Holey Cat

Our cat Cricket (AKA Rickety Cricket) is an indoor/outdoor cat. He goes outside when he needs to do his business, when he wants to terrorize the neighborhood wildlife, and when he wants to meet up with his pals and girlfriends. The other day when I came home he was laying by the door and I notice a hole a little smaller than a quarter in his side. It didn't go through his body, but it was deep enough to cause concern, and it looked infected. I guess one of the neighborhood gang cats thought he smelt good from his bath the other day, and tried to eat him... So Jen took him to the animal hospital that night and it ended up costing approx $210. I mean geez... $58 for the checkup, $47 for an antibiotic, $48 for rabies booster, and the rest for medicine. I mean talk about markup... No stitches. No surgery. Just a cleaning and some drugs. This is my first experience with a veterinarian, and hopefully my last. Growing up i don't remember ever bringing my animals to the doctor. We normally took the "It'll fix itself" approach, and it always worked out.

How much is it to put my animals on my health insurance? =P