Ok im not one for making these sorts of posts and coming from me this may seem ironic but....grow up people.

Im sick to death of people saying "If you cant afford to take your animal to the vets you dont deserve to keep animals". While keeping an animal in long term suffering is sickening the behaviour of some keepers is absolutely deplorable. Some people cant afford to take their animals to the vets in a moments notice. If one of my animals became sick it would have to wait till next week to be treated. However in simular threads some people of what i can only describe as overly concerned busy bodys riding a rather verticle horse telling others that just because they cant get an animal to a vet in a drop of a hat they shouldnt own them at all. Sometimes times are hard, there have been times over the past year where my animals have been living lives of luxary and ive had to go days without food. Myself and others care for their animals deeply and insulting someone whos already under massive amounts of stress and distraught that they shouldnt keep animals is truely unforgivable and sickening. Especially when its a 13 year old boy! Some people may have had lives of luxary and fed with a silver spoons as a baby but some of us havent. When i was 12 i got £5 a week pocket money which i used to buy books, most poket money now is £10 a week and sometimes the parents can barely afford that. Yes animal health is a big concern but getting upity because you can afford vets bills, nice house and countless reptiles when the target is a 13 year old boy with a leopard gecko that was kept poorly in a store is deplorable and you should be ashamed of yourself.

/rant over/

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I wouldn't of thought it was a good idea to buy animals if you cant afford a vets bill...what if it was something that needed urgent attention? Would people think it was ok to let the animals suffer for a week because they couldn't afford the vets? I nkow not every case is as cut and dry and I dont know what situation you are talking about but thats my opinion nonetheless.

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if my rep went ill and at the end i got a big vet bill i would sell what a can to get the money my reps are every thing to me

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i agree, but not just about reptiles. Back in April i took the dog to the vets as he had a lump in his mouth. Cost me £180 to have it cut out and tested and it turned out to be cancer. That cost me £420 to have his jaw removed to get rid of the cancer and extend his life. Yep i had insurance but if i didn't does that mean i don't deserve to keep him because i don't have £600 in the bank 'just in case'

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There's always payment plans

For people who can't afford to treat sick animals they could go to a PDSA vet. There's really NO EXCUSE to let an animal suffer.

this is the excact reason you shoud be covered on pet insurance

Im still waiting to hear if PDSA treat reptiles as i don't believe they do but theirs no mention of it on the site.

As meko said if i was dumped with a £600 pound bill that would be impossible to pay. I dont have £600 worth of items and id probally be paying off that for the next 3 years. I doupt many people could afford that much either.

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one in sheffield doesnt..i have taken in ill igs, boscs, rocks etc, the usual probs and pdsa wont even look

cant honestly agree here


the very person who made that thread wont take ANY advise on forum and has had numerous warnings and caused numerous problems when refusing help and advice before today...

they seem to have some issue then suddenly its solved.. very odd

I must be honest that under 16s does not mean that forumites should not be asked to display a degree of maturity..

an animal should not be bougbht for pleasure of the owner cant keep it out of pain.. and lack of cash is not an excuse.. that should be very well considered before purchase not panicked about after...

if the person cant afford vet bills then i 100% agree they shouldnt have the animal.. sorry its my opinion

i have helped numerous newbies and teens over msn and phonecalls when they say they cant afford vets... they appreciate in hindsigh they were wrong to have the animal without being able to care for it..

caring for an animal isnt just feeding.. or temperature etc.. its being able to make sure you can afford vet bills when its sick.. that is all part fo having reptiles/ cats/ dogs/...

if someone said they bought a horse and it then broke its leg but they couldnt afford the vet bill for it to be either put down or treated how would we react...

I think its important to be honest and frank.. not baby new or young keepers into thinking because they have a sick animal and are young we should say AWWWWWW whilst the animal suffers..

offering help.. advice and also a slight chastisement for not understanding what is required is the right middle ground I feel...

simple

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I do have a few other animals too...............
0.1 Wd, 1.1 snakes, 1.0 APH, 2.2 Kittys and some fish

So Sparkle.. you have £600 lying around to treat your dog for cancer? or £2000 to treat your cat who got ran over and you found out your insurance direct debit hadn't been paid for some reason?

Or when i found out Rio had cancer and if i didn't have the money i should have just given him away?

my opinion is that your opinion sucks.

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