Letters to the Editor
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If you can't afford a pet, don't get one.
Seriously. $1,300. Was that it?
If you're going to get a pet, you should be prepared to spend the necessary money to keep your pet in good health. In the cost of animal ownership, you should factor in the cost of $300 a year insurance (this works out to less than $1 a day, which sure as hell doesn't seem like much to me). Was your cat worth $1 a day? Does he provide you with $1 a day worth of love and joy? If not, you probably shouldn't have gotten a cat in the fist place.
I admit that its not all black & white. Would the $1,300 be worth it if your cat had cancer and was likely to die anyway? Perhaps not. If your cat was 15+ years old, and likely near the end of his life? Again, more debatable.
But at 6 years old, you're questioning spending $1300 on a cat who has given you 6 years of love and joy? I'm sorry, but I can't understand that.
You probably spent more at Starbucks over the past 6 yeas. A Lot More.
So please, if you can't spend money on keeping your pet in good health (figure at least $300 a year), don't get a pet in the first place. Its cruel to both the animal and you.
And now, I'm not a crazy ASPCA person. I just believe that if you had $1300 to spend, its better to spend it on keeping your pet alive than something like a vacation or snazzy watch.