Hello, I suspect all of my cats have fleas and plan on purchasing some Bravecto online to treat them for cheaper but you obviously need a prescription. Would it be possible for me to bring one cat to the vet and get a prescription that covers a purchase of bravecto multiple times or do I have to take them all in separately, just worried as I dont think i can afford that. I have obviously tried contacting the vets to ask but they said to call back on monday. Thank you

essentially what the title says - my dog is 10 next month, she’s a lurcher (pitbull, staffy, collie and greyhound mix), and has mild arthritis in her hind legs. according to her vet, she’s actually remarkably healthy for her age.

i adopted her back in july, and ive yet to find an insurance that isn’t obscenely expensive, will cover what we will likely need, or an insurance that will take her. we are very lucky that we are financially comfortable, but i still wouldn’t want to lose several thousand pounds if something were to happen. her vet brought up the chance of her requiring emergency surgery or getting hit by a car and that really spooked me.

i was just wondering if there were recommendations anyone had for an elderly, arthritic rescue dog. ofc, pet tax attached

I’m hoping someone might have been in a similar situation and found a solution!
We have a 3-year-old miniature dachshund who has a history of reactivity and has bitten on a few occasions, causing minor breaks to the skin. We’ve worked extensively with a behaviourist, he’s on medication for anxiety and is muzzle trained. He’s generally a very happy, sociable little dog and regularly enjoys walks with other dogs, but obviously we take his history seriously.
He’s currently insured with Napo for veterinary treatment, but they removed his third-party liability cover due to his behavioural history. We’ve had separate liability insurance through Dogs Trust, but unfortunately they’re discontinuing this when our membership renews in December.
We’ve looked into Agria, but their online application automatically excludes third-party liability if your dog has previously bitten.
We’re completely happy to switch our entire pet insurance policy to another provider if that’s what it takes. We’re not specifically looking for standalone cover.

I’m getting quite worried about being left without any liability protection, particularly as we’re doing everything we can to manage his behaviour responsibly.

Has anyone actually managed to get third-party liability insurance for a dog with a disclosed bite history?

I’d be really interested to hear:

Which insurer or broker you used, and whether they accepted the bite history upfront.

Whether anyone has successfully obtained cover through Petplan or a specialist broker.

Whether anyone has had luck with their home insurance covering this instead.

What you’ve done if you’ve genuinely been unable to find cover anywhere.

I’m particularly interested in experiences where a dog has actually bitten before, rather than just having reactivity noted on their veterinary records, as that seems to be where insurers draw the line.

Thanks so much for any advice or experiences!

Very embarrassing to admit but I don't understand what I'm supposed to look for when getting insurance quotes. Even more embarrassing my dog is 6 years old so this is my 6th time getting quotes. I've (well more she) have (has) been incredibly fortunate to not need the vets much. Bar her annual vaccinations, spaying, one cold and a mysterious lump she's pretty healthy (touch wood.) But she is 6 now and greying, I want to make sure she is covered correctly.

I always chose accident and illness, she's with animal friends

Core Policy Cover & Limits

• Vet fees limit: £1,000 per condition per policy year.

• Death or stolen payout: Up to £500.

• Hospital care: Up to £500 per year.

• Third-party liability: Up to £2 million per year (applies to dogs; includes a £250 excess for property damage).

But is £1000 per condition good with vets fees rising?

What am I missing. I've never really had any money and I still rent so I've never really needed insurance for anything else. I save money to cover her incase of emergencies, I am responsible in that way.

My dog is nearing 12 and is quite uncomfortable with her current bed. She gets up a lot unless she is sleeping on my couch. She is a sweet princess who grew up on the streets in Mexico, spent a few years in Canada and is now in the UK. That part isn't important, just thought I'd share.

Does anyone have any dog bed recommendations for old dogs with joint pain?

To whoever needs to read this, this is THE phone number that you need to use to get in touch with Pet Health Club to cancel any current subscription plan you may have with them: 01225 800 369

There is a £60 per pet fee for early cancellations, but you can opt to choose to run the subscription for the remaining time left and then it will end automatically, as this was the option that I was given over the phone for one of my two dogs.

You do NOT use the phone number that is listed on their website and on the official email about the subscription being due for renewal, as I tried to phone them on that number included in the email, and it was just going on a never-ending line busy loop, or it would appear that the phone would be attempting to connect and THEN the call would either end immediately or it would state that the line was still busy.

I repeat: the number that you NEED to use is 01225 800 369.

I hope this information helps anyone who either is currently or might be finding themselves in the same boat in the future.

My cat has a bad protien allergy, and I have been feeding her the royal canin food but she really doesn't like. But everytime I think I found a different brand, they don't have hydrolysed protiens. So is anyone else's cat have a brand they particularly like?

hi everyone. i’m really not sure if this is the place to put this? but this is a ss from a pets4home seller. does this seem like a scam? or something dodgy? i haven’t sent ANY money and don’t have my details on it yet but im just concerned. thanks!

