Vet fees

[Louis the fly]

I have two small dogs about 7 years of age. One was eating and drinking more than usual then being sick. I took him to the vets for a health check. A young female vet felt around his stomach area , took his temperature and a blood sample. She also found he has two bad teeth , the check up cost £166 .
She called me the following day to say the blood test did not reveal any serious disease but I still do not know why he is being sick , she also gave me an estimated cost of removing the two teeth of £450.
I had a look on the internet to see if I qualify for help with vet fees as a pensioner but as I do not claim benefits there is no help available. Why are the fees so excessive ?
Anyone else on site come across similar problems with their pets ?

[John Arton]

Louis
You could try your local PDSA, if you have one near you. Its free and all they ask for is a donation.
Vets fees can vary enormously. When we had our last dog (the best dog in the world, now sadly departed and still missed) the fees from two local vets for his annual injections differed by 100%. It may also be worth while investing in pet insurance that may work out cheaper overall than tose hefty fees.
rgds
JA

[vic mcclymont]

Louis, we had insurance for our cat, even then we had to fork out for treatment from the vet.
Revardz
Vi

[Captain Kong]

I was just going to say, get Pet Insurance, cheaper than big fees.

When our Yorky was ill, she had a leaking heart valve, it cost £160 to have an injection to put her down. but that was 14 years ago.
Brian.

[Louis the fly]

I did have insurance cover for our two dogs but found although they are more than willing to take your money with the excess charges they apply they are not so willing to pay out.
If my dog did have a serious illness the vet said an x ray and operation would cost in the region of £3000.

[dave moore]

Vet are one of the biggest of rip off merchants going they know we love our dogs and are treat as one of the family and just take advantage .Our Fred had dodgy runny eyes fortunately I know a vet and asked how much it would cost o have sorted out .the consultation fee would would cost 35 quid plus most probably 30 to 40 for some drops she said I just work there and there is. A fixed cost for everything in a roundabout way she said to try some drops from a chemist they cost 4pounds and the old is as good as rain.i also think funeral directors are of the same ilk,rip off merchants.

[Jim Brady]

Louis
You could try your local PDSA, if you have one near you. Its free and all they ask for is a donation.

The PDSA is not free you need to be on some type of benefit the OAP alone does not count.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Colin McClelland]

Just get on the benefits gravy train and your vet fees are taken care of.

Colin

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Just get on the benefits gravy train and the vets fees are taken care of.

Colin

[Stan Carter]

our cat developed a runny eye with thick build up of gunk. took it to the vet who proceeded to take temp, check ears, weight and prodding and poking. then produced some drops, $40.00 plus $85.00 for services. when we got home I checked the drops and found they were the same drops I use for my itchy eyes, which I do not pay for from the drug store. even their price and dispensing fees did not come near what the vets charge. nothing more than a rip off.
regards, stan.

[happy daze john in oz]

We have had cats for over 40 years and yes vet fees can be a bit over the top.

The last three were mother, daughter and son. The daughter in 2015 was misdiognosed by a vet, given antibiotics and com eback in a week. Went back, cat very stressed, take some more antibiotics and com eback next week. Home, cat so distressed has heart attack and dies.
Ask to see senior vet and complain to be told that she had checked the report and was convinced the cat had a bad heart not a wheezy chest. The young vet is no longer there.

This year the mother now 17 is constipated, take to vet for enema. No go come back in the morning.
Take cat in do blood tests all good, give her warm water enema under anesthetic, told she will be OK.
Refused to eat and two weeks alter buried. But I had to try as if I had not she would have died of toxic shock. Cost $520.