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- From: paul@sco.COM (Paul Jackson)
- Subject: Cost of Cat care, was : Re: Neutering question
- Organization: SCO Canada, Inc.
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:17:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.161743.24441@sco.COM>
- References: <1992Nov16.194804.3493@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Nov16.212236.26128@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1992Nov17.150648.24012@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- In article <1992Nov17.150648.24012@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ren@Turing.ORG (Karen Prestemon) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.212236.26128@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (R. Keith Norwood) writes:
- >>Unless you have a fat wallet, there is a limit to how much you will spend
- >>on your cat. This amount varies with the individual but there is no "correct"
- >>amount.
- >>
- >Agreed. We adopted a kitten from the animal shelter, and my husband
- >at the time said that if anything happened to her that would require
- >great medical expense, then we would put her to sleep and get another
- >one.
-
- This is not intended as a flame, but there IS an alternative other than
- paupering yourself with a large, unexpected, medical expense and putting
- your pet to sleep. Pet Insurance is widely available these days for a
- moderately reasonable cost. At the least, it is a known, monthly cost that can
- be budgeted for. Most people can probably manage to find the $100 to $150 a
- year that it costs.
-
- I do believe that part of your responsibility to your animals is to provide
- them with a reasonable level of medical care and not to view them as
- disposable.
-