Should people who can't afford medical treatments for pets own a cat or dog?

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43. If you're talking basic vet visit...

like shots, usually the SPCA/Humane Society does Wellness Clinics and they do the shots (main ones Rabies etc) and micro-chipping really cheap. Shots are usually like $15 bucks each which is way less than at the vets.

They'll also do reduced spaying and neutering as well. Other agencies do this too.

So if just a check up isn't too much. You're just getting flea and tick stuff and heart worm meds and even those have gone down in price.

Barring any real emergency it won't cost too much.

One of my dogs had to have two surgeries for tumors one was a mast cell, which would have been fatal and one was benign. The first was $1500 and the latter was $800. These are the kind of unforeseen events that can cost.

It was the first time any dog I've had cost me anything but routine stuff. And I've had dogs my entire life. So the odds are pretty good I guess.