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

britboy4321 said:
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 ..
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An operation wouldn't cost that much, my cat got run over by a car and the price for the operation was around £3000 but the chances of survival due to his age was basically zilch and that was without insurance.
 
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I spent £3000 om my Minature Schnauzer before I called it a day this was when the insurance claim of £1500 hit it limit in that year and we had spent a total of £4500 .Even then I felt guilty not spending more.

10 years of your life with a pet he became a real member of the family . Eventualy his tumour got the better of him and I felt the Vets were miliking it still telling me they could do something so i called it a day and my name was **** with the kids for a year .

£350 is nothing , spend it or you will regret it I promise. Future lesson , always take out teh most comprehensive insurance you can afford beacause in my experience Vets are worse tham second hand car salesmen and estate agents .
 
When I was a kid, my dog got run over, both hisback legs were irreparably broken, the vet told my Dad he needed to be put down as he would never regain the use of his legs. He was in no pain so my Dad refused and had a wheeled frame built so my dog could move about and do the stuff he needed to do.

He found it a little awkward but before long he was 'running' about with no trouble at all. Beside the obvious extra care needed with him by us, he lived a long and happy life. The frame was expensive as was the care needed, but was it worth it?, of course it was, ten times over.
 
britboy4321 said:
So if you could re-mortgage you house and get £100,000 - you'd do it because that technically could be afforded??
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I'd consider it, certainly. However, such a bill without ongoing pain and problems is so unlikely that you are appealing to ridicule with some of these examples...
 
Dolph said:
I'd consider it, certainly. However, such a bill without ongoing pain and problems is so unlikely that you are appealing to ridicule with some of these examples...
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Didn't mean to .. I just see that everyone MUST MUST MUST have a limit somewhere, so saying 'whatever I could afford' is a bit of a cop-out to the question as it means they don't want to actually think about it seriously :) No-one would pay whatever they could afford if they're maxing cards and selling houses .. I just think they don't want to actually think of a real figure :)
 
britboy4321 said:
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!
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I've gotta be honest here mate, it sounds like you don't care for your pet much. It looks like you're baulking at paying the £350 to save your pets life, and you don't want to, so you're looking for others to come in here and say "oh no, £350 is far too much, leave the dog to die".

Not gonna happen I'm afraid. To most people, pets are part of the family and people will pay whatever they can afford. If I was in your shoes, and I didn't have the £350 spare, I'd loan the money off family or friends. No way would I let my pet die over a matter of £350.
 
britboy4321 said:
Didn't mean to .. I just see that everyone MUST MUST MUST have a limit somewhere, so saying 'whatever I could afford' is a bit of a cop-out to the question as it means they don't want to actually think about it seriously :)
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The thing is that the ongoing pain issue is far more likely to kick in before you get to very large sums of money. That would be my cut off, because that is what is important.
 
Davey_Pitch said:
I've gotta be honest here mate, it sounds like you don't care for your pet much. It looks like you're baulking at paying the £350 to save your pets life, and you don't want to, so you're looking for others to come in here and say "oh no, £350 is far too much, leave the dog to die".

Not gonna happen I'm afraid. To most people, pets are part of the family and people will pay whatever they can afford. If I was in your shoes, and I didn't have the £350 spare, I'd loan the money off family or friends. No way would I let my pet die over a matter of £350.
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I don't currently have a pet. BUT from when we had cats, yea sorry me heartless .. £350 sounds about right ..
 
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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DING DING DING, WINRAR! :).
 
Probably 2-300.
He's an old boy but still solid as a rock, fit as a fiddle and catching something a few times a week, he gets himself in major trouble. Thing is i'd like to pay more but it's not as if I can go to the bank and ask for a loan to save your cat is it, what else am I gonna do? Credit card? No way.

Hard fact of life and why you've gotta be daft to be without pet insurance.
 
seek said:
But the OP did specify that they would be 100% better.
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Which was unrealistic as I pointed out.

In general, the more you are spending, the less likely 100% better is, there is a natural point where the benefit stops, and that is the point where spending stops. Begging the question for anything else doesn't change that.

The simple answer to a question that is realistic and not filled with unrealistic assumptions is that the benefit will run out before the money will.
 
Dolph said:
Which was unrealistic as I pointed out.

In general, the more you are spending, the less likely 100% better is, there is a natural point where the benefit stops, and that is the point where spending stops. Begging the question for anything else doesn't change that.

The simple answer to a question that is realistic and not filled with unrealistic assumptions is that the benefit will run out before the money will.
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Surely for discussions sake there are diseases where it's simply

'The pills cost £18000, without the pills the pet will die, with the pills the pet will dump the disease 100%' ?? As such things exist for humans ..
 
britboy4321 said:
Surely for discussions sake there are diseases where it's simply

'The pills cost £18000, without the pills the pet will die, with the pills the pet will dump the disease 100%' ?? As such things exist for humans ..
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I would pay £18000 to keep my pet alive in that circumstance. It's not that much money after all, the price of a medium sized family car.
 
britboy4321 said:
Surely for discussions sake there are diseases where it's simply

'The pills cost £18000, without the pills the pet will die, with the pills the pet will dump the disease 100%' ?? As such things exist for humans ..
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Gaidin109 said:
I would pay £18000 to keep my pet alive in that circumstance. It's not that much money after all, the price of a medium sized family car.
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Exactly.
 
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