I grew up in a time when pets got sick they died. Now you are expected to pay sometimes ten of thousand of dollars to keep them alive. Pet insurance and pet meds is a bizarre world to live in, one that I will no longer participate in.
Definitely agree. I’ve fallen on both sides of that ability to afford treatments for pets, but I find the “just let sick pets die” sentiment disturbing.
That is what happened, people didn’t go into debt or have to make hard choices about what bills to pay. Losing a pet sucks, but it was a definite thing. Now people can spend as much as 30-40k in extreme events.
Are you going to spend $40k to save your pet. Are you a monster for not? That is why I will no longer own a pet.
You’re both right these things BOTH suck. We need to live in a world where we have enough disposable income to treat the occasional medical emergency or ongoing supportive care of our pets, like arthritis meds or special diets so they don’t just have to die and it would be nice too if vet care was significantly more affordable.
I grew up in a time when pets got sick they died. Now you are expected to pay sometimes ten of thousand of dollars to keep them alive. Pet insurance and pet meds is a bizarre world to live in, one that I will no longer participate in.
The time you grew up in sucks
Paying thousands of dollars to keep a pet alive sucks as well. Pricing people out of pets sucks.
Definitely agree. I’ve fallen on both sides of that ability to afford treatments for pets, but I find the “just let sick pets die” sentiment disturbing.
That is what happened, people didn’t go into debt or have to make hard choices about what bills to pay. Losing a pet sucks, but it was a definite thing. Now people can spend as much as 30-40k in extreme events.
Are you going to spend $40k to save your pet. Are you a monster for not? That is why I will no longer own a pet.
You’re both right these things BOTH suck. We need to live in a world where we have enough disposable income to treat the occasional medical emergency or ongoing supportive care of our pets, like arthritis meds or special diets so they don’t just have to die and it would be nice too if vet care was significantly more affordable.