Vet fees

[tigercat]

Just curious what everyone else pays for a vet office visit??

We had Wrangler in for shots...rabies-only the doctor could give, thus an office visit fee I was expecting to be $33.....after getting home it was $58.50!

Thanks-

 

[sharky]

40-50 is the normal fee here... but rechecks are about half

Some give shots without a office fee

 

[snp81]

I just found a new guy about a mile from my house who charges $31 for office visit.

 

[rad65]

$59 for check up, $45 for recheck, and about $30 per vaccine. $15 for tests such as ear mites, eye dyeing, and stool samples. I live on the north side of Chicago so prices are all going to be at the highest part of the spectrum.

 

[sharky]

Originally Posted by rad65

$59 for check up, $45 for recheck, and about $30 per vaccine. $15 for tests such as ear mites, eye dyeing, and stool samples. I live on the north side of Chicago so prices are all going to be at the highest part of the spectrum.

May I ask what an eye dye is?

 

[greycat2]

With my cats, it depends on which one of two vets offices I take them to. The cheaper on takes a little longer to get into but charges $40.00 for office visit and the basic meds and vaccinations are cheaper but if they need more specialized meds they see the other vet (such as for the injectible antibiotic and their asthma meds.) The other vet charges $59.00 for office visit, the meds are slightly more but they also have a vet on call 24/7 and the equiptment is better. The bloodwork is the same at both offices as is most other procedures. I wouldn't be suprised if they go up soon.....

 

[rad65]

Originally Posted by sharky

May I ask what an eye dye is?

Memphis had an eye ulcer, so they put a dye in there that reacts with the ulcer and turns it bright green. That's how they tell if the ulcer is open or if it's healed as much as it's going to.

 

[sharky]

Originally Posted by rad65

Memphis had an eye ulcer, so they put a dye in there that reacts with the ulcer and turns it bright green. That's how they tell if the ulcer is open or if it's healed as much as it's going to.

Thank you ... Here they call it something different

 

[luvmyparker]

I'm extremely lucky. We have a vet here that charges next to nothing. There is no office fees. A basic checkup is under 25 dollars. When my Parker had a URI, he was there there for 3 days. I was given a weeks worth of medication and it all came for 45 dollars. Its a long drive from where I live but she's helped me in a few emergency situations.
I wish all vets were like this.

 

[farleyv]

This is very timely. Today, my daughter brought her 3 torties home from being spayed. The bill was $1,006.00

Now two or three weeks ago, they were in for their pre spay exam and shots.

Then today, the vet charged again for an exam....each 35.00. Is that the normal procedure? It's been so long since I have had a cat spayed, I don't remember.

 

[greycat2]

Originally Posted by farleyv

This is very timely. Today, my daughter brought her 3 torties home from being spayed. The bill was $1,006.00

Now two or three weeks ago, they were in for their pre spay exam and shots.

Then today, the vet charged again for an exam....each 35.00. Is that the normal procedure? It's been so long since I have had a cat spayed, I don't remember.

I have only had one cat spayed (all the others came already altered) and my vet charged for a recheck but at the time it costs $25.00 (its now $30.00.). The cost to have her spayed was near $300.00.

 

[Willowy]

Originally Posted by farleyv

Today, my daughter brought her 3 torties home from being spayed. The bill was $1,006.00.

Gasp! Hyperventilating! Heart Attack! I am NEVER moving to New York. And I'm going to be very grateful for my vet. I just had 4 kittens spayed and it was $384.something. $90 each plus tax. Yikes.

And do you mean he charged to take their stitches out? I've never known a vet to do that. It's usually included in the charge.....especially if the charge was over $300 to begin with!

 

[chloe16]

Oh wow thats cheap.

My vet charges $65 for an exam, $100 for deworming, $100 for vaccines, $400-$700 for a neuter/spay...

 

[Willowy]

Originally Posted by Chloe16

Oh wow thats cheap.

My vet charges $65 for an exam, $100 for deworming, $100 for vaccines, $400-$700 for a neuter/spay...

Wow. I think if I lived somewhere like that I'd have to go on a road trip just to get kitties fixed, LOL. Yeah, my vet is cheap but even the most expensive vet I know charges only $125 for a cat spay. My vet only charged $110 for Moose's neuter, and Moose is maybe 125 pounds. He doesn't charge an office fee for shots, for an illness visit it's a $35 office fee. Shots are $20-ish each. I guess I'm glad to live in a rural area. . .although many people don't value pets, which is sad, at least that means the vets are cheap!

