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Originally Posted by Timmy  Don't get me wrong....I feel horrible that they turn away the sick ones because their owners cannot afford it. I think if I were a vet I would be broke because my emotions will get the best of me...but I knew I had to have a back up plan for my furbutts because I do not ever want to be in this situation. |
I have said the same thing to my hubby so many times. I would be one broke @$$ vet!!! LOL. Seriously, I would. I just WOULD NOT be able to turn an animal down for emergency care...I mean there is just no way I could do it - I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
Knowing that there is an animal out there that I COULD HAVE helped, and had to means to help, but didn't because their owner couldn't afford to pay such a high vet bill (all at once) would just eat at me and eat at me until I made myself sick over it.
I TOTALLY agree with you about having some money put aside for your babies though - or ANY emergency situation really. BUT, one thing that I just now thought of is that if you only had, say, $500 put aside and the bill was $1000, well, that still wouldn't cut it
Geez, hopefully in THAT situation the vet would let you pay the first $500 and just bill ya (or at least let you post date checks or SOMETHING) for the rest
Ahhh I don't know, my heart just hurts for the animals is all
It's just a shame that things are so darned expensive these days. It cost almost as much to care for our animals as it does to care for ourselves! Sad.