help with vet bill

[cecil39]

one of our dogs has been very ill and has spent 3 days in the vets hospital wing, has had several scans been on two drips and lots of other medication as well, the bill will clean out our bank account, will the pdsa help with this or do they only help if the animal is in one of their hospitals?

[wolf63]

Here is a link to the PDSA site - it gives details of who is eligible for help.

http://www.pdsa.org.u...vet-care/eligibility/

[VHG]

But only for treatment in THEIR vets.

They are not going to give money to pay for animals treatment at another Vets.

Should have got pet insurance.

[wolf63]

VHG - there is no PDSA vets or hospitals in our area. In such cases you can obtain PDSA financed treatment via a normal vet.

But I agree that insurance is a great thing to have.

[bednobs]

your vet may accept a payment plan, you need to talk to them NOW. Telling you you should have had insurance is not all that helpful in my opinion!

[Jemisa]

If you're on benifits at the PDSA you get free treatment for your pet.
You don't if you're an OAP though (unless you're on benifits too.)

jem

[mumsie_wumsie]

Hi cecil39, I don't know if this will be any help to you but when my retired greyhound needed dental treatment last year, my vets put me in touch with the Blue Cross who helped me with the bill. I think it depends on your circumstances but they helped me with £50.00. I haven't got phone number etc now but your vets should have it.

[boxtops]

I was able to get help from PDSA some years back but the animals had to be treated in their clinic.
I'm afraid that this is one very good example as to why per owners should have pet insurance - a decent insurance policy would have paid out most of the costs over the excess - do you not have any pet insurance (I'm just wondering if you have it but may have overlooked it, in your anxiety about your dog's illness)?

[IggyB]

It is very unlikely that the PDSA will fund anything now after the animal has been treated.

The vets will want to do their best for the animal and as said may well be able to arrange a payment plan for you if you speak to them as soon as possible. To all those that keep saying insurance - not all animals can be covered, older animals / rescues etc can be very hard to find cover for

[Jemisa]

We've got a rescue animal & Tesco insured her, In fact we'had a vet bill recently and Tesco re-embursed us within 14 days.

jem

[cecil39]

thanks everyone, i agree about pet insurance, but my oh is quite elderly and could not be convinced it is a good idea since someone told him that vets charge twice as much if you have insurance, so he decided that its all a con and wouldent have anything to do with it, he might change his mind now, bit late though.

[lankeela]

I think you can still claim provided you have the bill to submit to them. They won't pay the lot though, only a proportion.