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Pet Insurance
Topic Started: Feb 24 2016, 09:52 AM (290 Views)
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Has anyone ever had Pet Insurance? Can I hear something about it. Not life insure, but if there is an insurance that covers vet bills.
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FuzzyO
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It's only valid if you keep up a regular schedule of vet visits, inoculations etc. The older the animal the more expensive, very similar to people insurance.
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Thanks Fuzzy :MapleLeaf:
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It is easier to get pet insurance for younger pets that have impeccable health checks. If there is one medical issue it usually means several other potential medical problems will not be covered. I found this out when thinking about insurance for my cat.
Mouse, are you thinking of your rag doll cats? My sister had one male rag doll who had a heart condition, (it seems to be one concern with rag dolls) he was young, no insurance. The final bill was, to my recollection, nearly $3000.00. My sister could afford it. His female sibling, same litter, is fine and covered with no issues regarding her brother.
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Yes blizzard, I am talking about the ragdolls. I know they have lots of issues. I got scammed with these cats, but I love them to pieces so I am keeping them. I got a lot of their health issues sorted out myself with getting anti-biotics from USA, but they need their teeth looked after and a few other things. It is going to be thousands of dollars and I can't put that kind of money out on "old" cats. I will keep them as long as they don't have pain and then I will have to have them put down.

Thanks blizzard for sharing that.
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I am confused Mouse as I do not know how you got a lot of their health issues sorted out yourself with getting antibiotics from the US. How did you know which antibiotics they need? Also, there is a reasonable place to order meds here in Canada, but one requires a prescription for the meds.

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Pat
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They had an upper respiratory infection or feline herpes. Each takes the same medication. ampicillin.
They still have it and it will erupt every so often, that is normal once they have contact with another infected feline. Even stress can bring on a bout of it.
They had it because their owners did not get their needles when they were young. These cats were very neglected and full of matts, ear infection and mites. They were a mess. Now they are beautiful.

I got the ampicillin from California. You can't get it in Canada without a prescription. I researched and talked to some knowledgeable people to get the dosage and I started with a little less to begin and make sure they were not harmed.

A little tip: Every day give your cats a little bit of lysine. It helps to build up their immune system. I buy the tube of gel and put it on their paws. You can buy the power too and put it in their food.

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Back when I was battling an almost continuous run of recurrent strep throats, I would buy my antibiotics from pet stores, specifically from tropical fish stores.
It was a little pricier than from a "human" pharmacy, but eliminated the cost of a doctor's visit. I got ampicillin, erythromycin, and a couple more.

Now, you can buy antibiotics quite cheaply from Russia, India, Thailand online. Customs doesn't seem to raise a fuss unless you are ordering controlled substances and your orders aren't too big. My biggest order was 300 days worth of generic Lipitor.
For bronchial attacks, I have a half dozen Z-packs (azithromycin) on hand.

You have to make sure you order everything you want at one time, because shipping costs can be a bitch and are often prix fixed per order (small order costs the same as a large one.)
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Yes Trots, it's Fish Mox. It is pure amoxicillin. You can get it in 250 or 500 mg caps. To give to pets, you have to determine the amount, open the caps and put some in their food.

They banned it in Canada because everyone was hearing about it and using it and getting better. Our government doesn't want us to know how to get ourselves better. One man came back to Canada from Afghanistan with a case of the flu, so he went into one of our Aquarium shops and bought some Fish Mox, took it for 7 days and bye bye flu.

If a person goes into a pet shop here and asks for it, they get all nervous and warn you about how dangerous it is and not to get it from USA, but that is a bunch of crap. If you know what you are doing, it is not dangerous.
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Just have to be careful that you do not have an allergy.
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Most people our age know if they are allergic to penicillin or not. My youngest brother was allergic to it and found out when he was 17, was taken to hospital and they gave it to him. Good thing he was in hospital.
I don't think I am allergic to anything (except maybe the weather makes me sick). I will throw up if there is a bad storm or tornado coming our way.
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I would like to find a cheaper source of cisapride for one of my two cats. She has been prescribed it for constipation problems and it costs over l00.00 a month. With this and prescription food, I could eventually end up on a cat food diet myself and not the expensive kind! L0L. It has been taken off the market for use in humans which makes it even more difficult to obtain.
Mouse, I admire your resourcefulness. I am working on finding alternatives for the cisapride. She will not accept a fully wet diet which could be one solution. I have her on prescription Royal Canin Gastro dry food as well as wet food when she eats it.
I call myself the poop whisperer as I track and celebrate everything she leaves in the litter box.

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Have you tried moistening the dry food with chicken broth?
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OO ..... The Pet Pharmacist at Glen Shields where I have been buying Metacam for Montana sells Cisapride 5 mg for $63.75 per 100. There is a $4.99 dispensing fee and there would be a shipping fee. They ship all over Canada and only sell products approved by Health Canada. A prescription is required.

http://thepetpharmacist.ca/content/cisapride

I am finding more and more vets will hand out prescriptions to be filled somewhere else. Even Loblaws here fill prescriptions for pet meds as long as it is something they carry for humans.

Take care,
Pat
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Olive Oil
Feb 27 2016, 05:09 AM
I would like to find a cheaper source of cisapride for one of my two cats. She has been prescribed it for constipation problems and it costs over l00.00 a month. With this and prescription food, I could eventually end up on a cat food diet myself and not the expensive kind! L0L. It has been taken off the market for use in humans which makes it even more difficult to obtain.
Mouse, I admire your resourcefulness. I am working on finding alternatives for the cisapride. She will not accept a fully wet diet which could be one solution. I have her on prescription Royal Canin Gastro dry food as well as wet food when she eats it.
I call myself the poop whisperer as I track and celebrate everything she leaves in the litter box.

laugh123 laugh123 I loved your last line OO. What a beautiful sense of humour you have. I will think about that all day.

If I had this problem with my girls, I would gradually get them to eat wet food, starting off with just a wee bit of wet mixed in with her dry a little at a time and increasing. I would also add some vegetable oil or olive oil for lubrication. Pumpkin is very good but I have a feeling she won't eat it.

To get her to eat, at first, I would sprinkle one crushed treat on the top of the food. I might also try mixing a very tiny bit of that stuff a lot of cats like. You know, marajuana for cats...can't remember the name. They roll in it and lick it.

Cats sometimes don't want to drink enough water. Does your cat drink lots of water? My big one doesn't want to drink enough so when she isn't expecting it, I fill an eye dropper (I got two from the drug store for 1.98) and squirt it in to the corner of her mouth. I have also added a bit of water to her soft food, making a gravy. I use hot water from the kettle as it mixes best, then let it cool.
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