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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most vets take interest free payments.  We have split most large bills into 6 monthly installments at no additional costs.  He didn't have a formal plan or a pre approved card or anything like that so I just popped in there with a check on the 1st of every month.  This is something that was never advertised but welcomed as soon as I brought it up.  I say that so you have the courage to bring it up because I think its a pretty common request. [/quote]

That's very civilized, and how it should be given the astronomical bills. [b]Friendship Animal Hospital [/b]said we had to pay the whole 8K up front. We didn't have it, it was awful. Though it would have been hard, we gladly would have used a payment plan over six months.[/quote]

They've saved my cat's life and are nice people. But DAMN if they aren't the most expensive vet I've EVER been to (and I've had to take pets to an exotic animal ER more than once). They suggested really expensive care (keep him in the ICU for three days for monitoring after the emergency non-surgical intervention) or said if that wasn't feasible we could explore euthanasia (the cat recovered easily and several years later, is still alive and well, btw). Luckily we were able to get them to just stabilize the cat overnight until our regular vet opened in the morning and we took him over there for much more conservative (and less expensive) treatment.  Maybe their WOTP clientele doesn't bat an eye at the price tag, but I was in sticker shock (and ours was only $1800). [/quote]

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