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Pets and Pet Care Sticky
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Sainsbury’s pet insurance - how not to auto renew?
The insurance for the cat comes due for renewal early next month and while I have a renewal invitation there seemed to be no obvious way of declining that save for cancelling the extant policy. With other insurance policies I have usually found somewhere in the relevant ’portal’ to do so but it has eluded me so far in this…
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Identibase confusion
Hi! Newbie here. I have been having a back and forth with Identibase (microchipping) all day. They have been fairly (deliberately?) vague in answering my questions. The system doesn’t seem fair and after spending an age researching it it seems like there is a grey area in the law that they and others are taking advantage…
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Cordless vacuum
Can anyone please recommend a good cordless vacuum cleaner, especially for pet hair.
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Outrageous Vet charges
I am a newbie here so, not sure of the protocols, I won't attempt to name and shame. However I do recognise that it is not just me but many people are reeling from the way the veterinary profession has become totally concentrated on money grabbing rather than pet care. I live in Downham Market in Norfolk and have two…
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Overground pond for goldfish?
We've had our goldfish for over 20 years. I think they're close to outgrowing their present fishtank. Has anyone had experience of an outdoor overground pond? I've a couple of cats who go outdoors and I feed a fox, who lives close to our back garden, so don't think a 'normal' pond would be safe. Do they freeze over in…
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Cat Litter Woes
Hi, hopefully I can get some advice. We have two kittens, both now around 6 months old, male and female, siblings. At first they happily shared the same litter tray, but in the last few weeks the female won't use the same tray as the male, so we bought another. Now the male is using both litter trays (we think) and the…
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Has your dog had its anal glands removed?
My dog is 15 in October and 3 weeks ago she needed her anal glands emptied by the vet. (she is on a hypoallergenic diet and dry food upsets her stomach). To cut a long story short she ended up with an infection and had to have her anal glands emptied three times in just six days! she had antibiotics and steroids which came…
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Cost of toe removal for dog
Hi, My dog has been diagnosed as needing a toe removed (possibly cancerous). I’ve been quoted £1.7k for the procedure (including X-rays & biopsy) … and I’ve no idea whether that is a sensible quote or not. I’ve tried calling a couple of other local vets but they are reluctant to give me even a ball-park quote without a…
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Sucralfate (Antepsin) for gastric disorders
My Vet is trying out this off-label drug to see if it's beneficial for my dog's gastric problems, and I think it's been moderately successful. The problem it's very expensive when ordered privately. Has anyone tried this for their pet and found a cheap source? The human pharmacies do supply it, but only at a ridiculous…
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Paid the vet hospital bill - now they're asking for more
Our little dog had to be admitted to a veterinary hospital just over two weeks ago, where sadly he passed away. The hospital asked for payment before we left the premises so I settled the account there and then. Before we had even got home with him, they'd sent an email asking for an additional £150+ for treatment which…
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Micro chipped my moggy - £15.00 per year, is that money saving???
This is the second year of my cat being microchipped. Identbase charge £15.00 per year to be on their database. For £15.00 they advertise as follows: Annual keeper certificate Secure data storage Missing pet helpline Unlimited changes to your account Covers all pets in your household with an identichip microchip Instant…
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Pet Insurance: 8 weeks old & pre-existing before managed to insure
Hi everyone, really need some help and advice. i bought a puppy from a terrible breeder because I couldn’t just leave them there. They were being sick pink and therefore I had to take them to the vets straight away (the same day). they have noticed he has an eye problem and I haven’t managed to sort his insurance - the…
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Life long impact of Pet insurance rejection
In short i made the mistake after 1 year of changing from my Puppy's previous insurer to Napo (underwritten by C&G) the quote was a bargain. Anyway during the policy period with Napo, my Pup started showing some signs of behavioural issues, and the vet and our trainer recommended to tests, bloods, pain tests etc and the…
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Insurer insists I continue to pay premiums for a deceased dog!
Have other pet owners come across this? We had to put our beloved old boy to sleep. Went to cancel the insurance policy and was told that because we'd already made a claim in the policy year (for something unrelated to the cause of his death) we have to continue paying his monthly insurance premiums until the end of the…
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Weird scam call from vets!
Sorry if this isn't the best thread, but I just had a very strange phone call from my cat's vets. It came from a local number and offered him vaccinations at a reduced price. I had been thinking of this so stupidly went along for a bit, but then the caller hung up and hurriedly said I should call the practice directly. he…
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WARNING! Petlog (microchip company) 'misplace' customer and pet details...
There should have been far more publicity about this than there has been: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56536389 Please all check whether the database your pet's microchip is registered with is Petlog (there are a few database companies but Petlog have something like 10 million pets registered with them). If it's…
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Cost of anal gland removal for a Labrador sized dog
It appears that my Labrador-GS will need an anal sacculectomy ( removal of a canine’s anal glands). He recently had a more limited operation which involved disinfecting the infected gland which we hoped would last for 6 months+ but the gland is starting to smell and stain again after 2 months. I've been given a ballpoint…
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Vet has sent an unjustified invoice
Hi I am looking for advise on how best to manage a vet that is chasing an unjustified invoice, and if there are any forums to complain about them to. Over Christmas my dog ate a couple of mince pies, so we rushed him to the out of hours emergency vet (not our normal vet practice). They gave us various options to help him…
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Do I have any recourse against our vets?
Our dog started limping, so we took him to the vets. They suspected arthritis, and convinced us it was likely arthritis, and told us that an x-ray would likely detect any arthritis he might have. £700 down the drain as the parasites that are insurance companies refused to cover it. It didn't detect anything and he's still…
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Newly Diagnosed
Hi, Our 9 year old Westie has just been diagnosed with Diabetes. Has anyone any experience of having a dog that also has Acid Reflux and a number of Allergies, so he has lived most of his life from a puppy on a Hypoallergenic diet. This means that feeding is very much focused on keeping his stomach acid under control - so…
