Bird insurance can be hard to find these days … but it used to be well nigh impossible to locate, so thank your lucky stars if you can find a good company that offers it. Since the early 1990s, several companies have started offering insurance plans for birds to go along with their lines of dog health insurance and cat insurance. Unfortunately for bird owners, our fine feathered friends, young or old, can also be quite expensive to care for. Alas, when it comes to pets, small is not always cheap! But if money is no object for you, then you may want to consider insuring your pet bird.
Health insurance for the birds – what a thought! Be aware of the fact that this kind of insurance is still coming into its own as a well-established form of pet insurance.
Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) is probably the most famous company that offers health insurance for birds. You can visit their website at PetInsurance.com. In 1980, VPI was founded to provide all pet owners with cheap insurance coverage for their pets. VPI’s plans can cover all kinds of birds. Also, because VPI’s coverage options are flexible, you should be able to adjust your plans and rates to fit your particular needs and the needs of your bird. According to VPI, the company insures over a million pets. We don’t know what percentage of those are birds, but there are certainly many bird owners with insurance through VPI.
For more information, check out ParrotChronicles.com for good reviews of VPI and a couple of other animal insurance companies. According to the comparison, VPI comes out on top because of its affordability and the fact that you can use it with any vet you please. Hopefully, as the years pass your range of options will increase and the competition will drive premiums down. For now, VPI may be the best bet to shake your tail feathers at as far as aviary insurance is concerned.