r/Pets🐶Apr 29, 2026
pet insurance experience? probable chushings disease in 9 yo dog.
update - just checked and 24 hours later my claims (both er and family vet visits) have been approved!
hi everyone, looking for some experiences shared on both pet insurance and cushings disease. to start off, i have had pet insurance on my 8yo for 3 years now, this is not a pre-existing condition.
yesterday morning my dog seemed a bit wobbly, which isn’t normal for him but i made a mental note to monitor. a few hours later while i’m at work, my roommate texts me concerned about him. later that night he is unable to walk on uneven surfaces, and keeps falling over. i decide to go to the er where we find out his cortisol levels were 7x what they should be, with the vet absolutely shocked. she said that he absolutely could’ve had a stroke last night if his symptoms worsened so it was good we came in. we ran essentially a full workup for $1600. he had an appointment for his vet (that i had made yesterday before symptoms worsened) this morning where they ran a few more tests to confirm cushings disease (still waiting on those results.) $1200 later and i’m now $2800 down and have what will likely be a journey ahead of us to navigate this.
how likely is it that pet insurance pill pay this out? i have pets best if that helps, the top tier plan. i would pay anything to keep him okay, but i’m also a 21 year old paying for college and bills. i am quite stressed and would just love some general advice, thoughts, anything really.