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[quote=Anonymous]We spent $3500 on a surgery for our cat when he was 3 years old, because without it he would have died. It was a lot but we had the money.

He is now 12 and we are reaching a point where we'd be asking about palliative care, instead. I don't know that we're there today, but if the vet said he needed a 5k server to survive, we would pause in a way we wouldn't have when he was younger.

By the time he hits 15, I think our response to any serious medical concern would be how to make him comfortable and give him a pain free departure. We are not going to spend thousands to keep an elderly cat alive out of a sense of obligation. I don't think it's right for us or for him.

But I do think you should plan on likely having to spend 3-6k on medical stuff for your pet over their lifetime. If that's too much, I think you should ask if you really need a pet, or investigate how pet insurance might help. But yes, it's a caretaking responsibility. It's not the same as a child (as evidence by the fact that I just said that at age 15 I will probably stop spending money on procedures for our cat) but it's still a responsibility and you owe it to your pet to give them as good a life as you can.[/quote]

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