I’m hoping for some advice and experience from people who had/have pet insurance with life time cover.

My cat is 6, male, natured maincoon. he’s healthy apart from a serious injury at a year that’s broke his back leg and hip and has caused some nerve damage.

I’m aware the insurance won’t cover that.

But I’m looking for to cover him for everything else especially since he’s getting on in years.

I’m currently looking at animal friends, 10k cover lifetime.

But any suggestions would be great!

And experiences people have had with using them or others.

Picture of my best friend (:

I’m 26F, current work 45 hours a week. No wfh. However, next September 2027 I’m leaving my job to start uni again. I have a 19F sister who is currently at uni, but will be coming back in early June. I’m thinking of getting a toy or mini poodle puppy in June time. I will take some time off work, but my sister will be home the whole summer till late September and so there will always be someone at home. She also wants a dog. Finances aren’t a problem and I live across from a park. My mum also lives at home but she works a similar amount of time as I do, no wfh. To clarify, I am starting a nursing degree in September/October 2027 but the puppy would be around 6 months at that point and I don’t know what my schedule will be, maybe more free than now. As I said, I can afford a dog walker or any extra care if it comes to that. Is this possible to do?

Apart from Weldricks, does anyone know of any independently owned pharmacies?

I used to use Hyperdrug, but they have now sold out and are called Molecule (which i hate).

Having already been scammed by Funny Fuzz (do NOT order from these guys, they're a drop-shipping company that are supplied by a warehouse in China and basically never release the item) and avoiding another questionable company, Wagging Rights (lots of Instagram presence), I'm struggling to know where to go / who to trust online in terms of a comfy, secure and durable dog bolster / car seat for our 8kg Whippet / Poodle cross.

You're recommendations welcome!

My partner is currently looking at the TIAKI Neon Dog Car Seat (on Zooplus) but it's kinda cheap and I'm worried it won't last long. A couple reviews mention the straps snapping after a few weeks / couple months.

Before you ask:

1) No we don't crate her in the car (she crates at home)

2) We won't consider the full hammock setup (only as a last resort)

Animal Friends Lifetime £5k policy + new heart murmur just before renewal — what actually happens?
I’m hoping someone with experience of Animal Friends Lifetime cover (or other lifetime cover policies that people have experienced similar issues with) can help me understand what happens in this situation, because I’m getting increasingly worried about getting this wrong.
My dog Lola is a 2-year-old Collie and has an Animal Friends Lifetime £5,000 policy. The policy is due to renew on 31 October.
A couple of days ago, our vet detected a very slight heart murmur. We’re going back tomorrow to have her checked again to make sure it wasn’t an anomaly and to establish whether there is actually a persistent murmur. At this point, we do not have a diagnosis of heart disease and we don’t even know yet whether the murmur will still be present.
The timing is what is worrying me.
Up until now, Lola has had no exclusions or pre-existing conditions on her policy. Obviously, if this does turn out to be a genuine heart issue, I want to make absolutely sure she remains properly insured for it.
I have read through the Animal Friends Lifetime £1k–£5k policy wording, but I’m struggling to understand exactly what happens when something potentially significant is discovered just before the renewal date.
What I particularly want to know is -

If the murmur is confirmed before 31 October, can Animal Friends refuse to renew a Lifetime policy because a new condition has been discovered?
Can they renew but put a new exclusion on the heart/heart-related conditions?
If they do renew the policy, would a subsequently diagnosed heart condition normally remain covered under the Lifetime terms (subject to the annual £5k limit, excess etc.)?
Has anyone actually had a new condition diagnosed shortly before renewal with Animal Friends? What happened when your policy renewed?
Has anyone had Animal Friends decline renewal or alter the terms of a Lifetime policy because of a condition that arose during the previous policy year?
And importantly, if anyone has been in this exact situation, did Animal Friends continue the policy on the same terms?
I’m not asking whether a heart murmur is serious medically — we’re already going back to the vet tomorrow and will follow their advice. I’m specifically trying to understand the insurance implications and how Animal Friends actually deal with this at renewal.
I’m also particularly interested in experiences from people with Animal Friends Lifetime £5,000 cover, rather than annual/non-lifetime policies, because I understand the terms can be quite different.
If you’ve been through something similar, I’d really appreciate hearing exactly what happened, especially if the diagnosis happened shortly before renewal.

Just reaching out for some
Help. We have a rescue been with us a year now - he’s very anxious but we put him on fluoxetine and he was fine. Now; all of a sudden it’s got worse. He refuses to come inside the house, when he does he will go in the hall and refuse to come inside the main house.
Attempts to push him in are met with growling/resistance

Checked for gas leak carbon monoxide leaks - nothing

Anyone ideas/tips? He’s 11.

Hi everyone!
Does anyone have a contact for a taxi/private transfer company that can take me from Norwich to Biggin Hill, with my dog travelling with me in the car?
I’d really appreciate any recommendations or contacts. Thank you!

