they have no idea what causes it. So to answer your question I guess $2k.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:16 am to OweO
It’s a dog. Feed it, give it water, play with it and love it and let it live. When it gets sick let it die, and get a new dog. Some of you dropping all this money on a dog lol
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:18 am to BabyTac
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Whether it’s old age, illness, injury, etc. at what point do you just cut your losses and put it out of its misery out back?
Maybe a couple hundred bucks. It's just an animal.
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