Need advice re: dealing with veterinary racket

[Howie]

It's considerably more difficult to get into veterinary school, too. My medical school class had 5 people (that I know of - there may have been more who didn't want to admit it) who had tried and failed to gain admission to vet school (most had tried several time) but had no difficulty whatsoever getting into medical school.

Surgical supplies cost the same no matter what is undergoing surgery. It could be your goldfish and many of the costs would be the same as if it were your grandma.

Scary!

[ducpainter]

I love animals...

personally I can't justify the cost of vet care, and I've spent plenty with them.

let me add...

when I start to fail I want someone to dig a hole...

when I'm done failing...

push me in and cover it over...

just sayin'.

flame away.

[Howie]

Cost, to me is not the issue.  Most animals, when on their own, have the good sense to crawl off and die when it is their time.  We interfere with that, sometimes to the animal's benefit, sometimes not.  The issue is a quality of life issue more than a financial one.

[mstevens]

Scary!

It shouldn't be. Those 5 were at the top of the class. Vet school is hard to get into because 1) there aren't many schools; 2) lots of people want to be vets, especially at the usual age of late college; 3) those people usually don't care about feeding a future family or figure they'll always be happy riding a bike and never being able to buy a new car.