 

[chloe16]

The ONLY spay/neuter clinic in my area charges $65 plus $140 to spay females and $65 plus $80 to neuter males. The $65 is the vaccine/exam fee and the $140/$80 is the spay/neuter fee. Not very low income if you ask me but hey I am not complaining. I would rather pay that then the $450 my vet wants for a neuter and the $95 for shots.

 

[farleyv]

Originally Posted by Willowy

Gasp! Hyperventilating! Heart Attack! I am NEVER moving to New York. And I'm going to be very grateful for my vet. I just had 4 kittens spayed and it was $384.something. $90 each plus tax. Yikes.

And do you mean he charged to take their stitches out? I've never known a vet to do that. It's usually included in the charge.....especially if the charge was over $300 to begin with!

Shall I send you some oxygen??

We live in a rural area. The sad thing is he was the second cheapest of the four or five we checked with. A couple were astronomically high. Practically charged for the syringes!

No, the stitches will be no charge. They were just spayed yesterday. I thought it was crazy to charge for another exam at the time of spaying. I wonder what it consisted of....checking ears, teeth, bla bla bla. That was done 2 weeks ago.

We knew going in what it was going to be. We have been going to him for almost 20 years. There was a cheaper vet, but my daughter decided and I agreed, it prob was better to go to our vet who we know is competent than go for the extra cheap one.

This isn't a ritzy area. Our vet does lots of cattle and horses too. My daughter even takes her goats to him.

 

[Willowy]

LOL about the oxygen--thanks!

I guess that even rural areas in New York probably have a higher cost-of-living than the Midwest. I hope wages there keep up with the costs, at least!

 

[bastetservant]

The vet visit for Ariel yesterday came to $133.00. The Rhino/Calici/Panleuk shot was $25.00. The 3 year rabies was about $52.00. So the exam was $56,00. That's all that was done and all that was recommended, considering her age and general overall good health. If he had recommended anything, I would have said, "Yes," because I trust this vet.

For that he looked her over really well. Listened to her heart and lungs with a stethoscope. Felt her all over. Opened her mouth to check that and her teeth. Checked her eyes and ears with one of those magnifying lights. Looked at her rear, paws, etc. They weighed her.

I am near Chicago, so I think that price is very fair. And to go to a vet that one has confidence in, well that is priceless to me. I drive 20 miles to see this vet that I've been going to for 25 years. He sends you to specialists if there is something he can't diagnose or do. He has a surgery specialist vet come in once a week, also.

My cats all come spayed/neutered. That's one of the many advantages of getting cats from a reputable no-kill shelter. I've paid $100 or less for each of them. For that I got much more - in vaccinations, de-worming, de-fleaing, microchip, etc.


Robin

 

[darlili]

Also, I think it's important to compare apples to apples - is your vet's office a clinic or a hospital? Are there staff assigned to stay overnight to monitor patients? How is the access to specialty treatment? What are the hours (my vets' practice is open seven days a week - Sunday only ten to noon, but still...some practices are open only five days a week). Are they good at getting urgent cases in quickly? How available are they for phone or other consultation? Do the vets and techs keep up with all continuing professional education programs? All that sort of thing.

To a point, the more services available, well, they have to be paid for somehow. I'd rather pay a bit more for a check up and know if my two are stuck there overnight, staff is at hand.

 

[ziggy'smom]

Originally Posted by Chloe16

Oh wow thats cheap.

My vet charges $65 for an exam, $100 for deworming, $100 for vaccines, $400-$700 for a neuter/spay...

$100 for deworming!!! What kind of super wormer is that? I worm my rescue kitties myself using Strongid (which is what most vets use) and it costs me about a quarter per cat, if even that. I don't understand at all how you can justify charging $100 for some dewormer. I should move to your area and open up a deworming clinic and charge the bargain price of just $80 per cat. That would be a $79.75 profit! I'd be rich

!

Vet care is way too expensive. I took my dog in for diarrhea and he got two weeks worth of Metronidazole (28 pills) that they charged me $25 for. The next day I got a catalog in the mail and they sold a bottle with 100 Metronidazole pills for $8.99!