Insuring Exotics

Re: Insuring Exotics

JaneRVN — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:50:13 GMT

I agree, I insured my 4yr old spur thighed for her first year with Exotics Direct (due to Petplan connections).

She was an illegal important and had numerous issues, so I felt better having her covered.

However, even with London exotics vets I struggled to get a bill big enough to be worth covering! She is now stable and eating well (and not addicted to pellets!), so I have decided to save the cash instead.

Re: Insuring Exotics

Steph Worsley — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:32:52 GMT

i only know of exotics direct, personally i would put the money to one side though just cos the premiums will go up due to inflation and fingers crossed you wont need to claim anyway

Re: Insuring Exotics

Kim Buckley — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:31:37 GMT

I personally would just put money aside. Saw a lot of tortoises at the practice I was in and most of the problems were due to husbandry issues. If you are looking after it correctly then hopefully it won't need that much veterinary care and if the worst does happen then you have some money put aside to pay for it.

Re: Insuring Exotics

Maisy — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:38:45 GMT

I only know of that company as a client used to insure his birds of prey through them. Personally for a tortoise I'd probably keep money aside as over the 30+ years that you may have the tortoise (hopefully as a minimum!) the amount they will pay doesn't seem feasible. For exotics that aren't likely to live as long as torts and hopefully therefore wouldn't accrue £2500 worth of vet bills then its a good idea as they are meant to be a decent insurance company.