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Did you go in for routine exam and end up with a very expensive vet bill for what was a seemingly healthy cat. what's your story?
You can always call and ask prices. I agree, some Vets. don;t seem to like cats.Did you go in for routine exam and end up with a very expensive vet bill for what was a seemingly healthy cat. what's your story?
Over here it's hard to find a doctor that agrees to do what you want them to doDid you go in for routine exam and end up with a very expensive vet bill for what was a seemingly healthy cat. what's your story?
I absolutely 100% disagree that bloodwork should not be done unless the cat is elderly or showing signs of being ill. We all know that cats do anything they can to hide their pain so why on earth would you just wait until they seem ill? Routine bloodwork after they are a bit older, everywhere I worked used 8 years as the baseline to start really recommending bloodwork checks.They shouldn't have to run blood work unless the cat is elderly or showing symptoms of being ill. I read on this site all the time of vets charging 300.00 -400.00 dollars for teeth work, my vet just cleaned my cat's teeth and removed two for less than 150.00. Surgeries are less than spaying!
Is this not good news though? Would you have preferred they fine something serious to justify paying that much to check? At what point are we being "ripped off by the vet" vs there being something the vet thought was suspecious that tested out normal. I mean, THANK GOODNESS they checked to make sure no? It's like, if they fine something bad in the tests people get mad that it wasn't caught sooner, but if they don't find anything at all then people get mad that they were ripped off. Many times it is a lose lose situation for the vet.I went to get a routine vet check for my cat buddy, the vet said that his stomach seemed firm and wanted to keep him overnight so they could get xrays and have a ultra sound specialists come in the morning to do a ultra sound on buddy, the bill came out to over 1200 dollars and the final verdict was that he was just fat.
I agree with this and would go further to say that if your younger cat (younger than 7-8 years old, using your example) is using any kind of meds on a regular basis, it's good to get bloodwork and UAs on a regular basis as well. You need to know how that med is affecting their system.I absolutely 100% disagree that bloodwork should not be done unless the cat is elderly or showing signs of being ill. We all know that cats do anything they can to hide their pain so why on earth would you just wait until they seem ill? Routine bloodwork after they are a bit older, everywhere I worked used 8 years as the baseline to start really recommending bloodwork checks. ...
Good points. I didn't even consider an already sick cat, or one with a compromised immune system and definitely before any surgery like dental or neutering if the cat is not a kitten anymore. We hear so many cats come down with early kidney disease or heart conditions, why not just check it early and be safe and know what normal levels are so later when its done again, if anything changed you will know what to keep an eye on.I agree with this and would go further to say that if your younger cat (younger than 7-8 years old, using your example) is using any kind of meds on a regular basis, it's good to get bloodwork and UAs on a regular basis as well. You need to know how that med is affecting their system.
My rainbow kitty was almost misdiagnosed because the vet didn't even want to offer the test he needed. She assumed he had an abcess and wanted to give him antibiotics then wait and see. She wanted to save me money on what she felt was unnecessary. I asked for a biopsy because it didn't feel right for an abcess and she disagreed. I refused to leave until she took a biopsy or at least pricked it to confirm abcess. The owner of the practice told her to just do it. It was cancer.Many times people get mad when the vet makes an incorrect diagnosis because a test their cats needed was too expensive to pay for . . .