This Month's Haul - Black March

[Jeremy]

SEVEN!? Goddamn - the vet bills for just my two cats are crazy enough. Spent $500 last month to get their teeth cleaned, and that was with a 10% discount for dental health month.

[Mzo]

Two animals in one house is more than enough. Anything past that ranges from a little to super gross.

[GohanX]

Getting pets teeth cleaned more than once in a blue moon is for suckers. I mean, sometimes they do need it, but more often than not it's the vets office upselling a service for more dough.

I have an aquaintance who has her pets' teeth cleaned more often than herself or her husbands (and she has dental insurance.) Go figure that one out.

[YellerDog]

King City collection. It is fucking HUGE and amazing.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Beyond shots and spaying/neutering, I will never spend a cent on pet health care. If they get sick and die, I'll feel bad but no animal is worth putting thousands of dollars into.
I've explained it before, but the reason we have so many is that two separate households each had two cats so when we merged together there were four. Then my daughter played her accident card for all it was worth and kept bringing kittens home.

[Jeremy]

Getting pets teeth cleaned more than once in a blue moon is for suckers. I mean, sometimes they do need it, but more often than not it's the vets office upselling a service for more dough.

I have an aquaintance who has her pets' teeth cleaned more often than herself or her husbands (and she has dental insurance.) Go figure that one out.

Yeah...that describes me way too well. They've had about one cleaning each year, and I haven't been to a dentist in...some sort of number of years. My present cats hadn't been to a vet for about ten years before I started taking them on my own a few years ago. Before that, we'd only take them in whenever needed, and that seemed to work well. Rocky lived into his 20s with occasional vet visits, and Spud's basically in perfect shape at nearly 15 aside from her teeth. Gracie's the one I've sunk a lot of money into though - she had a cancer scare last year, diabetes (insulin w/o insurance covering it is expensive as fuck!), and some major stomach issues two years ago. Thankfully, she's doing really well now though.

[Mzo]

Grandma gets diabetes, you do everything you can. Cat gets diabetes, time for a new cat.

[Jeremy]

Well, the vet told me it might not be a long-term thing, which it thankfully wasn't - her blood sugar levels were normal within two months, and now all she needs is some diabetes-specific food to help keep her healthy.

[Yoshi]

ITT: Horrible people

[GohanX]

Once a year isn't bad. I know people who get their pets teeth cleaned more like four times a year because the vet says they "need it." At around $250 a pop, and these people aren't rich, they're just stupid. Of course, they could potentially be rich if they weren't so stupid.