Curious... I know there are several kinds - ones going into the nose, the neck and into the stomach. Does anyone know how much these cost?
Thank you..
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Thank you..
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I think the only way you will know if you are getting the best deal is to call around to other Vets in your area and get an estimate. It's good that your Vet may work with you, but let's hope your assist feeding this weekend is working and he is able to keep the food down, so maybe won't need the feeding tube after all, poor little guyMy cat has a severe respiratory infection and won't eat and isn't keeping down the syringe feeding. Our vet recommended a feeding tube. I live in a suburb of Phoenix AZ and this vet is less expensive than some of the others l have seen in the past. The estimate for the feeding tube was $800 and I'm on a discount pet plan where I pay a fee each year, so I'm saving about $50 off the procedure. My vet said they would get a specialist in for the surgery. The estimate includes:
a presurgical exam $30, bloodwork $144.75, anethesia (I'm not sure which of these is anethesia but estimate says propofol induction $25 and isoflurane per 1/2 hour $99) and then the specialist feeding tube charge is $540.
I don't know what I'm going to do yet because I don't have the money upfront but my vet may be willing to work out a payment plan. We're also going to try to force feed him this whole weekend more food and hope it stays down to see if we can avoid it. The vet also said the bloodwork has to be done to see if he can even withstand the surgery. From not eating enough he could already have fatty liver and not surive the feeding tube surgery.Good luck to anyone out there going through a similar issue. Our cats are our family,