Have you taken your pet to the vet
recently? Chances are if you did you spent a
lot of money! Quality pet care isn’t
cheap—but we all know how important it is
for the health of our four-legged family
members.
Today we’re blessed with many diagnostic
tools and procedures that weren’t available
years ago. Problem is, all these
advancements come with a large price tag.
And pet owners are often caught in the
middle. They love their pets like family
members but sometimes can’t afford to take
them to the doctor or pay for life-saving
procedures. As a veterinary technician it’s
one of the hardest things I have to deal
with on a daily basis.
Here we are with all the tools and skills
available to help a pet, but the owner
simply doesn’t have the funds to pay.
Have you ever taken your car to the shop
and said, “Gee I don’t have money to pay for
that new transmission. Can I float you a
loan?” or gone to the supermarket and said,
“Sorry, I don’t have enough money for this
cart full of food. Can I pay you later?”
It sounds harsh, but veterinarians have
businesses to run just like everybody else.
And too many with good intentions and big
hearts have gotten burned by offering
“credit” or “payment plans” to non-paying
clients. The result?
It’s virtually impossible to find a
veterinarian willing to offer services today
with payment tomorrow.
Let’s face it, quality vet care isn’t
cheap. Think about it though—would you want
it to be? Because if it was cheap—I’d be
worried. Because it would be your pet’s
health that had to suffer!
So how can pet owners save money on their
veterinary bills? Pet insurance is one
answer but there are many other tips that
pet owners simply don’t know about it.
One simple idea is to bring in lab
samples that you collect at home. Is your
pet having a urinary problem? Try to collect
a urine sample at home and then bring it in
at appointment time. Your vet will have
instructions on how to do this depending on
whether you have a dog or cat. It’s not that
hard. Veterinarians love clients who bring
in urine samples from their pet because it
means less work for them!
If urine must be collected by veterinary
staff there’s a chance you’ll have to pay
for it, especially if your pet won’t “give
it up” on his own and they have to obtain a
sample using either a syringe or catheter.
Would you like to learn more simple tips
for saving money at the vet? Amanda Jones is
a licensed veterinary technician and has
written a report titled, “How to Give Your
Pet High-Quality Health Care Without
Breaking the Bank.”
Amanda explains how one pet owner saved
himself $700 by purchasing products from his
veterinarian instead of an online pharmacy.
To learn more visit
http://www.cheapervetbills.com
