Vet Surgery Prices

[fancyabrew]

not really sure with our vet, but Chloe had a tooth out last week, and as she's old (15) they gave her some blood test's for kidney function, etc. She was in in the morning and home in the afternoon, and went back today for a post opp check. I think the whole lot cost around £170 which is thought was pretty good

[Nuttygran]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Poor Missy. What a pity you can't get to your former vet; this new one doesn't sound like a good fit .......

I got Missy home just after 6 pm (it takes me about 15 min's to walk home with her) she's had two molars removed as well as the de-scale & bloods taken & an antibiotic jab. The nurse gave me Metacam to give her once a day. So far I have paid £145 but she's to go back next Monday for a check up...

Too be fair, the other vets we have seen for jabs, plus last year she had to have two abscesses lanced near her tail, have been fine. It was just yesterday's vet. Perhaps she's just not a cat person.

All Missy wanted to do yesterday evening was lay on my lap - so no lappy...

Edit.
I forgot to say, the nurse gave me a little lecture on how feeding cats on dry food is better for their teeth. I couldn't be bothered to inform her that Missy was on nothing but dry food until a - at the most - 3 months ago. It was 7¾ years of carb's that didn't help her teeth not the ¼ year of protein!

[dandysmom]

I thought that theory about dry food being better for the teeth had been disproved!! Am I wrong; astonishing that a vet would say that.

[fancyabrew]

I think specially designed food to help clean teeth is probably effective, hills TD for example. I feed our two a mixture of wet and dry. Marmaduke is still eating some kitten food but he is 9 months old now so tends to eat whatever is there including Chloe’s As Chloe hasn’t many teeth left we’re giving her more wet food.

[Nuttygran]

It was a cat breeder on another forum who advised me to get Missy to eat wet food as well as dry. Missy had been weaned on to dry food & it's taken a while to remind her she's a carnivore & get her to eat wet food she still won't eat fresh cooked chicken or fish.

[dandysmom]

Leia generally prefers wet cat food to "people food", she was quite old before she deigned to eat chicken, ham, fish or cheese. They can be so picky! I only give her a wee sprinkling of dry on top of her wet, as she had a bout of cystitis once ... never want that to happen again. Missy sounds like quite a character!

[Nuttygran]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Leia generally prefers wet cat food to "people food", she was quite old before she deigned to eat chicken, ham, fish or cheese. They can be so picky! I only give her a wee sprinkling of dry on top of her wet, as she had a bout of cystitis once ... never want that to happen again. Missy sounds like quite a character!

Yes she is Dandysmom, she thinks nothing of "biting the hand that feeds her" if she's in that fettle! Had her for her post op' check up this morning, her gums are still inflamed & she's not her feisty self so was given another antibiotics jab, this one to last a fortnight & I'm to take her back next Monday.

[dandysmom]

I hope the ABs clear up any infection and that she's back to normal quickly. Give her a chin tickle from me.

[Nuttygran]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

I hope the ABs clear up any infection and that she's back to normal quickly. Give her a chin tickle from me.

Will do, when she wakes up. Thank you..

[Kay]

You raised a good point Amber but I would also like to say that vets that are cheaper are not neccessarily bad vets.

My vets are excellent. It is a relatively big surgery with 8 vets, then cover their own emergency care, several of the vets specialise in different aspects of animal health for instance eyes which was extremely important to me, the main vet is registered to do hip/elbow scores, they have a hydro therapy pool but they are extremely reasonable in their prices. For instance Rosie's out of hours (Saturday afternoon) c-section cost £245. This included a consultation in the morning with a jab of oxytocin, the section was extremely difficult as once she was open each of the three kittens had to be cut out individually as they were adhered to her uterus wall, the kittens then had to have oxygen therapy and of course it too much longer to stitch Rosie up. Rosie recovered extremely well with no side effects. My friends cat, on the other hand, had an in hours c-section with no complications for either mum or baby during the section, mum was extremely ill afterwards due to an infection incurred during the op and that cost her £575!!!

So my conclusion is cheap does not always = bad just as expensive does not always = good. To my vets it is truely a vocation and I am afraid to others it no longer is.