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Latest flea treatment for cats
Hi does anyone know which is the current most effective flea treatment for cats please? My friend treats her cat monthly with Effipro spot on active ingredient Fipronil, but her cat comes in from outside and she has fleas on her. The cat is crying because she has been bitten, my friend grooms her and removes the fleas,…
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Monthly vet bills
Our family has been with the same vet practice for several decades. We have always paid our monthly vet bills on account. They send us a bill at the beginning of each month for any work done the previous month and these have always been paid promptly. This week the receptionist embarrassed me by asking for payment as I…
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Pet Insurance 15% increase every year?
Hi all, When we got a new kitten 3 years ago we insured with PetPlan on a lifetime policy for the fairly reasonable sum of £34 / month. Every year since this has gone up by around 15%, and projecting this into the future we could expect to be paying around £1500 / year by the time the cat is 10. Assuming the cat lives to…
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new kitten to keep cat company?
We adopted our now 5 year old cat assuming he was an ordinary tabby however he is now suspected to be maine coon or norwegian forest cat as he is a very big boy! We are thinking he may like some company. I have seen him out with other cats but when we rescued a female bengal and had to bring it home in a carrier he did not…
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Adopting a dog (with cats)
We want to get a dog - hopefully early next year. The preference would be a German Shepherd, but we're open to other breeds/mongrels as long as it's a medium-large dog. The difficulty we have, is that we have two cats, and their safety is obviously paramount. We also may go on to have children, and many rescues don't seem…
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Prescription for Metacam?
Afternoon everyone, We need to get some Metacam for our cat. The Vet wants £55 for a 30ml bottle, it's £17 online! Asked for a prescription for it, and got 'Yes sir, that'll be £45'!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know vets take the Michael, but this is just insane. Anyone know how to get the prescription without the vet taking the p***?
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I can’t stop crying.
I lost one of my pet cats 6 days ago after having to be put down, and literally bawled my eyes out ever since. He was sick for a long while but no vet ever got to the root cause, until the other day, when he deteriorated within a matter of 24 hours. You always assume there’s a treatment for everything. So I took him to the…
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Renewing Pet insurance
Hi All! We currently have insurance through PetPlan for our 2 Springer Spaniels, it's now renewal time and the premium has increased tenfold. This is partly due to 1 dog having a long term illness (which isn't actually covered by the policy anyway :think:) I'm not sure what the best options are as taking out a new policy…
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Adopting a dog ..........
Firstly let me say this is more of a vent than a rant so please indulge me! Our dog died suddenly a few months back and we feel ready to re-enter the dog owning world but thought going to a rescue centre would be the right thing to do. Rescue Centre 1 rejected us because our dog wasn't neutered. Rescue Centre 2 rejected us…
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Huge bill after cattery stay
Hi all Hope you can help with this one... Back in August, my two cats stayed in a local cattery for 2 weeks while we were away on holiday. Our usual cattery couldn't fit us in so they stayed at a place we hadn't tried before. On the day we returned we collected them immediately. As soon as we got home it was clear that…
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Huge dog prescription bills... advice please?
Hello, this might be a strange question but should my ex contribute to my dog prescription/ vet bills? My soon to be ex husband bought our family dog (black lab x) as a puppy from his friend 13 years ago, especially for my son and they've been best mates ever since. When the dog was 4 he became very ill and was diagnosed…
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Cat Litter Suddenly Getting Really Expensive
I couldn't help but to notice that at the same time, both Tescos and Sainsburys seem to no longer have their cheap store brand Cat Littler. It was about £1.70 and now the only stuff left on their websites to buy at bags of Cat litter that cost £3 to £6 or more a bag. If you have an Indoor cat like me, that can be really…
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Annual booster costs (for dogs)
Booked my pal in for her annual booster and vet told me it would cost £70:eek: To me it seems a tad high for a booster? I thought they were around the £30 mark? So just wondering how much other people have paid? Also does anyone know the period of time that can lapse in between boosters before having to start the…
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Cat Litter tray - how freq do you change it?
I have a litter tray and daily i try to pic out the solids, and turn the litter over to soak up the urine, but i was wondering, how freq do you change the litter in the litter tray?
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When the going gets tough, do the insurers get going? Not being offered renewal after claims...
Hi again I've got another hypothetical question which I'm hoping to hear some opinions and/or anecdotes on. I've only had basic insurance for my 5 year old dog up until now, but I want to upgrade to something better. So I've been looking at various lifetime covers... It seems they usually give themselves a get out of jail…
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Another dog jumped on my dog
now he has ligament damage and it is going to cost £3,000 for CBLO treatment. The other dog is a bouncy dog who I have come across before and often runs off, he ran up to my dog causing severe ligament damage and it will cost £3,000 to put right as he is in extreme pain. Who is liable for the cost of this and any advise on…
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Stopping prednidale - cat
Morning all, am in a bit of a fix. My cat has been on 2x 5mg a day prednidale for the past 8 days. (steroids). She's doing very well. However due to a family crisis I need to go away for 3 days and the person I asked to feed her seems hesitant about giving her the tablets. He has cats but obviously has never given pills -…
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Tesco dog insurance - no age related additional excess! But how much do their premiums rise?
Hi all I'm in the process of looking for new dog insurance. I've only had basic cover up until now, but am looking to move onto a Lifetime policy for my 5 year old mongrel. It's becoming a two horse race between John Lewis and Tesco. One of the things most attractive with Tesco is that they apparently do not add an…
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renewal quote a shocker
I'm hoping someone can help and advise. one of our dogs suffered FCE (spinal stroke) at the beginning of this year. Our current insurance provider have been great paying out. We put our last claim in which was for hydrotherapy last month so won't be claiming any more on it. He isn’t receiving any medical treatment and was…
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Cat being bullied by neighbour's cat
Hi All I have a couple of young female cats, both speyed. There is a big full Tom who lives just a few doors up. Since he has lived in the street he has been a big problem for me. My previous elderly cats were bullied relentlessly by him; he'd even come in through the cat flap and spray in the house. Last week one of my…
