29/12/2025
Times are hard and unfortunately animals don't have a national health service. It's that simple. Our cats need private health care because there's no kitty NHS.
We've have people handing their cats over many, many times because they either a) can't afford the vet bill/no insurance or b) have attempted to treat their animals at home and have caused such damage that they then DEFINITELY can't afford the vet bill and have caused their pet pain and suffering. We see posts like this all the time on social media asking for advice and boy do people like to give advice. It's amazing how many wanna-be vets there are in this world when it comes to social media.
Veterinary medicine is not a suck it and see DIY and if you get it wrong you don't get a do over. So here at WellCat we are here to tell the world a secret 🤫 "It is illegal for non-veterinarians to treat animals. This includes diagnosing, advising, and prescribing medication." Except it's not a secret, its common knowledge, in fact its common sense. I mean, would you ask a gardener to cut your hair?!?!
Vets are vets because they genuinely care about the well being of animals. I've yet to meet a vet who doesn't love animals. Vets didnt go to medical school for all those years just to frustrate you and take your money. If the wanted to do that they would have gone into politics. Bottom line is that your vet DOES care but there is no NHS but that's why God invented insurance.
Please don't attempt to treat your pets at home. We would always advise people to take out pet insurance because you just never know........ All of our cats leave us with 5 weeks insurance with Agria insurance. If you want details of Agria just drop us a message and we can tell you exactly why we use them.
So, as we start a new year of 2026 make sure you're on top of your flea and worming treatments, vaccines ard up to date and insurance is in place. These aren't just pets, they are family 🐾
