greenstiles
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He's peeing ok now 
VETS BILL JUST BEFORE XMAS....
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greenstiles
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Yes insurance the next step...............here's a pic of him (not peeing) but pointing to the problem area
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Iwasgoodonce
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Perhaps it is his diet that caused the problems? A whole tube of salty Pringles will cause problems!
greenstiles
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They are his favorite, but we've cut down on his crisps and he only has a six pack on a Sat night now 
My parents looked after (were dumped with) my sister & her fiance's cat whilst they lived in the states for half the year. During that time the thing managed to break a leg falling from a tree after being attacked by crows.
My parents then learned that my sister did not have insurance for the mogg. The vets bill for the operation including multiple steel pins to set the leg & a weeks stay came to just over £1.1k.
The thing is the cat was horrible and the money invested in its leg has not changed this. Constantly biting/scratching and being a general antisocial & grumpy little git. Spending that sort of money on a loving and faithfull dog, fine. But on this little monster, I would have had to of thought twice.
My parents then learned that my sister did not have insurance for the mogg. The vets bill for the operation including multiple steel pins to set the leg & a weeks stay came to just over £1.1k.
The thing is the cat was horrible and the money invested in its leg has not changed this. Constantly biting/scratching and being a general antisocial & grumpy little git. Spending that sort of money on a loving and faithfull dog, fine. But on this little monster, I would have had to of thought twice.
Just to say I'm not really the heartless git I like to make out...
Ghost here has 3 legs, when he was 2 he was hit and dragged 10 yards by a car, both rear legs were smashed, head was down to the bone with road rash and his front right leg was ripped of and dangling by the skin - despite all that he made it 20 yards along the street and up a flight of steps into our garden.
Vet (a neighbour) said as he was young he might be ok but it would be a slow recovery and would cost. He lived in the vet practice for 3 months both rear legs pinned and cast, when he came home he lived for 3 months at the bay window with a litter tray he kept missing because of his lack of balance, but a year later he was fine, and mobile enough to bring in wood pigeons.
10 years on he still lives happily outdoors (although not while the snow is here) - he's just turned 13.
...it cost us a grand to fix at the time, we thought at the start it would be less but it could have been much worse.
Ghost here has 3 legs, when he was 2 he was hit and dragged 10 yards by a car, both rear legs were smashed, head was down to the bone with road rash and his front right leg was ripped of and dangling by the skin - despite all that he made it 20 yards along the street and up a flight of steps into our garden.
Vet (a neighbour) said as he was young he might be ok but it would be a slow recovery and would cost. He lived in the vet practice for 3 months both rear legs pinned and cast, when he came home he lived for 3 months at the bay window with a litter tray he kept missing because of his lack of balance, but a year later he was fine, and mobile enough to bring in wood pigeons.
10 years on he still lives happily outdoors (although not while the snow is here) - he's just turned 13.
...it cost us a grand to fix at the time, we thought at the start it would be less but it could have been much worse.
The Ken":1oz0vtd6 said:
It was a lengthy stay and a badly broken leg requiring plenty of work. My background is in Orthopedic medical devices, the cost of a similar procedure on a Human is considerably more. All covered by our wonderful NHS of course.
Versus my poor cats - both rear legs pinned and cast, front leg amputation and tidy up, stitches in face with a 3 months stay for £980 (was around 10 years back)
Just seemed like you were done but I actually think I may have been given a substantial discount I was unaware of.
