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Sensitive:heart failure in a cat
After some advice, though I recognise it is ultimately my decision but it would be helpful to discuss with those who may have been in a similar position. Our cat, tabby, is 12. She has lost weight in recent months and last week began breathing rapidly. I suspected a heart or kidney problem, took her to vet who confirmed he…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we still give our son £1,000 instead of a puppy?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... Our son and his girlfriend wanted a Labrador puppy, so we bred our Labrador, with the idea we'd give them one of the pups and sell the rest for £1,000 each. Our elder son didn't want a dog, so we promised him £1,000 instead. Yet after they were born, our younger son decided…
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Pet insurance
I am really getting fed up when dealing with insurance companies. Home and Contents for the property our son lives in, up by 48%. On top of which they are no longer offering a discount. I was already getting offered the cheapest price of the day.That was this month and next month is the turn of our pet labrador. I know his…
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Claiming with Petplan for very small amounts
I recently took out a policy with Petplan for my dog with an excess of £100. My dog recently had a trip to the vets due to a poorly paw and the bill was £109.57. I know it's not even a tenner, but is it worth claiming it back? Petplan say they don't increase premiums based on claims but do increase the cost as my dog ages,…
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Electric Toothbrush for Dog
Hi, First time poster. Our dog’s vet has recommended using an electric toothbrush at home to help control the build up of tartar and plaque on his teeth. I’ve searched online and have been put off by the negative comments for the ones that I have found. Does anybody have any experience of this and a model that you would…
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Rabbit
For privacy reasons I have to leave out explanations of some facts so please just trust me. A friend rents a room and has a rabbit and wants the rabbit to have exercise. However the landlord says it can't run about in the room as it causes damage. Any solution or will they have to get rid of their rabbit which is quite…
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Which animal tears open the plastic bags I leave outside containing litter and cat poop?
Second time it happens and it kills me because of the work required to clean the mess (one big bin bag containing many small bags full of litter with poop). Who's the likely culprit? (foxes sometimes visit my garden. I've seen rats too. And various cats of course) I don't get it because what's the point of doing this?…
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Unexpectedly high Vet's bill - is there anything I can do?
Our cat was unwell recently, so we took her to the vet. My wife thought that it was likely that as she was suffering, it would likely be best to put her out of her misery. When she was at the vet, she felt "guilt-tripped" into pursuing treatment options - including a scan to identify the problem. We were advised that the…
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Vet bill and insurance
Hi Sorry for such a long post, but I've tried to put as much info in as possible I took my 6-month-old Bichon Frise to Vets4Pets to be spayed at a cost of over £350. The operation was successful on the day, my dog came home and seemed fine. There was however an extra charge of £17 for painkillers, they said they gave her…
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Pet insurance - timing of diagnosis, renewal, treatment
My mother has a 10-year old cat, insured with Coop since she got her as a rescue 6 years ago. She had a routine vaccination appointment on last Friday (27 October), and she asked the vet to look at the cat's teeth as she hadn't been eating all of her dry food in the previous couple of days (of course, she's back to…
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Dogs teeth cleaner.
My wife has taken our dog to the vet for his 6 monthly health check today and the vet advised her to get some teeth cleaner for him. The vet said that you can get drops that you put with water that will help clean his teeth but my wife can not remember what the drops was called and to be honest i have never heard of drops…
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Coping with Cat Dementia
Hi - out 'stray' cat is about 13/14 years and over the last couple of months has gone downhill - we think it was a stroke or soemthing - but she has symptons of feline dementia now (we did take her to emergency vets and get given anitbiotics and I think cortisone). She does not have the quickless she had and is sometimes…
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Rodents
I have Rodents that are coming under my airing cupboard door , I’ve had the council out to fill holes either side on the wall but the rats/mice are coming in from behind my big cylinder boiler , they won’t remove it to fill the holes and I’m at my wits end , in the summer I can catch up to 15 a day and I have a dog who I’m…
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Vets4pets cost
My dog caught herself on barbed wire resulting in open wound under arm pit. took her vets they put her under and repaired the wound. total cost £806 wound fairly deep about 2-3 inches wide. cost seems extortionate I had other dog spayed last month at same vet for £300 which I would consider a larger operation. Do these…
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Goldfish expert opinion request
Our fish are around 20 years old. What volume is required for 2 fish 21cm in length?
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How does pet insurance work for long term conditions?
My dog has itchy skin. We have been recommended apoquel to help, but I'm concerned about the costs. I worked out that if he's on it long term, then it would cost about £60 a month if get the prescription from the vets and buy from Pet Drugs Online. How would this work if we decided to claim on the insurance we have, which…
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Forgotten pet insurance policy need advice please
Hi. About 10 years ago, I must have taken out an insurance policy with lifetime cover, for one of my cats. This only came to light at the weekend when I was going through my regular payments and noticed I had more policies than pets. My email address that was used when I took out the policy was defunct about 9 years ago…
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Cat Having Funny Turns
Hi, Just wondering if anyone has ever experienced this with their cat? My cat had a couple of incidents in Dec 22, and the vet said that it was epilepsy but only based on my descriptions and nothing other than blood tests, which were clear. He never would never take the medicine and it was making his life a misery, (he…
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Cat flea collar
We’ve been looking at flea collars, one of our cats is a nightmare to put flea drops on, so been looking at a collar, I’ve seen one called seresto that lasts 8 months but it’s about £38 😬. Happy to get one if it’s got good reviews, or any others we can look at. Thank you 😊
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Help with pond pump
Hi. We have a pond which is about 10ft x 8 ft x 3ft deep. It has a pump and a waterfall in it already. I'm thinking about getting a pump with a fountain attachment just to use for the fountain. Do I need to get one for the total water in the pond or can I just get a little one like a lotus pond pump 400