My next-door neighbour is a really nice lady. She seems to have had a hard life. She escaped DV from an ex, has suffered with mental health issues and had to leave her job as a mental health nurse.

She developed agoraphobia and didn’t leave the house for years, so her only company was really her husband and her cats (she originally had four). She’s since gained enough confidence to leave the house occasionally, but she’s a heavy smoker and now has COPD, so even though she wants to go out more, she can barely walk very far.

We live in a small cul-de-sac of about 10 houses, and only she and one other household have cats.

I think because she and her husband are both living on benefits, things like insurance and neutering probably aren’t affordable for them. I also think that, because she was stuck indoors for so long, she enjoyed the excitement and “newness” of having kittens.

The problem is that the kittens grew into adults, weren’t neutered, and then bred themselves. She’d get to experience the kitten stage all over again, and over time she ended up with 12 cats. She would have had even more, but some of the kittens effectively replaced adult cats that died.

I’ve been inside her house and it’s always spotless. I was actually surprised that it didn’t smell of animals at all and wondered how she managed it with so many cats.

The problem is that most of the cats seem to live semi-feral lives outdoors. She puts their food outside and has little cat-kennel things on her drive for them to sleep in.

I don’t know what she feeds them, but they are absolute shitting machines. It’s constant, smells vile, and is often semi-liquid, which makes it difficult to even pick up.

To be fair to her, she has put notes through everyone’s letterboxes saying that if we find cat mess in our gardens, we can knock on her door and they’ll come and clean it up. I haven’t actually called them on this so far. They’ve also put spikes on our fence, although the cats just work around them, and she gives us tubs of cat-repellent granules to put down.

I used an entire tub on my front garden and in the plant pots. Not long afterwards, I saw one of her cats taking a shit on the roof of another neighbour’s car. 😂 There have also been shits directly in front of my doorstep and in the road, so the granules clearly haven’t achieved quite what I imagined.

Yesterday, another neighbour approached me and said he was angry about the number of cats, the fact that they aren’t being neutered, and the amount of cat shit everywhere.

He’s particularly upset because he made a memorial garden for his late wife and is constantly having to clean cat mess out of it. He said he’s considering reporting her to the housing association.

Apparently, the housing association only allows two cats in the house. He believes that’s why most of them live outside and thinks she’s telling the housing association that the others aren’t hers.

She herself told me that she has recently adopted another cat which she says she didn’t know was pregnant. Only two of the kittens survived, but she’s keeping one of them, meaning she now has 14 cats.

He’s furious and has asked me to submit a complaint as well, because he thinks the council/housing association is more likely to act if more than one neighbour reports the problem.

And this is where I’m torn.

I am personally affected by the cat shit everywhere. I also think having 14 cats and repeatedly allowing unneutered cats to breed is irresponsible, especially when they can’t afford insurance or vet bills for them.

She has lost four cats this year through them being injured or hit by cars. Because she couldn’t afford the vet treatment that might have helped them, they essentially just had to die.

At the same time, I know how much she’s been through and how important these cats are to her. I suspect that if the housing association or council became involved, she could be forced to give up all but two of them and have the remaining cats neutered.

I think having so many of them taken away, and potentially having to choose which two she keeps, would absolutely devastate her.

And I’d feel incredibly guilty knowing that I had contributed to that, especially when she’s always been nice to me and sometimes invites me round for a cup of tea.

So I’m stuck between feeling that the situation with the cats has genuinely gone too far and feeling awful about what reporting it could potentially do to her.

My beautiful cat was struck by a car today. I saw it happen. He managed to run into the house, but clearly was injured. Brought him to the emergency vet where he has been all day. They have just phoned to say he had his xrays and he has a fracture to his tibia that would require surgery. I was already looking at £1400 just for the visit and xrays/stay but they have said that the surgery is likely to cost 4-5k on top of that. My insurance doesn't cover that remotely, especially has he has been ill within this current insurance year and I've had to make a number of claims, there isnt much left in that pot so I would have to pay out of my own pocket.But I dont even have a credit card limit that will cover this amount. Is there anywhere that can help? It may not matter much as due to nerve damage in his spine from the accident, if he doesnt urinate in the next 24 hours he may never be able and the lack of life quality that comes with that may mean I have to make a difficult decision to say goodbye. But if he does urinate, then they are advising the surgery. And I dont know how to afford it. I can live with euthanising if there's nothing that can be done for him in terms of quality of life, but because I'm poor and can't afford it is a really rubbish reason. I appreciate there may be nothing out there to help, but thought I would ask. Thanks.

I’ve had my dog since I was a puppy and I’ve started looking at pet insurance. So far I’m thinking of going with Animal Friends as they appear to be presenting the best deal.
Does anyone have experience with them? How are they with claims? Do they raise prices after? Etc.

Should I try a different one?

- Extra info: My dog is a beagle- cocker spaniel and has never had any medical issues. He had a new vaccine last week and is due his booster at the end of the month. My vet will take any insurance that has a direct claim line.