Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> news > > wrote in message
> 9.45...
> > > On Sun 09 Jul 2017 09:11:16a, Ophelia told us...
> > >
> > > > "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
> > > > 9.44...
> > > >
> > > > On Sun 09 Jul 2017 06:09:16a, Ophelia told us...
> > > >
> > > > > "jmcquown" wrote in message
> > > > > news > > > > >
> > > > > On 7/8/2017 10:18 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > > > > I'd love to get another dog, but it would not be fair to
> > > > > > the dog to bring one into the house right now. My grandson
> > > > > > though, took in two dogs that would have been abandoned but
> > > > > > he cannot afford to take proper care with vet and food.
> > > > > > So, I have two "foster dogs" that come to visit. They get
> > > > > > plenty of love and attention.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sure they get plenty of love and attention, Ed. It's easy
> > > > > enough to say "just adopt" but pets are expensive.
> > > > >
> > > > > In the case of my cat Persia, she kept getting bladder
> > > > > infections. Turned out she had a (thankfully benign) tumor. I
> > > > > paid for the surgery and the biopsy. After that she had to
> > > > > eat prescription food. That's not cheap. Later she was
> > > > > diagnosed as hyperthyroid.
> >>>> Turned out she was allergic to the medication. So, radioactive
> > > > > isotope therapy. More money, and a trip to a special clinic
> > > > > near Charleston, where she had to be boarded and isolated for
> > > > > two weeks. She was literally radioactive. LOL
> > > > >
> > > > > It's a wonderful thing to want to adopt a pet. But there's a
> > > > > lot more to it than a few cans or bags of food.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jill
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > > We always have Pet Insurance with ours. Our last dog was ill
> > > > > when we got her and she got worse and worse. In the end our
> > > > > vet directed us to the Vet's Hospital in Glasgow where they
> > > > > tried to help her but she died. That would have cost us a
> > > > > few thousand £s.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know what pet insurance is like in the UK, but the
> > > > insurance plans I've investigate here are not worth much except
> > > > for annual checkups, vaccinations, and other minor procedures.
> > > > The premiums for 4 cats is also expensive. When Peanut was
> > > > having serious digestive issues and eye problems, we spents
> > > > thousands on him and the insurance we could have had would not
> > > > havae covered the cost of what the vets did.
> > > >
> > > >
> >>> Wayne Boatwright
> > > > ==
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps I didn't make it clear, our Insurers paid the money to
> > > > the Vet's Hospital!
> > > >
> > > > I was making the point that it would have cost US that much had
> > > > we not had been insured.
> > > >
> > > > OK just checked, Our insurers paid the Vet's Hospital over
> > > > £2,000.00 for Bonnie.
> > > >
> > > > We mainly have it in case they get serious problems like Bonnie
> > > > did!
> > > >
> > > > We have an excess of £25 after which the Insurance pays the
> > > > rest.
> > > >
> > > > That doesn't sound like your insurance is worth a lot
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > You made it very clear. We had insurance on all 5 cats some years
> > > ago. Initially we took all 5 for an annual exam and any
> > > vacinatons they needed. For there was a copay of $50 per cat.
> > > About a year later we took Millie (now deceased) to determine
> > > what was causing her kidney problems. Xrays revealed that she
> > > had kidney stones, and also that her kidneys were beginning to
> > > fail. She had surgery to remove the kidney stones and total bill
> > > was $1800, with no discount. She later began treatment for her
> > > kidneys and each monthly visit visit was $125 plus the solution
> > > that we had to inject once a day. As soon as our contract
> > > expired we did not renew it. Pet insurance in the US is a
> > > complete ripoff.
> >
> > We ran into the same thing with our last dog Sophie, the insurance
> > was around $35.00 per month and didn't really cover anything that
> > she needed, never bought it again after the first year.
>
> I pay almost $70 a month for each cat. I didn't have it for Jetta for
> awhile but now she needs a teeth cleaning. The amount I pay covers
> the teeth cleaning, normal shots, a certain number of vet visits (I
> think 5) per year and fecal testing. I think that is up to 2-3 times
> per year. The main reason I get it is for the teeth cleaning. Would
> cost more without it.

Julie, that is not insurance, that is called a pet care plan. Very
different but good thing to have.

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