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

Money isn't the issue, it is the quality of life afterwards which is the meat of the problem.

I will always remember when I was young one of our cats got hit by a car and broke both hind legs, vets fixed that. A few years later the same cat fell out of a bedroom window and did the same, vet fixed that. His brother had an (unknown) liver defect which makes itself felt at about 2 years old and he couldn't be saved as it just wasn't worth it.
 
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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Well if we're talking about (relatively) large sums of money then age needs to be taken into consideration as well. I wouldn't pay £18'000 to keep a 12 year old dog alive. But I'd consider it if he/she was around 6 - old enough to have become a valuable part of my life, and young enough to have plenty of years ahead of them.
 
seek said:
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.
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Same here, like some others have said, as long as its a pain free life after the operations.
 
britboy4321 said:
What about if the pills cost £35000? Will cure the disease 100% job done.

Where's the line?

:) (I will get an answer!! :) )
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Surely that would depend on the individual's financial situation?

If I could afford it, I would pay it. There may come a point where I couldn't afford it sensibly, and at that point I would have to call it quits, but arguing for a solid figure for a hypothetical is rather daft.
 
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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Not really. The situation you are envisioning just doesn't really happen so asking for specifics is pretty much impossible.
 
As much as I could afford.
I've just paid over £600 to extend the life of my cat for 2 weeks until any further extension would have caused her pain.
I paid £2000 for the younger cat a few years ago when she needed an operation. It happened the week before my wedding and we were so worried we almost postponed the wedding.

It comes down to how much you can afford and if you consider the animal a houseguest or a member of your family.
for me it's the latter.
 
n111ck said:
Anyone that has a pet and no insurance is tard and shouldnt be allowed to keep an animal IMO.
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no, anyone who keeps an animal without insurance and who cannot afford to treat that animal should anything arise is not only a tard but irresponsible.
 
n111ck said:
Anyone that has a pet and no insurance is tard and shouldnt be allowed to keep an animal IMO.
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We don't have insurance for our two cats as they're house cats and never go outside (so no danger of getting run over, getting into fights etc). However, we can afford to pay for treatment should anything happen to them inside the house.
 
You are never going to get a definitive answer, as it will come down to the individual circumstances.

A family that are struggling to put food on the table and the choice is between feeding the family and putting the animal down - its a fairly easy choice. Their limit may be in the hundreds.

If its a multi millionaire and they have the same situation they may be happy to pay well into the thousands if not more.

Other people have little regard for their animals, dont bother with even injections and as such would have no issues with putting the animal down regardless of how much money they have.

Then again, some people put a huge value on their animals and will spend whatever is required.
 
not about cost, just about quality of life.

if its going to inhibit the animals welfare then game over, if not get it done.

having said that you cant stitch yourself up to get it done.
 
n111ck said:
Anyone that has a pet and no insurance is tard and shouldnt be allowed to keep an animal IMO.
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Depending on the pet (i.e. non pedigree) it is cheaper to just have the pet put down and get a new one rather than have pet insurance. So from a financial point of view it makes sense...

:D
 
I'd pay whatever it cost to keep my Dog alive. Although without trying to derail, i would never own a dog and not have pet insurance, because I already know how expensive it is when things go wrong.

It would be more about the quality of life than the money. If i was paying thousands for my dog to live a few more months without being able to run around or do do stuff then i'd have to pause and think, but if it would result in a normal length of life, even unable run or whatever, then i'd pay it.
 
it'd have to be pretty bad for me to say no. I already pay out nearly 1k a year on special food, 500 a year on insurance, tablets and other issues probably set me back quite a bit too.
 
britboy4321 said:
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 :('
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Given all your threads about your incredible day rates (that aren't that incredible) that seams pretty cheap. I had to spend not far off that last week for one of my dogs and will do it again whenever he needs it.

My mutts are part of the family and if I can look after them without taking the basics of well being away from my child, I will.
 
britboy4321 said:
What about if the pills cost £35000? Will cure the disease 100% job done.

Where's the line?

:) (I will get an answer!! :) )
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£35k is fine also, just the sum I have just spent on my wifes runabout incidently. (I am considering my relative wealth to the value I hold on the affections of my Dog, and my Son who loves his dog more than life itself)

It is all relative, so trying to get a definitive answer is a lesson in futility.
 
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