Most vets are major rip offs
Animals don’t have that evil streak as people do...well, excluding my own.
But I still spend the money on them. I think I’m their slave (somebody help me).
Count me in the chumps. I paid for cataract surgery for my Yorkie. Couldn’t bear him walking around bumping into things; blind at 6 years old.
My theory is all the women who grew up during the height of the feminist movement in the 60s and 70s are all now childless spinsters with 14 cats.
My theory is many of the women who grew up during the height of the feminist movement in the 60s and 70s are now childless spinsters with 14 cats.
And that is why I started my Pet Sitting business! I have only one reservation open for the Christmas week. I’m booked pretty solid for the next 7 weeks!
I do still have 2 reservation slots available for Thanksgiving.
Plans for next spring include hiring one to two professional dog walkers.
That works out to $1/week average per household.
But they taste so good.
Guilty as charged.
But happy to do so.
Well, the first time my beloved kitteh got sick, the vett saw me coming, I spent a fortune and even took the samples to the lab. The result, she got better on her own.
A friend gave me this advice:
If they are not physically injured such as a broken bone or bite or something, wait over night. Then if they don’t eat or are lethargic, then take em in. Cats are like a temperamental sports car so if they don’t eat, once, it’s not that big of a deal. Dogs, on the other hand, never refuse to eat so I’d be a little more worried.
Finally, if you have a vet you trust not to fleece you, take em in either way.
Oh yeah, California has implemented a scam though. You used to just give your dog heartworm medicine testing em the first time you give it and then assume it’s working afterwards, now, I think it’s every 6 months or year, you have to have them tested before they’ll sell you the meds.
It amazes me that people who are not financially secure or independent choose to support an animal.
Oh, wait...they're cats. Actually they are demanding overlords. But they're so darn cute!
Heart worms are a product of banning DDT.
That’s added 100 bucks each to the cost of vet care for my animals.
Diet is a big part of why the animals are constantly at the vet’s. High amounts of dry processed “food” (and I use that term loosely) that is anything but biologically appropriate for their species causes a whole host of problems that are increasing by the year. I, for one, am grateful, though, that vet care has increased in quality to the extent that it has (although I wish more conventional vets knew what holistic vets know!)
We unabashedly consider our dogs family. As for the cockeyed theory about people who don’t have children being the one with pets, most people have both. Nuff said.
Our pets are family members so I’m not surprised at the amount of money spent on them.