Medicine costs

[bobk]

Vet just bought a house next door to us 850k and 2 kids at boarding school

 

[sjewart]

Thought I was paying too much, but that is out of order.
Call out for me less than 10 miles is less than £10 + vat

I'm 12 miles from practice but £58 +vat is making me wary of phoning.

 

[sjewart]

Vet just bought a house next door to us 850k and 2 kids at boarding school

[emoji46]

 

[aangus]

I'm 12 miles from practice but £58 +vat is making me wary of phoning.

Name and Shame

 

[sjewart]

Name and Shame

I'm Perthshire area

 

[YELROM]

Vet just bought a house next door to us 850k and 2 kids at boarding school

It shows what a posh area you live in

 

[shearerlad]

Just priced heptovac p+
Vet wouldn’t give a price as they know they can’t compete.
Two quotes at £155 for 500 ml and best was £151.

 

[perthshire-farmer]

Just priced heptovac p+
Vet wouldn’t give a price as they know they can’t compete.
Two quotes at £155 for 500 ml and best was £151.

Tried Eosf in Coupar Angus. £145 for 500ml if buying 2 a time with a 5 litre mineral drench (which I buy from them anyway) even without, quoting under £150

 

[cattleman123]

In the South West we are very lucky...Mole Valley but the best by far are Barkers Animal Health...always at the main markets and keen for a deal and they don't chase the money..great crowd

 

[Full of bull(s)]

I have just changed vets reluctantly but after constant badgering to reduce vaccine/antibiotic prices with little result couldn’t carry on. It will save me £300/month on vaccines alone! Call outs also cheaper and post movement tb testing on a per head basis.

 

[sjewart]

I have just changed vets reluctantly but after constant badgering to reduce vaccine/antibiotic prices with little result couldn’t carry on. It will save me £300/month on vaccines alone! Call outs also cheaper and post movement tb testing on a per head basis.

It's a real problem isn't it? I know for a fact further north than me a vet practice charges £25ish for a call out and I'm £58 (plus VAT) and their equivalent alamycin is £8 plus vat and I'm paying £21 plus vat. When I showed them what I was paying for time, call outs and meds they thought it was scandalous.

 

[shearerlad]

Anyone bought draxxin recently? Quoted £290/100ml

 

[sjewart]

Anyone bought draxxin recently? Quoted £290/100ml

Can't help you there but when my supreme champion stot took pneumonia bad and alamycin didn't help the vet was called out and gave him a jag of Draxxin (and anti inflammatories). Did the trick.

 

[MRT]

@sjewart so why do you not move back to your old practice?

 

[MRT]

Too tired to give a full reply.......

Been up late countin' yer money eh?

 

[sjewart]

@sjewart so why do you not move back to your old practice?

Felt they were losing touch with large animal practical knowledge and had a couple off blunders which shouldn't have happened.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Anyone bought draxxin recently? Quoted £290/100ml

My new vets price is £280 so about right

 

[Happy]

Felt they were losing touch with large animal practical knowledge and had a couple off blunders which shouldn't have happened.

It will soon be a case of who you can get to do large animal work rather than picking & choosing which vet to go with.

Small animals on pet plans is where the money is.
Easier life than dealing with moaning farmers and no middle of the night call outs either.
Probably explains why most don't seem bothered about being competitive on the increasingly small meds & vaccines side of their business.

 

[sjewart]

It will soon be a case of who you can get to do large animal work rather than picking & choosing which vet to go with.

Small animals on pet plans is where the money is.
Easier life than dealing with moaning farmers and no middle of the night call outs either.
Probably explains why most don't seem bothered about being competitive on the increasingly small meds & vaccines side of their business.

Sorry to say but I totally agree with all that you write. Doesn't mean to say I like it though.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

It will soon be a case of who you can get to do large animal work rather than picking & choosing which vet to go with.

Small animals on pet plans is where the money is.
Easier life than dealing with moaning farmers and no middle of the night call outs either.
Probably explains why most don't seem bothered about being competitive on the increasingly small meds & vaccines side of their business.

Round here there has been a bit of a resurgence in large animal practices, 2 or 3 very competitive and forward thinking outfits. I suppose like them the clients are getting fewer but bigger and have more buying power