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Hello again!
Since I adopted her a year or so ago, I've been taking Sassy to the same vet, who was hugely helpful in giving me advice when she was a stray and continued on being helpful after I plucked her off the street. That said, this vet seems to be, uh, incredibly pricey, and I'm curious if these costs are normal or if I'm getting taken to the cleaners.
I recently took her for her "senior check-up" which was supposed to be eighty bucks, but after blood work and vaccines was closer to seven hundred. I was told that her teeth and gums were fine minus some tartar/plaque, understandable for a senior cat who probably didn't have regular dental work being done, and I was told to bring her in within two months for a dental cleaning, since her blood work would no longer be current after two months. For this dental cleaning, I was quoted:
$796.
Possibly as high as $1300 if she needs extractions.
If I wait longer than two months it will be an additional $3-400 for new blood work.
That seems outrageously high to me for an otherwise healthy cat.
Am I getting ripped off, or is that what it costs in the Portland metro area to get your cat's teeth cleaned?
Thanks!
Since I adopted her a year or so ago, I've been taking Sassy to the same vet, who was hugely helpful in giving me advice when she was a stray and continued on being helpful after I plucked her off the street. That said, this vet seems to be, uh, incredibly pricey, and I'm curious if these costs are normal or if I'm getting taken to the cleaners.
I recently took her for her "senior check-up" which was supposed to be eighty bucks, but after blood work and vaccines was closer to seven hundred. I was told that her teeth and gums were fine minus some tartar/plaque, understandable for a senior cat who probably didn't have regular dental work being done, and I was told to bring her in within two months for a dental cleaning, since her blood work would no longer be current after two months. For this dental cleaning, I was quoted:
$796.
Possibly as high as $1300 if she needs extractions.
If I wait longer than two months it will be an additional $3-400 for new blood work.
That seems outrageously high to me for an otherwise healthy cat.
Am I getting ripped off, or is that what it costs in the Portland metro area to get your cat's teeth cleaned?
Thanks!