Castration for cat price

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I know there is a cat section but I wanted more replies than I would usually get.

How much did it cost to castrate your male cat?

Obviously I can only compare the price if it was within the last year or so.

Mine was done yesterday and cost £167.

People have said that is extortionate and there's cost between £50 and 78? Chipping was included in that so call it £147. No other tests or anything was done.

Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't word the title very well.

Our vets charge £70 for cat castration and £20 for microchipping.

https://manypets.com/uk/articles/cat-neutering-costs/

This any help - seems to vary depending where you are in UK.

Though we were used to paying around £50 for annual check per cat- which seems to be weight them and cursory look - and injections - been around they slowly increasing for years. This year 12 months after last time - £75 per cat.

Flea and worming treatment was usually 10-15 on too - £30. Annoyingly they spent less than 5 minute for both cats appointment trying to upsell to us. So assume vet costs must have had massive inflation last 12 months.

or you could adopt from Cats Protection for £95 which includes neutering (irrespective of sex), chipping and vaccinations.

I don't want a new cat. I have 2 already.

Thanks. Both mine are all black 🐈‍⬛😻

£88 all in for castration, £28 for chipping at my vets who are very reasonable I think

£115 plus £30 for microchip fee here (south of England).

£70 including chipping.
West Yorkshire. I rang around all similar price.. so registered him with nearest one.
Cat protection league offer vouchers for those that can't afford it.. to use at a vets of your choice.

I think vets keep the cost of neutering down deliberately to keep it affordable. I wouldn't be surprised if they do it at a loss. Any other operation or dental work with the anaesthetic, after care etc will cost significantly more. So I wouldn't quibble over £150ish for the neuter. Maybe shop around next time they need some veterinary attention though.

I think ours was just over £100, no chip.

Cats protection can offer vouchers to help with costs in some areas.

I don't work and I get £25 pip a week but I can't claim those vouchers as my husband works.

£99 and £25 for the chip

I'm Yorkshire. I'm gutted I didn't shop about.

Have you checked all the benefits that make you eligible? Also gives an average price. Plus they say still contact them if you don't fit the criteria:

www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do/neutering/financial-assistance

Sorry, I missed that you've already had it done.

It's done now - just be pleased you've been a good pet owner and won't be responsible for squads of feral cats roaming around the place.

I think it was 120 for castration, chip and pain meds

Vet clinic overheads are huge. Staffing, drugs, anaesthetic costs, diagnostic equipment. Its a very poor business model. And everything has gone up 20-30% over the past 2 years. I think what you paid was reasonable considering the costs involved.

A couple of years back now, but castration was about £70 for mine, and about £100 each for the girls’ spays. Chips were included as part of an offer with their vaccine courses.

Usually about £90 each but I got my two male kittens castrated & chipped at my regular vets for £10 each all in. Their mother spayed and chipped for another £10 (rather than £120). Snip and chip offer via cats protection. Just wish there was a ferrets snip and chip offer because my two girls cost £211 but it had to be done.

£79 including microchip. That was in August.

Yes. Neutering is done at a loss for vets. A castrate might be a quick procedure but it still requires expensive pre med/GA drugs/painkillers. A skilled surgeon and vet nurse to monitor the anaesthetic and recover the patient. Then there's the time to admit/discharge the patient and all the paperwork. All the prices mentioned here are incredibly cheap for a surgical procedure, some of these prices though are like something from the 1980's!
Can always choose not to have pets if you don't want to spend money at the vets.

I was £70 including chipped for my oldest male in 2017. October 2022 I was £128 including chip for youngest dcat. I was 😮 at the price difference, same place and same procedure. Out of my 3 cats my female was cheapest at just under £60 in 2018. I’d hate to know how much it costs now!

We swapped vets a few years ago, when I realised the advice I was being given was incorrect on two accounts for my old boy. Their rates were always really good.

My new vet is more expensive, but I totally trust them. They spend time listening to me, aren't abrupt and there's more options available for treatment and care, so paying a bit more is well worth it. You might also find sometimes you get extras. My old boy was on end of life when he went to them, they had him in all day and tests cost £330, which they wrote off. When my girl needed an operation she got an extra checkup included.