10 of the Most Expensive Health Problems Your Pet Can Face

Health-care costs aren’t just skyrocketing for humans

The cost of treating your pets can easily top $1,000—and there’s no health-care plan in the works for Fido.

VPI, a provider of pet health insurance, tallied its claims and made a list of those requiring more than $1,000 for treatment.

“While surgical treatment for a torn knee ligament/cartilage occurred with the greatest frequency,” the report said, “the condition with the highest average cost per claim was intervertebral disc disease, for which pet owners paid an average of $3,282 in 2010.”

“Pet owners should be aware that these $1,000 accidents and illnesses can happen to just about any pet—indoor, outdoor, young or old,” says Dr. Carol McConnell, VPI’s vice president and chief veterinary medical officer. “Though the cost of care for these conditions may be high, the prognosis is usually positive, and many of the pets that are treated will recover.” (These are secrets your pets would tell you if they could.)

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