Quote Originally Posted by mooingtricycle View Post

If you get an animal, and refuse to pay a vet bill because its more than the animal is worth then you probably shouldnt be owning animals period.
I think this is a good point. The question asked for this topic was "Would you spend more then the value of the animal in vet bills?" Everyone, including myself, keeps bringing more factors into the equation then is asked. It is a black and white question and a lot of grey area can be added to it, but it doesn't ask what factors you would make you decide if you pay a vet bill or not, it is just simply asking if your pet cost $300 and a vet bill was $1000 would you pay it? I know there is a lot more needed in thought to pay a vet bill then just this but what would you do if this was the only factor? Not how attached to the pet you are, or if you have that much money in your bank or not, etc.

Earlyer I said I probably won't pay the bill, but really it wasn't because of the cost, it was because of other factors involved. I mention I had a hamster die because I didn't take it to the vet (hamster $15, vet $100). What really made me not take it was the chance of him living was still too low for me to pay that price. If I knew he could live I would have paid the $100 regardless of the fact that it was well over the cost of getting a new hamster. The minimal chance of survival was the factor in that equation, not the money.

So for me, if the vet bill being a higher price then the cost of the pet was the only factor, would I pay more on a vet bill then the cost of my pet, yes I would. As a pet owner/collector.

I think if you take out all the extra factors and just look at the question as basic as it is written, I think the majority of the pet owners/collectors, would pay more. And I think with breeders it could go one way or the other.