It's not a matter of having the "heart" to put down a suffering animal. It's a matter, as OP stated, of determining the potential for saving the poor thing at a reasonable cost. And reasonable means different things to different people. My sister had one of her horses for 2 weeks in a university vet ICU. I'm sure the cost was in the tens of thousands. But... she's retired from a VP position, has no kids and is well off. And her horses are her love. She even has a trust fund set up for them. Plus, her money is funding a lot of vet salaries. :D
Our horse had a knee infection. First vet said take him to MSU to drain the knee because she couldn't get it all. Cost: $6-8k, which to me was not reasonable for our financial situation. We opted to not do it and we were prepared to put him down if it got worse. We had a second vet look at it. He said give it a week on some different antibiotics. Horse came out of it ok.
On the flip side, I know a young man whose horse DID go to Michigan State for a serious problem. Vet told him either put him down or send him that day. He had to borrow the money (thousands) to treat it at MSU. It died anyway. So I understand both sides of the decision process. It's never easy and sometimes, in hindsight, you make the wrong decision.
But, If all we thought about was dollars and cents, we'd never own animals. I have 2 dogs and a horse. If I didn't own them I'd have a lot more money in the bank.
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