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Hello, today my six month old toy poodle (4.2 lbs) got dropped accidentally by a friend. It wasn’t a negligent drop, but probably a foot or foot and a half from the ground. She started crying with extreme extreme pain and I’ll cut to the chase she has a broken front leg.
Luckily I was able to get her into a vet clinic on the same day. They suggested a surgery through a different clinic which would cost ballpark $6000. I asked what the other options were which were either amputation or splinting which would require multiple re-splinting of the leg for the next 6 to 8 weeks which at the end may or may not work. I was told there’s about a 25% chance that she’ll be able to keep her leg after the splinting if it works. And after that time if the splint doesn’t work it’s too late to do the surgery. The splinting all in all will cost ballpark in total 1000 to 1500. And amputation will cost about 2000.
I am looking into the option of taking her to a less expensive area to a vet which might be able to do the surgery or the amputation for less money. This is my first pet and I can’t believe this is the reality of pet ownership. I guess I sound sort of naïve but I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. My daughter is super super super super attached to the dog and wants me to pay whatever in order to keep the leg and hopefully to get surgery. I am just trying to be realistic about this though and I wanted to get anyone’s take on the situation. I just feel like I won’t be able to keep spending this kind of money as I can’t afford it but at the same time it would break my daughters heart to not get the best kind of care for our dog so I just feel like I’m between a rock and a hard place and wondering if I should just buck up, get carecredit and do the surgery or stay the course with the splint and pray for healing. Thanks for reading.
Luckily I was able to get her into a vet clinic on the same day. They suggested a surgery through a different clinic which would cost ballpark $6000. I asked what the other options were which were either amputation or splinting which would require multiple re-splinting of the leg for the next 6 to 8 weeks which at the end may or may not work. I was told there’s about a 25% chance that she’ll be able to keep her leg after the splinting if it works. And after that time if the splint doesn’t work it’s too late to do the surgery. The splinting all in all will cost ballpark in total 1000 to 1500. And amputation will cost about 2000.
I am looking into the option of taking her to a less expensive area to a vet which might be able to do the surgery or the amputation for less money. This is my first pet and I can’t believe this is the reality of pet ownership. I guess I sound sort of naïve but I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. My daughter is super super super super attached to the dog and wants me to pay whatever in order to keep the leg and hopefully to get surgery. I am just trying to be realistic about this though and I wanted to get anyone’s take on the situation. I just feel like I won’t be able to keep spending this kind of money as I can’t afford it but at the same time it would break my daughters heart to not get the best kind of care for our dog so I just feel like I’m between a rock and a hard place and wondering if I should just buck up, get carecredit and do the surgery or stay the course with the splint and pray for healing. Thanks for reading.