Pet Insurance

Each year 1 in 3 dogs and cats fall are injured or suffer some kind of illness- that’s more than 4.9 million cats and dogs in the UK. There is no National Health service for animals , the average cost for emergency treatment for your visit to the vet will cost you around £300.

So if your Pet was to have an accident or need emergency medical treatment it could end up costing you hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds.

The list below is representative of the typical types of problems that will require your domestic pet to require a trip to the Vets; This list is by no means exhaustative but it is indicative of the typical incidents and ailments you can expect to deal with whilst owning a Pet and some of claims you will have to make on your Pet Insurance;

1. Cuts/lacerations
2. Lameness
3. Road traffic accident
4. A growth
5. Abscess
6. Bites
7. Foreign body (swallowed)
8. Pyrexia/anorexia of unknown origin
9. Gastro-enteritis
10. Ear infection

Pet insurance would cover all of these common conditions. And it doesn’t have to be
expensive either. Pet Insurance cover is becoming increasingly essential as the cost of vets’ bills continues to rise. Advancements in veterinary medicine have meant that vets are able to provide more comprehensive treatments and better care for your Pets , the effect of this is that Veterinary costs have risen. Pet Insurance can start from just a few pounds a month, enabling you to avoid most of these unexpected costs, whenever they arise.