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Red flags

Watch out for these situations.

  • A website asks you to pay a "deposit" to adopt or buy a pet you have never seen.
  • Someone offers cheap treatment that requires no exam.
  • A financing offer has deferred interest you do not understand.
  • A clinic will not give any estimate before major treatment.
  • Someone online asks for gift cards to help pay for a stranger's pet.