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I've been looking at our household budget so that we can plan for 2025 and

This is a terrifying number but it might help others figure out costs of having senior pets in the Bay Area.

On vet bills alone, our 15 year old dog and 18 year old cat racked up US$19 419.77.

We paid US$1280 in pet insurance premiums, and got refunded US$11 162.42. Which really helped.

Like with most pet insurance, it's a pay first and reimbursed later. It took between 3 days and 30+ days to get paid back.

Our dog passed away this year. She had some ER visits which were expensive, which really ran up the numbers overall.

The average cost of a normal outpatient vet visit was $455.

The average cost of a ER visit was $1500.

The highest ER vet bill was $6,662.93.

It cost $679 to say goodbye to Cookie at home.

I'm not in a hurry to get another pet. Mila's bills are far more normal, even though she is 18 and has many chronic illnesses. Dogs seem to cost a lot more somehow.

We felt very happy to have received ER treatment for Cookie at SF Animal Medical Center. Dr Winnie Ybarra is the vet I hoped that Cookie would get as she was dying. Dr Ybarra made sure to call us regularly and she tried many things that made Cookie very comfortable till the end.

She did not suggest expensive treatments that would prolong her life unnecessarily, even tho ER visits were costly, I felt they worked with us on our budget and only did the necessary. Not all vets are like that

kkeller

@skinnylatte is that the place on Fillmore? We brought our elderly doggo there after a seizure (they couldn't do much for him, but he recovered (as much as any elderly dog does) and actually lived reasonably well for a few months after).