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The cheapest part of getting a pet is buying it! $100 for a vaccination seems pricey to me, but I know vet, feed, and farrier costs can vary wildly by location. The most expensive vet bill I have ever had happened when my husbands pet dog got damaged some how after escaping the backyard. Front leg ripped partially off and lacerations down the side and on the hind leg. Called our regular vet, he politely declined, called another vet who told us to come on, she would meet us at her office (she is now our regular vet). She put him back together. An after hour, weekend emergency jigsaw puzzle and two days with her only set us back $550. We are eternally grateful for her.

My sister just spent over $80 bucks today on just a heartworm test for her dog and she had to buy the meds. Two of my dogs go to the vet tomorrow (both have bad allergies and one just went blind tonight :( ). Then Monday, my sister is having the vet out to see her horses: Teeth floated on her Tennessee Walker and having the vet look at her heels (She forges) and a pregnancy test for her quarter horse.

A little background, her quarter horse is not supposed to be bred. She was pastured with a mare and 2 geldings last school year (This past spring) and apparently, the lady who owns the property saw the QH gelding mounting and acting studly towards the mares during their heat cycles and he was actually trying to breed them. The owner of the gelding didn't bother getting him checked and said he was gelded. Well, yesterday, the owner of the other mare, texted my sister to tell her that she's getting her mare pregnancy tested becacuse she hasn't noticed a heat cycle in months, she's getting noticeably fatter, and her udder/teats are getting sensitive. After that, we put it together and noticed all the same things about my sister's horse... This is a 4 year old mare who has just been put into barrel racing training. If she's pregnant, it'll ruin all of my sister's training/plans for this mare. So if the two mares end up pregnant, that means the "gelding" is actually a proud cut stud with one testicle and his owner is going to be in a lot of trouble for him breeding two mares. My sister is devastated. All this is going to cost an arm and a leg because she's barely scraping by taking care of her two horses, let alone a foal. And she's currently out of work looking for a job.

Wow Ahayes that's such a bummer that the mares could be prego by accident I'd be mad about that because the stud should have been gelded who leaves one testicle when gelding I would have that vet who did the procedure sued.

Yea I should really look into pet insurance and yes 100$ seems like a lot for a rabies/parvo shot it's crazy! I can see people being broke and not taking care of their animals because it's so expensive if I didn't have my mom to help I'd be scr**ed. They should give breaks to people with low income. A

And timber sorry about the cats that's to bad I couldn't imagine Loosing my favorite animal I have ever had and it's this guy who I'm having to give the shot to and pay 200$ in two days but he's worth it he is my everything. I couldn't make it through life without him id die

Thank you Willoway awe sorry about your cat if this just happened hope she gets better soon and so sorry about your horse hope she gets better soon to and wow 900$ for a vet bill is very spendy

Thank you it's not fun paying for it but I'd pay any amount to keep my pet in good health just like you did and wow Kinetic I'm so sorry about those unfortunate events that's to bad about your horse that died. The owners that were leasing him to you should have known he was sick and should not have sold/leased him to you. That sucks you had to pay all that money when he died anyways but at least you tried to save him. I'm very glad your new horse is insured smart move there. What kind of horse is she/he? And sorry about Bunny not being able to jump anymore that's to bad :(

Your welcome. Your new horse sounds so lovely it's cool he is a warmblood like the horses on this game. What color is he? Awesome I love Hunter. :)

Good I'm very glad Bunny is doing well she is a trooper that's good she is happy and comfortable. What kind of horse is Bunny? Do you just have the two horses?..Ooohh Hunter pace sounds fun hope she does well doing that :)

I have two cats, the first one was such an expensive little baby.

So Poppy, my little persian x was poisoned by our landlord. She was 12 weeks old.

Went floppy in my arms, foamed at the mouth and went from screaming to dead quiet. Took her to the vets, charged £700 ($900 USD), emergency treatment. She didn't respond very well to bleach and it burnt her throat and stomach lining. Her stomach lining bunched up and was inflamed 3 days later, she was screaming and vomiting every 5 minutes, called emergency vets and brought her in. £400 ($520 USD) she was partially sedated, given pain relief, anti-nausea medication and basically was flying as high as a kite. We waited out the 12 hours and took her into the vets for follow up. She went under anesthetic, had a blood panel to test for further complications, had x-rays and was kept in the vets for the day. £500 ($650 USD) later they couldn't find anything so it was thought that she had damaged from the bleach. We were then given oral medication (anti-biotics & stomach liner), and we were in pretty much every three weeks where her stomach flared up. This cost us £30 a pop.

She cost us a little over £2.2k ($2.8k USD) and wiped out our savings. She's now on a raw diet since she's sensitive to most ingredients in foods, and she is a fragile little baby. She's also fully insured now since I refuse to have a repeat of that dark time again. Landlord refused to compensate or admit that he intentionally poisoned our kitten, agency sided with him and booted us out despite there being an agreement and pet contract in place to have her.

New place, she's fat, happy, grumpy and somewhat distrustful lady but I love her. We got her a sister too and they frolic in the garden most days (we walk them on harnesses) and enjoy the safe life of indoor cats.

Winnie is a cheap as chips cat. She'll eat anything, no allergies, no illnesses, you could probably drop a bomb on this cat and she'd walk out as a winner. The most expensive thing was having her uterus ripped out. Then again she was from a feral colony, her ancestors were made to be survivors.

So sorry about your kitten Boubon that's so sad you and her went through a lot but at least you had that savings when it happened because if you didn't there would have been nothing you could have done to save her unless your credit is good and you got a loan. Your landlord should have gotten in trouble for that and should have paid for some of that because animals don't just eat bleach the landlord must have been the one that could have poisoned her. And wow her vet bill costed so much but since no one was going to help you pay for it like the landlord you had to pay for it sorry about that.

Oh wow Waldgraf that's so much money on one pet it puts my bill to shame lol sorry you had to go through that there are some pets that are born with bad genetics/problems just like people. And my shots that I got this year were covered by insurance so I never pay anything to go to the doctor or dentist I pay more for my pets then I pay for myself in health care it's ridiculous

Awe poor Sky baby and yes all animals are worth the money we spend on them
I can't live without my animals they are my kids. And who is Ursa again? I never heard you talking about this girl. And spaying where I am is over 150$ 70$ is not as bad but still sucks. I'm really considering putting insurance on my animals for sure lol

I love them omg!! So pretty thanks for sharing :x I love bunnies thin stripe and snip on her face so cute :)

Ursa is my sons dog. Here they go by weight when they spay or neuter. She is a Great Pyrennes Rottweiler cross.

And awesome Brest friend what kind of dog is Ursa? Oooh I love Rotties and she sounds like a cool looking cross :)