Families face tough choices for their pets during the pandemic

[Catherine]

Many families have severely diminished incomes during the pandemic. They struggle to meet normal living expenses. If you add in an expensive vets bill they are overwhelmed. Some people just can't afford anything and they have to give up their pet or face euthanizing it. Others make hard choices to come up with money to pay for emergency care.
One family member used her tuition money to help the family cat. That is a tough choice that could have consequences for her future.

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Even people who are very financially responsible could not have seen this coming. No one anticipated so many people out of work and so many businesses closed. 
Friends and family are also under the same financial stress so they can't help.
Many vets are only partly open. It depends on where you are. Also veterinary services are very expensive. This is a crisis that effects us all in ways we could not have foreseen. Some vets probably have payment plans. Some places would have groups that help people with vets bills. I feel for the people who have no resources who are forced to give up a beloved pet when they need him most because they cannot afford treatment. 

This must be a stressful time for vets. They know that the people they are dealing with just can't afford expensive treatments for their pet.  This is just one more thing we have to deal with right now. In every way 2020 has not been good for any of us.