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Ageing pets cost their owners
By Nicolette Loizou
June 09 2005
Scientific advances means are pets are living longer – and costing their owners more.
Medical advances in pet healthcare may well be leading to a better quality of life for our furry friends but it is taking its toll on the pockets of their owners. As our pets live longer thanks to drugs and medication they are also costing more. Research collated from insurers More Than reveals that nine out of ten vets say that they can now treat more illnesses than a decade ago.
With vast improvements in diagnostic and surgical techniques combined with a wider variety of medicines ...cont/
available to vets, pets are mirroring humans and are now living to a ripe old age.
Stressed pets
New testing methods such as ultrasound and MRI have pets have enabled vets to make more accurate and often earlier diagnosis of commonly life-threatening conditions such as cancer, arthritis, kidney and heart failure. For the many amongst us who can’t imagine life with our pet these innovations are welcome. Even though one in three dogs today will develop a tumour (many cancerous) the majority can be cured.
But even though these types of medical advances have brought great comfort to the pet’s owners they have also brought
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great expense. As with old age pets are likely to become more vulnerable to ailments such as arthritis, which costs roughly £500 a year to treat, as well as heart problems (£911), diabetes (£544) and respiratory problems (£728). And just over a quarter of pets have suffered from stress or depression according to the survey.
Sophie de Pelet, vetinary adviser for MoreThan Insurance comments on the findings: “Pet insurance is a responsible thing for pet owners to have in order to pay for any necessary treatment that might be needed; if this is an ongoing illness such as diabetes or arthritis it can become quite closely.”
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