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I have been looking for vet insurance for Syd for many years. Recently something actually came up. Nationwide offers avian and exotic insurance! Anybody tried it?
Yeah, that site isn't the greatest...If you're considering the insurance, my advice is to call them...I was put off by the lack of information offered on the site. Call for information? In this day and age?!
Yep, that is what i was trying to say earlier. Many times they will deem it as 'situational' vs 'medical'. Fine print nightmare to 'prove; your cause.Be very sure to check the fine print. It's a different company because I'm in the UK, but my parrot insurance doesn't cover plucking unless there's a medical (as opposed to behavioural) cause.
When I had it, it was VPI and was bought by nationwide. They kept telling me they were revamping the bird policy but it didn't happen while I was with them.Thanks Clueless!
Very true.It's true that these insurance plans only pay a portion of your visit. For the healthy pet where you're paying monthly premiums year in and year out it could be viewed as expensive.
However, if/when your pet becomes sick it takes the sting out of the high vet costs. I viewed it as an investment which, for me, paid off. With Leyna it was with her costly MRSA treatments. With Nadja it was when she was hit by a car and needed ortho surgery, followed by a cancer diagnosis when she was only 6 years old.
I don't carry insurance for my birds; just for my dogs. I have a savings account for them.
It sure would have here, had we been able to get it for Chirp. We go every two weeks, costing around 100$ per visit. So I added up the totals from his invoices (visits, ER trips, meds and beak trims), totaling in at 1,360.94 since 8/15/2019. Sure would have been nice to have had even half of that covered. And it's only gonna get more expensive, Chirp is going to need continuous vet care for the rest of his life and the ER trips will only increase. Insurance would have helped a lot, but now it's too late for us to get it.Very true.
It could take the "sting" out.
FYI, make sure to ask if they will exclude anything.We have a better idea what questions to ask, appreciate everyone’s input!
A further consideration for us might be would the insurance stay with Syd bird for her new people if she outlives us. I suspect the answer is no but it never hurts to ask!