kurosawa1

Vet's are generaly poor to very poor here. Mabye in BKK it would be a bit better but dont hold you breath. Most will come to you (in my experiance as taking a cow to the vet is a bit difficult ) as to the cost for "pet" care have'nt a clue but general vet bills are'nt very high. What sort of thing are you looking for?

Here in Jomtien they have a 24 hour animal hospital which is excellent. My cat Fred caught

feline HIV fighting with Thai cats, and we figured out what it was too late. He was 13, and

got daily life support for 3 hours ( antibiotics, IV nutrition and fluids) for 300 baht oer day.

He died, but my wife and I were happy we could be with him when he passed - we loved

him very much, and I cannot say enough good things about the animal hospital. However,

Thai dogs and cats have all sorts of diseases, and there is no good vaccination against

feline HIV, so cat owners should try to keep their cats indoors in Thailand!

A few months ago applied for retirement visa thinking the required

sum was at least 800,000 Baht in a Thai Bank. Am married to Thai

national, and reside in house which cost 8,000,000 baht. Was informed

by Immigration officer that I needed to show 1,600,000 in bank if

we had joint account. This statement conflicted with the written

rules, but T.I.T., so I said nothing. Had the money, so got visa, and

then subsequently took my wife's name off the account, with her

approval. But what is going on? If what this immigration officer

said was true, it would make more sense to apply for a marriage

visa. Or was he just misinformed???