How much would you pay before thinking 'nope' and letting pet die?

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For people with pets: This question refers to your favourite pet WHEN MIDDLE AGED, not old! And imagining you have no insurance.

For people without pets: This question requires you to imagine you've got a pet, mid-aged, and no insurance.

Simple one: What is the maximum you would pay a vet to save your pet's life if he was going to die without the proposed operation? If you need more context - ok - a car has hit it but vet says he can 100% fix, at a not cheap cost.

Britters

ps. Me? I'm at the £350 mark, after that 'Well Lassie, god has just dealt your pet a bad card I'm afraid, see ya :('
 
If it's a 100% fix and there would be no pain and standard of life good I am not sure I'd put a limit on it unless it was going to put me in financial problems. My dogs/cat are part of the family.

If there is going to be a life of suffering, then I think the best bet would be to have the pet put down. I'd want the same doing for me!

And £350 is a rather pathetic amount tbh, our annual injections are around the £160 mark.
 
OK, for context, the car has punctured one lung and fractured a leg bone and bust a kidney and some internal bleeding. The lung is filling up with liquid. Vet says it'll be painful, but in 45 minutes Lassie will be dead. Or he reckons he can (95% certain) fix it all up .. 1 bit at a time .. then says 'All for price X'.
 
The question is framed wrong for me. The issue is largely not about money, but quality of life.

For a happy pet who won't be in continuous pain, the simple answer is likely to be 'as much as can be afforded'.

However, saving an animal only to condemn them to a life of pain is not something I'd ever contemplate.
 
If it was to continue living normally probably the earth but in the cold light of day something that would not break the bank. Who knows, I hope we don’t have to make a decision like that.
 
My parents paid £600 for treatment on their dog after he was hit by a car....my dad was far from happy.

Especially as the dog had to be put to sleep about 8 months later after it was discovered he had a stroke and turned on them.
 
My limit would depend Only on what I could afford, otherwise, no limit, my dogs are a Big part of my family, loosing any of them would be painfull!

Currenlty have three dogs:

Bandit = 13
Miko = 6
Jack = 3
 
ac1d1ty said:
But that's enough to pay for 5850 in crossfire :eek:
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haha!

bt seriously if youre taking on a dog you got to expect the unexpected and limiting treatment to £350 is kinda unhumane. ive never had a dog, but id at least spend double that before id consider letting it pass on...
 
Morbid thread is morbid.


But to answer the question... I'd pay what I could afford at the time depending on my financial circumstances.

I don't have a pet right now, but I had a dog, and with my current financial situation, if she was still alive, I could afford to pay 2-3k to save her life, and I damn well would without hesitation.
 
The vet can 100% fix the pet. No pain ever. NO side effects. Back to complete normal!

Wow, no-one has actually put a figure yet apart from me! :) Guess the question is harder than I first thought! :)

What would you pay if you had the amount of money you have TODAY. Theoretical thing has happened TODAY. Any actual figures peeps?? :)

EDIT - seek put a figure. Thanks. 3k? Jees!
 
If it's a serious illness I'll have the dog killed straight away. I've had to many dogs die on me due to cancer or inherited illnesses associated with the various breeds to even think about trying to extend the animals life.
 
Dolph said:
The question is framed wrong for me. The issue is largely not about money, but quality of life.

For a happy pet who won't be in continuous pain, the simple answer is likely to be 'as much as can be afforded'.

However, saving an animal only to condemn them to a life of pain is not something I'd ever contemplate.
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So if you could re-mortgage you house and get £100,000 - you'd do it because that technically could be afforded??
 
'Wes said:
I would pay for it no matter what, but your question is put together poorly.
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You'd sell every single possession you had, sell your house and live in a tent - maxing out all your credit cards, taking out every single loan ANYONE would give you?

Wow. Thats amazing .. further than I'd go to be honest ..
 
It's not about a number, if you put a value on your pets lives then you're in the minority here.

Most normal people will give the normal answer - what I can afford.

Sorry but if the vet tells me it's £5000 to put right, I don't have that, it'd be tough but life is like that.

If I happened to be able to scrimp together 5k though - sure - it's tough but life's like that.

Would I sell my car, house, take out massive loans? No. Screwing up my life isn't worth it.
 
If the pet would have no side effects from the treatment and have the same quality of life as before, I would take a loan out for the treatment if I had to.

There can be no budget on something like that, for me, anyway.
 
Dolph said:
The question is framed wrong for me. The issue is largely not about money, but quality of life.

For a happy pet who won't be in continuous pain, the simple answer is likely to be 'as much as can be afforded'.

However, saving an animal only to condemn them to a life of pain is not something I'd ever contemplate.
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This for me. I love my cats and would pay anything I could afford to keep them for as long as possible, as long as saving them doesn't condemn them to the rest of their life in pain.
 
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