Is my vet taking the pee!

[JSmith]

Tell them your thinking it might be better to put it down and see if they sharpen their pencil

Mate had a Russell dog pup break a front leg, vet wanted £1200 to put it right, he told them to put the dog down there an then, vet said “hang on it might heal itself because of his age” he took it home an you’d never know he’d done it!!! Robbing barsteward

 

[The Seeker]

Had the same thing with my dog , he went barreling into a bunch of sheep in a gateway and came out on 3 legs they said ligament and 3k operation or give hime complete kennel rest for 6 weeks and see what happens, he's totally fine sadly didn't even slow him down much after a few months still little too headstrong but he gets the job done, im not advocating that i know what the condition of your dog or vet is like so im only telling you what happened when it happened to me.

 

[The Seeker]

mine was a rear leg if that makes any difference

 

[Downton_shep]

Apparently an orthopedic vet specialist at Ludlow that a lot of vets consult over special cases .marchesvets.co.uk

They’re very good vets

 

[GOODYSMATE]

I have just been quoted £1000 for a head x-ray on the farm cat ,

 

[farmerclare]

My dog damaged his cruciate ligaments in a hind leg. He went into the vets for a day for x rays then a few days later up to Bristol for a TTA operation. 6 weeks later for a check up then 10 weeks hydrotherapy. It took several months before he was fit again, lots of walking on the lead, no jumping up and down just being careful. Total cost was £4500. Worth every penny to have him running around again.

 

[JSmith]

I have just been quoted £1000 for a head x-ray on the farm cat ,

Feck that,

 

[thorpe]

I have just been quoted £1000 for a head x-ray on the farm cat ,

id give it a head xray, well lead would be involved.

 

[Longlowdog]

Total cost for my cockers custom brace was around £1100, Restricted exercise but not crated for months, no physio, just brace on from getting up in the morning to going to bed. With the level of mobility she regained after the ligament fused she would have returned to beating if she was younger. As it was she was retired with full honours. My vet knew there was no insurance to raid and did their side of things quite cheaply as they said it was a school day for them to learn about the alternative to surgery.

 

[countrylad]

The farm dog has ruptured her cruciate ligament and the small animals vet says it will be in the region of £4500 to get it fixed. She is insured but to a maximum of 3k per injury. He also says if one has gone the other will in time. Has anyone else any experience of this.

I work for a small animal vets in my free time, ours are never more than £1500. And usually closer to the £1200

 

[Lowland1]

My wife is a vet and a pretty good one. However she cringes when she hears the costs of treating animals in the UK obviously Vets have some very expensive equipment but in the end no matter how loved the animal you should be sensible. My cousin in England asked her for an opinion on her horse a few years ago and my Wife said shoot it a year later they did that but not after spending £10,000 trying to fix it.

 

[MRT]

My wife is a vet and a pretty good one. However she cringes when she hears the costs of treating animals in the UK obviously Vets have some very expensive equipment but in the end no matter how loved the animal you should be sensible. My cousin in England asked her for an opinion on her horse a few years ago and my Wife said shoot it a year later they did that but not after spending £10,000 trying to fix it.

Say shoot it here and get sued! To balance the thread vets are often paid less than primary school teachers (who are not generally thought of as over paid) with much longer day time hours plus OOH duties thrown in for free. I worked one vets wage out this week at £10 an hour

 

[nelly55]

Just paid £359 for dogs teeth to be cleaned,due to it goung to affect her kidneys

 

[Lowland1]

Say shoot it here and get sued! To balance the thread vets are often paid less than primary school teachers (who are not generally thought of as over paid) with much longer day time hours plus OOH duties thrown in for free. I worked one vets wage out this week at £10 an hour

Maybe for a young Vet but we were looking at buying a practise when we were thinking about moving back to England the Vet who we had known since he started told us the amount of money he was making was embarrassing. This would have been 20 years ago. Small animal practice really is a license to print money.

 

[Farmer Fin]

Maybe for a young Vet but we were looking at buying a practise when we were thinking about moving back to England the Vet who we had known since he started told us the amount of money he was making was embarrassing. This would have been 20 years ago. Small animal practice really is a license to print money.

It was 20 years ago. It’s not now. Bit the same as farming the arms race for bigger and better toys and training costs.
The issue with big vet bills is that some clients expect all the bells and whistles and will pay whatever for their pet - google / TV to thank for that - and others can’t afford it / don’t want to pay. The skill is to read the client and offer different levels of treatment, whilst ensuring your doing the best for the animals.

 

[Adeptandy]

2nd leg wont be covered by the insurance if it goes.

 

[MRT]

Maybe for a young Vet but we were looking at buying a practise when we were thinking about moving back to England the Vet who we had known since he started told us the amount of money he was making was embarrassing. This would have been 20 years ago. Small animal practice really is a license to print money.

That is comparing young vets to young primary school teachers.

 

[manhill]

Take him to India and have a holiday on what you save!

 

[Lowland1]

It was 20 years ago. It’s not now. Bit the same as farming the arms race for bigger and better toys and training costs.
The issue with big vet bills is that some clients expect all the bells and whistles and will pay whatever for their pet - google / TV to thank for that - and others can’t afford it / don’t want to pay. The skill is to read the client and offer different levels of treatment, whilst ensuring your doing the best for the animals.

I partially agree with you but a good small animal practice will make a lot of money . However the large mega practices probably don’t benefit anyone much other than the owners/shareholders. People definately expect more than they did before with regard to levels of treatment probably having seen things on the TV and now you can have insurance which makes sense for an animal with a high value but generally i think it just puts the price of treatment up. Our local vet in UK married a farmers daughter and they now have some much smarter machinery than the farm would justify or normally be able to afford. Some of the figures quoted here for some treatments seem extreme £ 350 for cleaning a dogs teeth or £ 1000 to Xray a cat. .As an aside my wife has had 8 chemotherapy treatments for less than £2000

 

[Farmer Fin]

I partially agree with you but a good small animal practice will make a lot of money . However the large mega practices probably don’t benefit anyone much other than the owners/shareholders. People definately expect more than they did before with regard to levels of treatment probably having seen things on the TV and now you can have insurance which makes sense for an animal with a high value but generally i think it just puts the price of treatment up. Our local vet in UK married a farmers daughter and they now have some much smarter machinery than the farm would justify or normally be able to afford. Some of the figures quoted here for some treatments seem extreme £ 350 for cleaning a dogs teeth or £ 1000 to Xray a cat. .As an aside my wife has had 8 chemotherapy treatments for less than £2000

Your wife’s (hope she is recovering) treatment sounds cheap but then it depends what she is receiving. One of the big issues in the uk is that no one has an appreciation how much medical care actually costs due to the NHS.