The Cat Thread

No offence to anyone intended, and I don't want to downplay any illnesses,
but I really am astounded how much talk of medicine there is in this thread,
and how often some of you guys take your cat to the vet, really.

I had / lived with 10+ cats in my life, and apart from one (who got really ill after 13 years and who needed shots then)
there was hardly any need to go to vets at all.
I have to say, this isn't obvious to me. Perhaps people on here don't use the search tool before asking about treatments/meds but I can't think of anyone who takes their cats to the vets too often, I mean, it's often both stressful and expensive. But even if people did, surely that's much better than neglecting to deal with an issue? I applaud the love shown towards our pets on this forum.