i always said i'd never operate on a pet, did you have your pet operated on to save their life? we just did.

Question

i was wondering what dollar amount it was to save your best friend because they are priceless.

didn't realize this went in the fish section

Answer 1

Yes, I have had more than one pet operated on.

The most recent was 2 years ago, when my border collie broke into my gooseyard. The dog was just trying to herd the geese - herding is what border collies do - and he didn't bite any of them. But in the ensuing chaos, my pet gander Peepster got his wing badly broken.

Peepster was hatched in an incubator in my living room. He is a Sebastopol goose, a breed which has curly white feathers and beautiful blue eyes. He imprinted on me, and he was quite tame. For months, he lived in a very large Rubbermade storage container in the living room, going outside to the lawn under human supervision many times daily. Unfortunately, you can't toilet train a goose, and although my husband and children enjoyed Peep's company (he would watch tv with us, with his long neck stretched over the top of his indoor pen), no one would help me with the cleaning of the pen. And that needs to be done multiple times a day, or it gets quite unpleasant. So Peep moved out to the gooseyard, with my other geese, but he was always excited to see me and would come to be stroked and handfed when I came out.

Anyway, it was nighttime when we found him with the broken wing. I bundled him up and took him to an emergency veterinary hospital. The vet asked if I wanted him put down, and I said absolutely not. She said that the wing would have to be amputated, and I said, "Just save my goose." She advised me that she didn't think his quality of life, if he should survive, would be good, and that she didn't think his chances were great. I kept saying, "Just save my goose. I love my goose."

Anyway, it cost more than $400, and I had to set up a little infirmary for him in the house, so I could irrigate his stump and inject antibiotics twice daily. It was a long recovery, and he had to learn to rebalance himself. There were times when I asked myself if I had done the right thing, or if I should have just let the vet put him down.

But at this moment, Peepster is in my front yard, in his own private pen, watching people go by on the street and enjoying a snack of fresh green grass. We have decorated his pen with Christmas lights and a wreath, and he greets everyone who comes into the yard. It was well worth it to save a beloved pet.

I know a lot of people think I was insane to put that kind of money and intensive care into a "barnyard animal" who was really worth maybe $50 (and that only because he is a rare breed.) But he's special to me, and the bond between human and animal doesn't have a price tag.

I hope your story turns out as happily as mine.

Answer 2

I've had surgery on my pets just to improve their life, not save it. Dottie, my chihuahua, is easily a 5000 dog-but she had a bad knee and she lost her eye.....all of these things were correctable and she has had a good life.

If the prognosis is good, I say go for it. If it is only prolonging the suffering, I believe letting them go is the humane thing to do. It is not, however, a cost based decision.

That said, I would hate to see someone's kids go hungry because they were paying for surgery for the dog. People who claim cost is no object have either unlimited funds or never been faced with such a difficult decision.

Answer 3

The money is immaterial. What matters is what treatment is necessary to save the animal's life, and whether they will have a good quality of life after the procedure.

I've had tumor surgery done on one of my rats to the tune of $400. You don't want to know what we spent on our dog who was having liver problems, but we could still put food on the table and gas in the cars and make the rent, and as long as she had a fighting chance for a good life, giving her that chance was more important than the price tag.

Answer 4

I always say that I have one child with two legs and three with four legs and fur. So yes I have had a pet operated on to save his life. I was just thankful that we were able to do something to help him. Welcome to the club, and I hope that your pet makes a full recovery.

Answer 5

the question you asked is in the fish section. so id have to say i would get my orandas wen trimed if i had to and pay whatever for that fish. ive seen an oranda surgry on the internet and it was actually interesting. orandas wens can sometimes grow over the eyes causing blindness so ppl out there actually have the wen trimmed.i would do it!

Answer 6

If my puppy develop into unwell and required euthanization, i'd do it to maintain my enemy's lifestyles. it is because lifestyles to very useful, any lifestyles, even with who's that is. yet, if my puppy develop into nevertheless healthy, then there isn't any way that i'd enable him flow because he's a lifestyles besides.

Answer 7

I have had a few dog that needed surgery to save theri lives. There was never a question!!!! It is called RESPONSIBILITY!!!!