How much does it cost for a c-section on a little dog? Are you sure sure you can't have the baby's with some human help at home? Yorkies aren't that big of a dog . It seem like a big lessen to learn at the expense of an innocent dog. I wish your little dog all the luck in the world. This is such a sad story......... --- On Mon, 2/14/11, carol lopez <[email protected]> wrote:
From: carol lopez <[email protected]> Subject: Re: RE: [Chihuahuas] Ok I need some help with this breed emergancy To: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 4:06 PM Your right its in san diego On Feb 14, 2011 4:02 PM, "carol lopez" <[email protected]> wrote: > Us davis is in sacurmento ca can't spell that word that lol > On Feb 14, 2011 12:13 PM, "Liz Bickel & Irv Weinberg" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Although they aren't in LA, you might want to call the UC Veterinary >> Medicine Center, San Diego and explain what is going on. You can >> tell them about Daisy and ask if they will accept payment over time >> to pay for her required C-section. In my experience, most >> University, teaching, vet hospitals will do this. However, since San >> Diego is a drive for you (providing they can work with you >> financially), you probably will have to schedule a C-section for >> before she goes into strong, active labor. Give The University Vet >> hospital a call and discuss everything with them in detail. They >> usually have a finance department that takes care of extended payments. >> >> http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ucvmc_sd/ >> >> The other possibility is to talk to your own vet again about making >> payments over time. If you've been a client for some time, he would >> have to be very cold hearted to just let your Chihuahua >> die. Especially since he knows in advance what the situation is. >> >> A third possibility is to put the cost of the surgery on a Credit >> Card and pay it off over time (with interest of course). That's what >> I do if my bills (at vets other than my regular one) exceed what I >> have saved. I always try to keep at least $2000 set aside for vet >> emergencies, but the way things are these days, even that can quickly >> be depleted. >> >> Since you still have a few days to get things in order, there must be >> some way that you can find to delay payment of a >> huge-one-time-vet-bill and then gradually pay it off yourself over time. >> >> I find it sad that more & more vets are becoming more concerned about >> immediate payment than they are about the welfare of the >> animals. However, there are still options open for you to be able to >> be able to pay for Daisy's C-section. Wish you have started to look >> into this matter weeks ago when she first got bred. Then, there >> would have been no doubt that something with someone could have been > arranged. >> >> Liz >>
