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Do I Need Pet Insurance? Is Pet Insurance For Me?
Posted by admin - 01/06/09 at 11:06:58 amIf you’re the type of person who would do anything to save your pet, including spend thousands of dollars on medical care, pet insurance might just the type of cover you need.
Ever heard of a CAT scan for your dog?
Veterinary Science has change in recent years. The range of treatments available these days is far greater and more advanced than they were only a few years ago, and at prices that could make you go barking mad.
* Treatments once reserved for humans, from radiation therapy to kidney transplants, are now available for pets. That means once-fatal conditions are now treatable at costs ranging from $1,000 to more than $5,000.
* Vets have access to increasingly sophisticated and costly diagnostic tools, such as MRIs. Such screenings not only boost the cost of exams but often detect problems that once would have gone unnoticed and untreated.
* These expensive tools and procedures have helped create health care inflation in the pet doctor world.
Pet insurance is still relatively unheard of in Australia. Less than 2% of the nations estimated 5 million pets are insured.
Pet Insurance is best used as protection against the really big expenses, rather than those you could easily afford to pay out of pocket. You have to ask yourself how deep a hole would you go in to for your pet? Can I afford that?
Most people think to themselves – If the cost of treatment got too high, I would choose to put their pet to death rather than face the bill. But many who find themselves in this situation often find their convictions wavering when they actually have to instruct the vet. It’s a very emotional time. The family is upset, the vet says treatment would save their loved one…most people break down and pay up.
Pet insurance may save you from this difficult situation.
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The Top 10 Items Most Commonly Removed By The Vet
Posted by admin - 01/06/09 at 11:06:39 amFinding your self at the vet because your pet needs something surgically removed is surprisingly common. The cost of putting your pet in for a routine operation can mean upwards of $1000 in out of pocket expense. Pet Insurance may be the protection you need.
Here is a list of the top 10 items most commonly removed by vets after being swallowed by their dog.
Most common surgically removed items:
1. Socks
2. Underwear
3. Panty hose
4. Rocks
5. Balls
6. Chew toys
7. Tampons
8. Bones
9. Hair ties/ribbons
10. Sticks