Vets Prices?

[bunny tickler 876]

im not a lover of vets but in time we all need them ,so today i took a terrier in which wasnt well for a couple of days , anyhow a hysterectomy was needed soon as , £517 & 6 hrs later i picked the bitch up ,, now is that a rip off or normal price , my dogs mean everything to me .but im almost sure ive been shafted

[delswal 3,819]

Why would you think you got shafted? Everybody knows vets are not cheap, we hear it every day how vets are to expensive and rip folk off.

 

Lets say your bitch was under vets care for 4hrs, so in 4 hours you're paying for the vet, a vets assistance and any medication needed.

 

You go to a private dentist for your self for 4 hours of treatment or to see a decent solicitor for 4 hours and see what bill you cop for.

 

Vets are no different to any other business, they are there to make money.

 

Just for future record next time you have a problem with your dog, get somebody unemployed to take your dog to the PDSA you could save a fortune, as that hysterectomy would have only cost about £60-70 via PDSA

[bell 3,598]

Had my spaniel done last year after she prolapsed and it came in at £300+

Bell

[Lloyd90 509]

Sounds expensive but it's a hard job to study for, many years of education at the very high level. As I'm studying myself atm I know you'd be leaving with 40k+ of debt easy, then it's I'd think on a level similar to a dentist or doctor type job.

 

Take in that plus costs of a location, rent rates and expensive equipment, surgical tools etc etc and staff and it prob not cheap.

 

Can imagine after a few years of work all that be paid off and they'd be fairly well off. But is that any different to a builder or something grafting hard for first few years and then doing well later on ?

 

As just like any service any where , shop about , some are tidy and some are out to take you for a ride!

[Country Joe 1,411]

that's why, you should have had dog insured.

[WILF 46,786]

My daughter is hell bent on being a vet, at the nearest uni to where we will be living there are 10 spaces for the course.......that's 10 !!!

You not only have to be top in every one of your subjects you also have to apply in writing and go for an interview to get on the course (if you are lucky enough to be 1 of the 10 selected)

 

In total it will be 8 years work !!!!

 

Would any of you charge 1 and 6 after grafting your bollocks off for 8 years to get the qualification ??.......I f***ing wouldn't , I'd make sure I wrung every last penny out of it because I have earned it

[Kay 3,709]

If the bitch had a puss filled womb I think by the time you have fought your way through that lot & managed to successfully perform a hysterectomy without the animal going down with septicaemia I would have earned the 500 quid

[sussex 5,777]

Our Lab had the same op two years ago & even with my wife's discount ( she works for them ) it still came to £300 , so I don't think you got of to bad mate , hope she's back to normal ...

[Qbgrey 4,089]

i do a bit of work for a vet,he showed me a new x ray machine he just had fitted.155,000.if 500 quid got your dog well,and fit then id say its reasonable.if he gave you your dog back in a bag and asked for 250 then i know which one id want

[mackem 26,351]

it's a hard job to study for, many years of education at the very high level

 

My eldest kid just failed vet-med,three years study down the swanee,its a brain-fryer,they deserve every penny they earn,there is sooo much course work to cram and even after graduating they still study,its never ending,I have a mate who is one of the few western vets in Hong Kong and he is minted but its all hard earned.

[mackem 26,351]

My daughter is hell bent on being a vet, at the nearest uni to where we will be living there are 10 spaces for the course

 

I did some research when my kid first broached the subject of studying vet-med,i think its something like 33% of those who start the course end up graduating,and most of those are female,my advice to him now is if he cant be a vet at least marry one.........

[mushroom 12,904]

[dare 1,103]

Can moan our mps and footballers are overpaid but when it comes to vets i think they do a great job. Also like others have said it takes years of dedication. How often do you lot to to a vets though? Being honest i think i went once to find out my American bulldog had hip displasia n again to put him down and that's about it. Only got a little pet thing now but don't have her insured never even given it much thought where ive never really had to go to the vets.

[shaunaltoft 48]

Just had me pup the vet emergency appointment had two jabs and a course of antibiotics 45 quid all in unbelievabley cheep