That price seems on the high side to me but not extortionate. This being STW I'm surprised we haven't seen more comments from vets.
The new thing seems to be charging customers a subscription to stay on their books, for which they get a few jabs and flea treatments.
My local vets really wanted me on PetPlan. Given that we have indoor cats, it seemed cost-effective for the first 12 months with the kittens then after that not so much.
Mind you, they don't actually have any vets at the moment so... 🤷
Took our dog to the vet the other week as his glands were blocked - happens every now and then with him. Literally 10 seconds for the vet to squeeze some gunk out his anal glands and it was done - £20 please. Made a mental note that I should look on youtube of what and where to squeeze and do it myself in future!
Our vet is great, but I baulked at one of the latest bills when they charged me £25 for a sodding bandage. I politely requested that if they are going to charge that much, I'll redo the bandage myself.
In answer the the OP, no it seems like it’s is always more than you expect it to be. Our dog cut its back leg recently, requiring 5 stitches. I guessed it would cost in the region of £400 max. As it was a straight forward gash. Unfortunately the final bill came to £1200. Made my eyes water!
£100 just to make an appointment for 10 minutes with the vet in Central Scotland, before tablets or treatment..
Literally 10 seconds for the vet to squeeze some gunk out his anal glands and it was done – £20 please
Stick your finger up a few dogs' bums an hour and you'd be quids in.
£100 just to make an appointment for 10 minutes
Have you cross-shopped that? Does seem unusually high.
GPs are specialists.
GP =General Practitioner = not a specialist.
So £230 later, I have some steroids and ear drops and I waiting on the lab results before I have to go and pay for the antibiotics.
Sounds like the going rate !!!
We had our Westie for 17 years ,unfortunately skin and allergy problems are common in the breed.
We have some sort of insurance for our vet bills, it's all handled through the vets. The excess is £100, and it seems that EVERYTHING costs £96.
Seed in his paw needs removing, £96. Antibiotics, £96, ibuprofen and a consultation, £96.
That seemed a bit of a scam to me, so £230 I would have pushed to try taking whatever was odds on to work rather than doing a load of tests
Our dog cut its back leg recently, requiring 5 stitches. I guessed it would cost in the region of £400 max. As it was a straight forward gash. Unfortunately the final bill came to £1200. Made my eyes water!
Did they sedate (not local anasthetic)? IME, as soon as sedation is mentioned be prepared for a hefty bill.
Yes, unfortunately full anaesthetic, which was £350 within the overall bill.
I would think my vet would have prescribed a broad spectrum antibiotic and said "come back if that doesn't work" (fears about antibiotic resistance notwithstanding....lets face it, the amount of antibiotics pumped into livestock routinely dwarfs the risk from pet prescriptions)
And as well as the labrador above for the lab test, get a moggy so you can do your own CAT scan.
Nope sounds fair. Vets prices vary wildly across the board. My dogs are roughly £400 each for a dental plus bit more per tooth extraction. I’ve heard of folks quoted 1k just to inspect teeth 🤷♂️
Wait til the little bastard eats a mince pie. Then gets home and promptly eats another.
Atleast when they are I'll you want the better rather than to throttle them.
Also.
PAY
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Come on, rulez is rules. Purchase please.
Whats in a mince pie thats bad for a dog? The tin foil?
I’ve heard of folks quoted 1k just to inspect teeth
I'm guessing that's a general anesthetic & associated support so they can have a proper look & take x-rays etc?
I know mine will 'go mental' and have your finger(s) off if you probe around in his mouth too much, no chance of a proper dental inspection.
He's good as gold but will also go beserk if we try to clip his nails.. we have to muzzle him for that. But a muzzle is no good for a dental inspection.
Whats in a mince pie thats bad for a dog? The tin foil?
Grapes/raisins/currants/sultanas.... pretty toxic for dogs depending on amount consumed/size of dog/individual tollerence.
https://www.webmd.com/pets/dogs/why-dogs-cant-eat-grapes
Top tip from when we had the dog with the thickened ear canal, offer to run samples to the lab. Your time is cheaper than the vet transport.
The dog did need different drops from the usual yellow ones for that infection. She had been allowed to scratch the infected ear so much by a previous owner that she had more or less continuous ear infections until the swabs were analysed.
Stick your finger up a few dogs’ bums an hour and you’d be quids in.
I wasn't watching that closely but it was more a squeezing action near his tail, not sexual assault of a dog. You're thinking of another business idea that sounds more like its more for your gratification than the dogs.
£100 for an appointment before any meds is expensive. One of our dogs is going to the vet for an ear infection this evening. I expect the total bill to be less than £100. In central Scotland. I'll update later.
Our dog had repeated ear infections over the course of 6 months, cost us around £800 in bills before we started claiming on insurance - in the end I think it came to a further £1800 bill?
We now can't claim on any other ear related issues on the insurance for her - cost of which which rose sharply the following year.
We had a cat go into the vets on Christmas Eve (emergency appointment), admitted and came out the day after boxing day for 'palliative care' at home. £2400 insurance bill - that was two years ago and she's still with us. That was a fun Christmas.
the amount of antibiotics pumped into livestock routinely...
Is that a thing in the UK?
I've been vegetarian for a long time so I'm far from being a livestock expert, but it feels like the sort of thing which might be prevalent in the US rather than here?
the amount of antibiotics pumped into livestock routinely…
Is that a thing in the UK?I’ve been vegetarian for a long time so I’m far from being a livestock expert, but it feels like the sort of thing which might be prevalent in the US rather than here?
Not nowadays, basically banned unless for a specific reason-
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2023-0012/
Is that a thing in the UK?
It's a global problem.
The real issue are the Chinese pig farmers who wack all of their livestock with huge amounts of antibiotics.
GP =General Practitioner = not a specialist.
They'll be pissed off when they find out that they didn't need to do all that specialist training to be one then. Quite why though, you'd be keen to have say a obstetrician (for instance) treat your diabetes or cardio vascular illness is beyond me...
GP =General Practitioner = not a specialist
@CheesybeanZ = wrong.
We specialize in the community assessment and management of common medical conditions, about which we often know more than our hospital based colleagues because we a) see a different population to them and b) see far more patients than they do.
Dog at vet today with a sore ear. Examined, ear cleaned out. Drops to put in ears. Total £74. Seems reasonable to me. Same day appt as well.