Dog vet bill costs

Sparx

Sparx

Sparx

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Hi gents, anyone had experience with vet costs mainly Vets4Pets? We have a 5 month old cocker spaniel pup, we want him neutered for various reasons. More so because he's become a horny git recently. :D

He has a hernia that when we first got him and took him to the vets for a jab, was told will hopefully heal. Also the poor bugger only has 1 ball but will hopefully drop later in life...

Well months later now he's nearly 6 months, took him to vets today for pre-assessment to be neutered. He still only has 1 ball that's dropped, his hernia needs closing as it hasn't healed. So they want to charge us £270 to do the lot! :eek:

£130 neuter
£90 op to close hernia
£50 to find/remove his other ball :o

Yet they do all this in one single op under anaesthesia - is this pricey or what? It sounds like they are just charging me set rates if I was doing the ops separately, feel like they are trying to take us for a mug.
 
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Uther was that just for neutering though? No other 'complications' as they call it to us... :(
 
Sparx said:
Hi gents, anyone had experience with vet costs mainly Vets4Pets? We have a 5 month old cocker spaniel pup, we want him neutered for various reasons. More so because he's become a horny git recently. :D

He has a hernia that when we first got him and took him to the vets for a jab, was told will hopefully heal. Also the poor bugger only has 1 ball but will hopefully drop later in life...

Well months later now he's nearly 6 months, took him to vets today for pre-assessment to be neutered. He still only has 1 ball that's dropped, his hernia needs closing as it hasn't healed. So they want to charge us £270 to do the lot! :eek:

£130 neuter
£90 op to close hernia
£50 to find/remove his other ball :o

Yet they do all this in one single op under anaesthesia - is this pricey or what? It sounds like they are just charging me set rates if I was doing the ops separately, feel like they are trying to take us for a mug.
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We had to take one of ours to the vets on Boxing day at 2:30am, £210 just to be seen.

We had a cat ill last year and the vet bill before insurance was around £10k, luckily the insurance covered about 80% of it.
 
Sounds cheap to me, one of our cats had a bladder/urinary issue and it cost us or rather the insurance £700 for drugs, xrays, ct scan, sedation etc.
 
As I see it, he'll be under longer so needs more drugs, most medical stuff is done in kits with semi specialised equipment, the right shape tool and knife to fit around the right bits in the right areas. So they probably have to open different kits for each procedure which have a cost. He's also under longer which brings more potential for bad effects and a bigger drug dose would normally mean more probably also mean longer monitoring after the procedure and more aftercare. More stitches, more gauze more wound checks, more everything.

For medical procedures that all seems very cheap and reasonable.
 
Vet bills are pricey and that's that. One reason I won't get another per when our 12 year old cav king Charles parts ways.

He's been a great dog and really ain't cost us much. Last year I treated him to a dental job which was around £250.

Then his anal glands started weeping to which on an inspection revealed a chumar growth which we had removed £450. Poor thing had half of his was ripped out but he prodded through it and is still going strong.
 
You're asking if £270 for surgery under anesthesia is expensive?! Are you joking?!

No offence but you seem totally out of touch with the cost of healthcare, skilled professionals and the latest medical technologies cost a lot of money.
 
£270 for all that seems pretty decent to be honest. Definitely get decent insurance asap though just in case he gets anything really bad.
 
Our springer recently lost her appetite, stopped runnning around and eventually couldnt move her back legs. Turns our it wasnt uterus infection/cancer tumor or slipped disc, which all took various scans/blood tests to rule out, it was a foreign body infection causing swelling which was pushing her spine out of shape, most likely caused by a grass seed! Total cost. Nearly 6k! For a grass seed!

£270 for all that is cheap.
 
Seems cheap, it was £100 just for sedation when we took our cat in this week (insured with both my cats)

My other cat had a £600 bill for two vet visits, some paid meds, x ray and examinations. Again covered by insurance (just had payment come through)
 
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Our springer recently lost her appetite, stopped runnning around and eventually couldnt move her back legs. Turns our it wasnt uterus infection/cancer tumor or slipped disc, which all took various scans/blood tests to rule out, it was a foreign body infection causing swelling which was pushing her spine out of shape, most likely caused by a grass seed! Total cost. Nearly 6k! For a grass seed!

£270 for all that is cheap.
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no way I'd hand over £6000 for a pet bills.
 
Someone explain pet insurance to me.

Just want something which covers the dog. All this "lifetime" cover versus "time limited" seems needlessly convoluted :confused:
 
hornetstinger said:
Because it's just a dog/cat whatever.

The two cats had broken leg, £700-£1000 vet bill. If it was my money I'd say sorry not paying that.
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Don't have pets then please.

I paid out nearly £300 for a hamster once. Don't regret it at all - she was part of the family.
 
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