From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-08-21 22:44:07 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] for those who have a serious reason for having difficulty paying vet
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Here is a past post on way to get financial help:
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From: Sukie Crandall
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG
bills
A new article and some resources mentioned in the article:
http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/pet-care-veterinary-financing-options-
1267.php
http://www.animalfriendsrescue.org/financialassistance.html
http://www.help-a-pet.org/
Not mentioned but should be:
1. going to the best vet in your area for the species means a faster
diagnosis and more accurate treatment rather than wasting the pet's
health, and your time and money
2. getting regular vet care and learning danger signs beforehand
(then responding promptly) prevents having the health problem worsen
into something harder to treat
3. learning good husbandry practices and knowing (and taking
seriously) the known downsides for your choices and the possible
downsides for your choices allows you to jump fast and in the right
direction if things go wrong
4. checking things that you give your ferret with your vet beforehand
prevents a range of problems
5. being frank with your vet about everything given and any accidents
which may have happened leads to faster appropriate treatment
6. look into possible routes to preventing, delaying or reducing the
risks of some medical problems while keeping clear in your own mind
which have research behind them
7. avoiding miracle "cures" or miracle "meds" can prevent accidently
creating damage, as can learning what may be poisonous (as some over
the counter and prescription human meds, and some common plants and
cleaning products are).
See also:
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/financial_aid.htm
and there are discussions about novel ways (savings accounts,
exchanged labor, selling homemade products, etc.) that some have
managed to better afford vet care for their family pets (without
begging) in the Archives of the FML and FHL:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
and there also are discussions of when pet health insurance fell short.
Vets have very high costs, having to pay for their education, staff,
hospitals, and equipment needed to provide good care. None of those
are cheap and vets are sometimes still repaying school even while they
take on those other costs. People tend to forget those things too
often just because they don't live with those same burdens themselves
or don't live with them at a similar level.
Good medical care, regular medical care, good husbandry, caution,
ferret proofing, prompt care when something is wrong, and the other
good family practices listed above all keep down your veterinary
costs, but ferrets do get ill and the care is expensive, so plan
ahead, don't have more ferrets than you can provide for, check out
your options, and save money before problems happen. The ferrets you
help WILL be your own.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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This ferret NEEDS vet care IMMEDIATELY so you appear to have
no choice but to eat the cost and try for compensation. See the
quoted post above.
The degree of symptoms you describe and the degree you
subscribe are bad news, to be honest, and the veterinarian
may suggest a mercy shot given the level of progression
that is implied. I'm sorry. Hopefully, it looks more promising
in person than it reads. I wish you had the luck to have found
the FHL and joined earlier rather than joining and asking just now.
Honestly, this ferret needs a vet, and needs vet care now. There
is no substitute. I'm sorry.
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "sonysoundnet" <JenniferRJ2005@...> wrote:
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> PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME...I HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS
> MY MALE FERRET IS NOW SICK HE STARTED LOSING WEIGHT THEN HE WALKED
> AROUND LIKE HE WAS DRUNK AT TIMES, NOW HE ACTS LIKE HE CANT GO TO THE
> POTTY BUT HE TRIES AND TODAY HIS STOOL LOOKS VERY BLACK AND LOSE BUT
> STILL FIRM... HE WILL NOT GET UP AND WALK NOW AND IS VERY LIMP....HIS
> NAME IS HAZARD AND HE'S ONE OF OUT CHILDEREN WE JUST CANT LOSE HIM BUT
> WE HAVE NO MONEY FOR THE VET... IT SEEMS THIS WORLD HAS COME TO IT
> BEING ALL ABOUT THE MONEY NO ONE HAS A HEART OR WILL WORK OUT PAYMENTS
> ANYMORE... PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME AND HAZARD.
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> JENNIFER
>
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