It's a disgrace what they charge... had to take my boy vets this morning as howled in pain last night and was shaking bad. Eventually got him settled early hours of morning, but was same in morning when woke up so took him to vets, think he might of sprained his neck, or slipped dic again(so hope not) well he got 4 lots of medicine for now and see how that goes... costing £190 plus day before took to get antibiotics as has infection in ear that cost £103... it's ridiculous the prices but they have you over a barrel ☹️☹️
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Incidentally, by not insuring our dogs for the last seven years but saving 50% of a £600 a month premium we saved £22,000 to a separate account which was never needed.
We also stopped filling our dogs with manufactured foods and drugs and since 2016 none of our dogs had visited a vet other than Bowyer to be Neutered last year all of which we believe has helped them.
Pet insurance is definitely the way forward though.
We’ve not fed our dogs from a packet or a tin since then, even their treats are natural, carrots or liver cake.
We took he to the vets and after investigation, the vet told us they’d like to admit her into the hospital, put her on a drip, take bloods and she how she was the next day. The cost … £800.
My gut feeling was that they knew the situation was irrecoverable and I wasn’t convinced that the vet was being truthful so I asked for a second opinion. Luckily, the most senior vet in the practice was on duty and her recommendation was that Skittle be put to sleep. She said she was fairly sure it was kidney failure and no stay in hospital would change the prognosis.
What I didn’t like was the pressure to sign the consent forms whilst you’re saying goodbye to what, to all intents and purposes, is a member of the family and then asking to help the vet put her to sleep. One of the traumatic experiences I’ve been through in recent years.
Cost of cremation was £295.
It’s a racket, I tell thee
We still lived in London then and we immediately called the vet at 7.30 in the evening it went to out of hours service which was the local PDSA I was told to monitor him for 3 hours and if no change to bring him in after 10.30 which I ended up doing.
In the past Vets had to front up their fees direct to the pets' owners. Vets in any given area had to remain competitive otherwise someone else would get the gig.
Now? It doesn't matter. Mostly the insurer picks up the tab. They can charge pretty much what they like.
(You could probably say the same about human teeth now dentists have gone mostly private.)
”Is your Animal insured”
We used vet365 for Bailey’s prescription for Thyforon paying 30p per tablet up against 97p from a vet.
We prepare JJs meals also, not buying much manufactured stuff but he does have Iams maybe once or twice a week.
Had some big bills, my last cat went through some Chemo at £675 a shot x 10, but then if I added up 30 years worth, 7 cats and how much I would have paid in insurance I'm still quids in by not taking it I'm sure.
Maybe I've been lucky but the vets I've used have always been really good. Sure never cheap, but then that's private medical for you. I've never felt like I've been 'done'.