Post by tweetiepie on Jul 19, 2005 4:14:24 GMT -7
I'll help you break out Birdwoman !!
Quite frankly Spooky and Preston, all animals at one time of their lives will need vet treatment. This is a given fact when you purchase any animal.
Obviously, if you have hamster, you know costs are going to be minimal because of its size, life span, etc.
With a dog or cat, you can expect vet fees to be relatively high.
With an exotic bird, especially dealing with parrots who have a long life span, it is common sense to know that taking an exotic bird to a vet would require an Avian vet. An Avian vet is more specialised than a 'normal' vet and therefore one should know that this would cost slightly more.
People normally read up about their parrot before they buy for research purposes, ie. how to cage it, feed it, look after it, train it, etc. etc and in this research there will usually (depending which books you are reading) be a bit about health and about how costly vet fees could be if needed.
As Lidia said, pet insurance or specifically bird insurance is adviseable. Good example here. My boy has been visiting the vet for a skin problem. We had knocked up nearly 200 UK pounds. Because I have parrot insurance, I only pay the excess which is 12 UK pounds. Insurance is worth having but if you dont spend your 'set by' money on anything else other than vet fees then great, but you are spending more than you have to.
Anyone who will not take their bird to a vet for an injury or illness are not worthy having a parrot or indeed any animal. It will be like denying that said person a trip to the doctor or even worse the hospital. Would you you like to die in pain? Not a pleasant thought. (by the way im generalising here - just to get the point across - im not directing this part at Spooky or Preston).
When you buy a parrot, or before you buy a parrot, research is recommended and this would normally include estimates of how much vet fees could cost an owner.
Quite frankly Spooky and Preston, all animals at one time of their lives will need vet treatment. This is a given fact when you purchase any animal.
Obviously, if you have hamster, you know costs are going to be minimal because of its size, life span, etc.
With a dog or cat, you can expect vet fees to be relatively high.
With an exotic bird, especially dealing with parrots who have a long life span, it is common sense to know that taking an exotic bird to a vet would require an Avian vet. An Avian vet is more specialised than a 'normal' vet and therefore one should know that this would cost slightly more.
People normally read up about their parrot before they buy for research purposes, ie. how to cage it, feed it, look after it, train it, etc. etc and in this research there will usually (depending which books you are reading) be a bit about health and about how costly vet fees could be if needed.
As Lidia said, pet insurance or specifically bird insurance is adviseable. Good example here. My boy has been visiting the vet for a skin problem. We had knocked up nearly 200 UK pounds. Because I have parrot insurance, I only pay the excess which is 12 UK pounds. Insurance is worth having but if you dont spend your 'set by' money on anything else other than vet fees then great, but you are spending more than you have to.
Anyone who will not take their bird to a vet for an injury or illness are not worthy having a parrot or indeed any animal. It will be like denying that said person a trip to the doctor or even worse the hospital. Would you you like to die in pain? Not a pleasant thought. (by the way im generalising here - just to get the point across - im not directing this part at Spooky or Preston).
When you buy a parrot, or before you buy a parrot, research is recommended and this would normally include estimates of how much vet fees could cost an owner.