ASPCA | Pet Insurance Review

My cat, Buttercup, was stung by a scorpion, and she had a frightening neurological reaction to it. Her head was twitching, her pupils were big as saucers, and within a short period of time she lost the ability to walk. I rushed her to an emergency clinic (of course, the sting occurred after hours) where the treatment was extremely expensive. It seems that a reaction to a scorpion sting is a very unusual occurrence for a cat, either because most cats are immuned to scorpion venom (as many believe) or because they are usually quick enough to avoid stings (my vet's hypothesis). The emergency clinic vet was concerned that Buttercup's reactions were severe enough that she wouldn't make it through the night without proper treatment, but it was difficult to find anyone with the experience to know how to treat her. Antivenom is apparently not available, at least not for pets. After some searching, a common dog treatment was found and used on Buttercup and she responded to it. It still took her several days to recover enough to be able to walk more than a few steps at a time, but she was fully recovered after a couple of weeks.Needless to say, all of this required a lot of expensive treatment, even after I was able to check Buttercup out of the emergency clinic and take her to my usual vet. She required monitored care for several days. I kept all the receipts from all her treatments and medicines, and I received care notes from the vets who cared for her. Completing the cla

Claims were easy to file and service was relatively fast.

I have been a member for less than a year. So far the service is exactly what I expected. I think the cost is reasonable and the service is great.

When my little Norwegian Forest cat, Peter, became ill during Hurricane Irene, my husband and I were frantic, but luckily we found a veterinarian Clinic in the next town that would see him. He had a bladder stone and without immediate help, he would have died. After surgery and two weeks in the hospital, he came home safe and sound and much to our delight, ASPCA Pet Insurance reviewed our claim and sent us a check that helped us so much because we are retired. They let us know when they received the claim and when they had approved it. They sure came through when they were needed.

I wanted pet insurance for my adopted terrier mix puppy, I talked to a couple of companies but I liked the coverage from ASPCA. Since I have had the ball of energy he has gotten into all kinds of things. Thank goodness for the insurance.