I believe that if you can't afford basic vet care, such as vaccines, yearly well checks, routine dentals, and heartworm preventative, then you should not get a pet. I try not to judge people who can't afford expensive treatments or surgeries, but some people think nothing of spending thousands to repair their motor vehicles and won't pay a vet a few hundred dollars to save their pets life. That boggles my mind!
Last November, one of my cats developed a blocked urethra the weekend after thanksgiving and had to be hospitalized for 5 days - he was a few hours from death when I rushed him to the vet. I told my children that Christmas would be a little lean, but Monster would still be with us. I would beg, borrow, and juggle whatever I needed to to save any one of my pets, my sister told me that she would have put him to sleep if he was her cat. I just don't understand that mindset.
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