freckles22uk
Well-Known Member
My horse (6 year old home bred appy stallion) got colic 2 weeks ago, (no idea why) called the vet out, and she said it was a displaced colon... best thing was to get him straight to the vet hospital incase he needed an op, as its an hour drive from here, down in Alicante (Im in Spain)
So we load up and take him down there... anyway, turns out no op needed, he ends up ok and comes home..
vet bill was 500 (he had ultrasound scans, blood tests, etc....) plus Ive got my local vet to pay and friends petrol costs as well... so Im looking at 800 in total. (all paid)
Now if he needed an op, that would of been and extra 4,000 (just under £4000) now I dont have mine insured, (cant afford to insure 5 of them) so if he needed an op, then I would of had to of had him PTS ( which would of devistated me ) but I have no income apart from the paintings, and cant afford to go into debt
So how much would you be prepared to spend out of you own pocket and would you go into debt for your horse...
So we load up and take him down there... anyway, turns out no op needed, he ends up ok and comes home..
vet bill was 500 (he had ultrasound scans, blood tests, etc....) plus Ive got my local vet to pay and friends petrol costs as well... so Im looking at 800 in total. (all paid)
Now if he needed an op, that would of been and extra 4,000 (just under £4000) now I dont have mine insured, (cant afford to insure 5 of them) so if he needed an op, then I would of had to of had him PTS ( which would of devistated me ) but I have no income apart from the paintings, and cant afford to go into debt
So how much would you be prepared to spend out of you own pocket and would you go into debt for your horse...