Pet Insurance

2010

I have two cats and one of the got sick this week. I kept putting off taking the cat to the vet because I don't want to spend a lot of money on my cats. The vet I take my cats to make me feel bad if I don't want to get the best for the cats. They want me to buy their expensive food for the cats. They heard a heart murmur in one of the cats and wanted to get an x-ray and MRI to find the exact problems. After they found the problem the would know what special diet I would need to get the cat so he could live a long life. Those tests would cost $800 and no telling what the special diet would cost.

When I first got Simon and Theodore.

My cats are simple, I put food and water down for them all the time and I come and go. I clean the litter box 3 times a week and keep it clean. I buy the least expensive food in bulk and they are usually happy. 2 nights ago I had a dream that I had a little puppy and I had to put it to sleep because the vet bills were getting to be too much. The little puppy died a horrible death and the insides came out his mouth. I felt bad after the dream and realized I needed to take the cat to the vet. For the past 3 nights the cat has been retching and vomiting about every 2 or 3 hours. I knew something was wrong and hoped it wouldn't be too expensive taking the cat to the vet. I took them both, so the other one could get his rabies shot. The sick one was really quiet when there. They couldn't find any problems and the cat didn't have a fever so they decided to give it an x-ray, $200. They didn't see anything in the stomach, but noticed an inflammation in the lungs. The vet called me and she thinks the cat has asthma. What! So, they gave me some medicine and told me to bring the cat back in 10 days. How much should I pay for  a cat to stay healthy. Pet insurance would help. I wouldn't mind paying $10 a month for the cat to go to the vet when sick. But, a vet makes money by doing procedures to animals. I don't see my cats as children, they are cats. They are also mammals and you can't just throw them down the toilet like a fish. I am not going to pay for special food the next 7 years for a cat. I hope the cat doesn't have asthma, and in fact it hasn't wheezed or had convulsions since it came back. Am I a bad guy for not wanting to spend hundreds of dollars a month of my cats?