PDSA The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)

The PDSA is a charity who care for sick animals when their owners cannot afford to pay private vets fees and do not have pet insurance. It's a great charity and a very good idea as I know myself when an animal is sick it can be very very expensive to get them treated, but it needs doing. This is especially true in animals like Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Birds, Lizards, Snakes, as their insurance is soooo expensive, and not really worth getting as it doesn't cover enough and you end up having to pay the bills anyway. A few months ago our Guinea Pig Gordon got ill, he started getting random scabs all over him which at first we thought were bites as he lives with a ...  Read the complete review

PDSA pricks dont support arseholes!!! is that what it stands for..?? i had a very nasty experience with a vet who looked about 15, my poor baby had bald patches on his tail an back end coming..and was rubbin and iching himself under chairs etc and cryin and rollin obviously itchy an distressed..so i take him to PDSA and tell the woman who says she needs to examine him an grabs his head..??? its his arse that itchy...so dog goes abit growly..nothing much hes never growled in his life!! sooo she decides from that hes aggressive an need to be mussled or she cant treat him..so she gives me a mussle to fit a jack russell..??? hello its a bull terrier here!!! he ...  Read the complete review

A couple of months ago my pup got poorly. At the time I was struggling financially and on benefits. The thought of large vet bills worried me terribly, no way would I be able to afford to help her, I was left heartbroken at the thought of what would happen. A family member told me she had read something about the PDSA, I looked them up online and called up my local PDSA (Nottingham) They told me because I was in receipt of benefits at the time, they would be able to see her and treat her for free. An appointment was made for me the next day, I took her in (it was very busy!) We got seen very quickly, they took her for scans and came back and told me she had ...  Read the complete review

The PDSA has helped pets in need of vets for over 90 years and it is the leading veterinary charity in the UK. They offer free emergency treatment for people who are in receipt of financial help with housing costs via Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit. I have two charities that I give to via direct debit a month (WSPA being one as I am an animal lover!) so decided that I wanted to help the PDSA but not on a monthly basis. I looked on the website and found they have charity boxes that you can have sent to you and just put your loose change in and send it back to them when it is full. Once I had received it they called about three times in ...  Read the complete review

A friend of mine took in her elderly mother's cat when the old lady died. The cat was seven years old at the time and vets refused to allow her to take out medical insurance for the cat because of its age. Recently the cat was in a road accident and had to have an operation, the cost of this was over a thousand pounds. My friend had little choice but to borrow the money to pay for this. She is working but has a young family, so finding this amount was not easy. I do feel the PDSA should offer a system whereby EVERYONE pays a contribution towards the treatment. After all, the advice given is "don't take on a pet if you can't afford the vet's ...  Read the complete review