The survey from Money.com also ask where people embrace their pandemic pets and how much they would spend to deliver their fur baby ' lives .
A Modern survey say us what many of us already knew in our hearts : We ’ve acquire to love our pets more than ever during theCOVID-19 pandemic .
The resume , which was carry on byMoney.comand Morning Consult , questioned 1,384 American favorite owners . The respondents were interview from March 5–8 , roughly a week before the one - year day of remembrance of the coronavirus pandemic .
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They found out whether we love our pets more , why we decided to espouse our pandemic positron emission tomography , and how much we ’d pay to keep our fur babies healthy . Here are some of the key findings from Money.com :
Americans Cherish Our Pets More
According to the survey , 58 percent of Americans said they value their pet more than they did before the pandemic . Eleven percent said they did n’t know , while 31 percent said they did n’t value their favorite more than before . ( We ’re just going to assume those folk be intimate their pets so much pre - coronavirus that it ’s out of the question for them to be intimate them more . )
Relatedly , half of the favorite owners interviewed say they are more warm to their pets than they were before COVID-19 reared its ugly brain .
Why Did We Adopt More Pets? 4 Leading Factors
Pet adoption rateshave explodedacross the countryduring the pandemic , but what was behind the determination ? The poll key three main factors :
In short , the pandemic was the gross storm for adoptive parent who were lonely and bored at home — where they were stuck almost only — and had always want a dearie .
Over One-Third of New Pets Came From Shelters
Local shelters gain most from the onset of the pandemic , according to the survey . Of the citizenry who take in new deary after March 2020 , 37 percentage suppose they turned to a shelter . stock breeder gave 20 percentage of the respondents their new pet .
Another 17 percent said they get their young favorite as gifts , while 16 percent went to pet store — a practice we strongly advocate against due to the practice ofsourcing of pet store firedog from puppy mills . Twenty - eight percent answered " other . "
More secure news : The adoption fees for the new pets were also comparatively broken : 36 percent pay fewer than $ 100 ; 26 percentage paid $ 101–$300 ; 12 percent pay $ 301–$500 ; 8 percent pay $ 501–$800 ; 7 percent pay $ 801–$1,000 ; and 8 percent make up more than $ 1,000 .
Majority of Parents Spend $100 or Fewer on Their Pets Monthly
This one surprised us a little . According to the survey , 40 pct of Americans said they pass $ 50 or few on their pets each calendar month . Another 31 percent tell they spend between $ 51 and $ 100 . To flesh it all out , 11 percent hit the $ 101–$150 scope , 7 percent light in at $ 151–$200 , and 3 percent go more than $ 200 per calendar month .
Good for that 71 percent of folks who fall under $ 101 per month because when you take all the monetary value into account — food for thought , veterinarian care , grooming , toy , best-loved rent , preferred insurance — owning dogs and cats can get expensive speedily !
Most Pet Owners Trust Their Vets
When ask if they trust their veterinarian " to only commend critical treatments " for their pets , 74 percent said they do . Twelve percent said they had no opinion , but 14 percent said they did n’t trust their vets . To those folks : might be time to find a new vet !
Another 68 percent of respondents said they would pay for any discussion their veterinary recommends for their pet — no matter how old the deary is .
Some Would Spend Anything to Save Their Pets
preferent parent will do just about anything to keep their pets happy and level-headed . The poll read that 82 percent of the respondents would give anything they could afford to redeem their pets . Somehow , 9 percent said no to that .
Most telling — and heartwarming — however , was the fact that 67 percent of the pet owner interviewed would " take any measure " to save their pet — no matter of the cost .
As if we postulate more proof that our pet are really our family .
