Do you think it's a good idea getting pet insurance for your snakes, and if so are there any companies people recomend.I have insurance policies for both my dogs and wondered if it would be a good idea for the snake aswell. thanks.: victory:
exotic direct i think its called is where i did mine, i got my royal morphs insured as well as, most of my lizards and quite a few other snakes as well
Personally I think you're better off puttting money aside each week/month. There are too many clauses where the ins. companies can get out of paying out.
if you can nip to a local vets they normally have advertisements and leaflets for exotic pet insurance, our local vet doesn't deal with reptiles but we picked up 3 leaflets for different companies that insure exotics when we took our dog.
My snakes are insured through exotic direct. £80.00 for two snakes isnt bad.
I havent insured my older snakes, as I dont think they are as suseptable to illnesse etc that hatchlings are. I will risk just paying the vet I am registered if anything happens to them (God Forbid).
All my reps are insured with exotic direct. One policy will cover up to 4 reptiles for 8.50 per month approx or £85 pa. I have made a couple of claims over the years and they have been very good at paying out.
As mentioned before - exotics direct is the biggest company that does this - i put a quote in on the internet for my four baby corns - pair of rankins dragons and baby iggy at one time and the insurance was £500 a year. It will depend on what you are keeping - as mentioned before (again!) I think it may be a good idea just putting some money aside each week in case of a vets bill
as someone who deals with insurance claims, I would check the policy cover first before you get any insurance, as if you find they exclude so much, sometimes there is no point ( in respect of this subject anyway ), but as has been mentioned maybe put money away.
I must admit I have no insurance for our snakes, we have 2, I think because we were unable to insure our cat, as he has FIV, so I will just pay out when or if the time comes.
I would recomend exotics driect any day of the week. I have been with them for a while and never had any issues with them and they cover for just about anything.... Also i9f there is something they do not cover, for a little extra if you call them they will add it.
I never claimed from them but my mate did and said he had no probs at all. Didnt get as much as he was hoping for but no far off.
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