I have had clients with four thousand dollar vet bills and monthly medication bills for their pets that run into hundreds every month.
It happens a little at a time. First the vet says, we can do some labs, just a couple of hundred dollars. Then saying the labs are inconclusive, a few x-rays, and of course the anesthesia to get the x-rays, there is a quick four hundred. Then well there is the mri, the quick little surgery and pretty soon your talking real money.
I firmly believe that there are vets who play this game with vulnerable people who are then saddled with bills and interest payments.
We have an understanding vet now. Going in, he *knows* I’m on a fixed income and can’t afford *surprises*. He, so far, has been kind enough to work with me, and orders special tests, etc., sparingly.