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Reply With QuoteHave her check out IMOM.org Helping People Help Pets I can personally vouch for this organization. I had a 17 yr old cat with diabetes. She lived to be 21 thanks to the support and help from imom.
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diabetic dog help my friend just found out after spending $1200 or so that his dog is diabetic. Meaning he will have to have shots at a rate of $200 a week, something he can't afford.
are there any other treatments or cheaper generic meds?
are there any dog rescue groups that take animals that owners can't afford to take care of? he is a 6 year old healer mix
my friend feels really bad about it but just can't afford the expense of taking care of a diabetic dog as he is even skimping on his own diabetic meds.
Re: diabetic dog help Have her check out IMOM.org Helping People Help Pets I can personally vouch for this organization. I had a 17 yr old cat with diabetes. She lived to be 21 thanks to the support and help from imom.
PM me if you have any questions.
Re: diabetic dog help I checked out their site, but looks like they don't offer ongoing help with medsOriginally Posted by rbunnymom
"Effective April 6, 2009 IMOM can only accept applications for pets who are in a life threatening emergency and need one-time care. There are no exceptions."
We will keep looking though...I feel so bad for him
Re: diabetic dog help Sorry for the person going through this..we had a diabetic dog..I can't understand it costing that much for insulin. A dog can only take a few units each time..It was the special dog food that cost a lot for us.Not sure where the person lives and the rate of cost in that area..tell your friend he is in my prayers. Some would put a dog down rather than take care of it..Our little dog was a member of our family and did all we could do for her.God bless and your in my thoughts and prayers.
Re: diabetic dog help My friend told me the bottles cost $60 each and that one only lasts for 2 days...at least that is what he got from the vet, so about $200 a week with the needles too. We are in the Houston area, so still trying to find other alternatives, even buying the meds online if they will be cheaper. But he just went through a divorce and basically does not have the money unfortunately.
thanks for your help
Re: diabetic dog help It should not cost that much, i had a cat maybe 15 pounds, had to have shots twice a day... get the insulin and the needles at your local drug store, walmart what ever, call around for price.. you will need a script from the vet for the needles.. and i didnt have the cat on special food ... maybe $50.00-$100.00 a month at most...
Re: diabetic dog help okay i looked it up online for him this morning and it is about half the cost online for vetsulin for the 40 bottle, so $34 and some change
that helps some but not a lot, we are still looking
Re: diabetic dog help Call some of the country vets for advice and alternatives to the name brand meds.
I find the country vets to be MUCH cheaper than the city ones. They don't even charge an office visit fee out in Rosenburg/Richmond and they are very informative and friendly.
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Re: diabetic dog help okay, he apparently got the dosage wrong, or misunderstood. each bottle will give 20 doses, not 5 that he thought, so that makes a huge difference in the cost!
I had to call my vet and have them explain it to me, so that I could tell him to get more information from his vet.
Now he is going to see if he can get insurance for the dog...after the fact because that will be much cheaper too
