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Article: Nine Lives, With the Bills to Match; As medicine enables pets to live longer, costs add up.
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- The Washington Post
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- June 1, 2008
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Susan Davis has three cats, two dogs, guinea pigs and a bearded
dragon. She estimates that in the past five years, she has spent
$10,000 on visits to the veterinarian and on medications. If you
throw in vitamins, organic pet food and other items intended to
promote a healthy lifestyle for her pets, she has probably spent
twice that.
"I try not to look at my credit card bills very often," said the
Takoma Park resident. "My strategy is denial. There's vacations I
might have taken, but I thought, 'Wow, there's not so much money
these days. I wonder where it's going.' "
Here's where some of it went: It cost more than $1,000 to have
one dog's stomach pumped after it discovered, and quickly ...