I have a 5 year-old male cat who is a mixed breed. Recently I’ve had to take him to the vet because he had a blockage of struvite crystals in his urethra. The total amount I spent on him came to about 00. The vet said this could happen again. There is no way I can pay that much again. I’ll be paying off that amount for the next year.

I was looking into pet insurance and found a company that looked pretty promising. The only thing is that I don’t know what would count preexistingting condition. I don’t think this would count because there’s only a *chance* that it’ll happen again. The site says insurance would cover recurring illnesses, but I don’t know how to determine recurring from preexisting.

If anyone knows more about pet insurance or has any advice whatsoever in regards to pet insurance and pet care, let me know.

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I am currently a pet care specialist and would like to move up to pet care manager. What steps do i need to take to do this and how quickly can it be done? I have been there for 2 months.

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groceries, pet care coupons, cleaning, laundry

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Many many of the coupons I’ve found (since this morning, almost always the same coupons on different sites) I cannot use because of allergies. I want a good site with a wide selection of grocery, household, personal, and pet care. I’d prefer not having to sign up for a site (but I will if I have to) and no pay to use sites please. If I could afford a pay to use site I wouldn’t need to start couponing.

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So, if you’ve seen my previously posted questions, I’ve had a really sick dog, and have taken her to the vet twice. Today was the second time I had to take her. She got an xray, some motion sickness pills, and they gave her some fluids. They wanted 400 dollars just for that.

I almost lost my mind. The day before I had taken her into another vet and he charged me 100 for an exam, and a shot of penicillin.

What’s crazy, is when I had my pet neutered, it only cost me 80 bucks by using a doctor off the humane society website.

So besides the point that I think it is WAY to expensive for pet care, I also found out that Vets in my area (California) do NOT except payment plans. It’s cash, or credit. I asked the doctor what someone who cannot afford to pay all the money upfront do about a sick animal and he shrugged his shoulders.

I just feel like there has got to be a better solution to this problem. I know there is pet insurance, but most people (such as myself) had no idea about it
until I was researching methods of help (in case my dog needed surgery).

Does this bother anyone else?
Thanks for the well wishes, she seems okay I guess now. They didn’t find anything or give me any answers btw, that’s what is also bothering me.

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Hi everyone!

I am currently working on a newsletter for the vet clinic where I work and was looking for quick input. The theme is "Going Green: Eco friendly pet tips" and will cover natural foods, biodegradable litter, composting, and other environmentally friendly products on the market for pet care. Any suggestions on what you do to promote a green pet (cat, dog, fish, pocket pet, horse, anything!) would be greatly appreciated. I just recieved the assignment today and would love to hear from as many of you as possible as soon as possible.

Tell me what you do to go green. Even if it just using recycled materials, I would love to hear and share your suggestions (with your permission – so if you post, it may be published, so by posting here you are giving permission!) with our community, staff, and clientele.

Also – is there one big area of focus you are interested in as pet owners? While the major article will focus on tips in general, I have a secondary and tertiary article to address a particular area of eco friendly pet care in depth. What specific themes would you (as a pet owner) want to know more about? Would you rather read more about natural diets, grooming, waste disposal, specific products.. etc?

Thank you in advanced for all of your ideas and input. If any of you are interested in reading the final product, let me know and I will link you to it (it is posted online as well).

Just as a note so no one gets upset – I will be posting this question under general pet, dogs, and cats to make sure I can recieve a wider range of answers!
Yikes! Not a pet lover are we. Just to note though, animals on thier own are perfectly eco freindly (as they are a natural part of the environment and ecology). What makes pets not eco friendly is the support they require from humans, meaning it is the owners that are not eco friendly. All I am asking is for other people’s opinions on eco friend ways for the owners to care for thier pets – reducing that impact on the environment. If there is nothing educational or informative to be gained, then don’t bother to answer.

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I currently work at petsmart in the pet care department and was interested in changing to dog training but wanted to know how much they made. I thought it might be kind of rude to ask the trainers at our store, if you were wondering why I didn’t.

Thanks!

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FACT: There are more uninsured pets than people in the U.S. by a 3 to 1 margin.

FACT: Pets cannot be expected to pay for their own health care since the government prevents them from holding down paying jobs.

FACT: Federalized preventative care for pets would save the U.S. Economy billions in more expensive veterinary care — including expensive drugs, surgeries, chemo-therapy and specialized foods.

FACT: Employers and existing State and Federal Programs do not provide pet care to their employees and offer no subsidy for pet care to the working poor creating pet-care gap between the wealthiest and poorest Americans.

FACT: Pet Health insurers are making enormous profit margins insuring healthy pets, but limit what they will pay when pets get sick, can cancel sick pets and have limitations on coverage for preexisting pet conditions.

FACT: Pets are not consulted in end of life decisions and millions are literally being euthanized because the show up in need of medical care that no one is willing or able to pay for.

FACT: Happy and healthy pet contribute to the productivity of their owners and reduce the number of sick days, the number of days they stay home with sick pets and extend the life span of those who own them.

FACT: By taxing wealthy Americans and veterinarians, we can show compassion for the most vulnerable among us without asking any sacrifice from the 98% of Americans.
Mike,

So are you saying we should cover DOGs — that’s my point!
Guru,

The President appointed a deputy attorney general who advocated for pets to be allowed to be represented by attorneys — this is not "straying" to far from that notion.
OK, so perhaps we should require proof of pet insurance when you adopt a pet and a tax penalty if you let it lapse after adoption?
Mark,

But it will be there in case one day you need a pet — like a seeing eye dog, or a wheelchair campanion dog or a dog for the deaf.

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I am looking at pet care rx has anyone use them before? or who do you use?

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Mainly between VPI pet insurance and Pet Care but if you know of something better please tell us.

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