How much do you pay for keyhole spaying?

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Our vet mentioned £300. Owner we’ve bought dog from says that is expensive.

We paid about this for for a traditional spay.
I think this is what it costs.

Sounds about right depending on the weight of the dog.

Spays are more complicated than male neuters and will always cost more money.

That's cheap. How much do you think a complicated surgery involving an experienced surgeon, qualified nurse/anaesthetist, surgical packs, anaesthetic drugs etc should cost? The equipment used for lap spay cost in the region of 50k, it has to be paid for somehow.

Our vet did it depending on size of the dog, but that sounds about right. It's one of the many costs we factored in before buying our dog.

It's cheap.

"Owner we’ve bought dog from says that is expensive."

How much did you pay for the pup? Did its parents cost the breeder £50k and did she need to go on a 5 year full time course to learn how to breed dogs with further expensive training on dog breeding?

£300 is very cheap. We were quoted more like £600 for a 17kg dog.

It does depend on the size of the dog and the length of time the dog is on the table.

That is cheap. My local vet is £300 for a normal spay (less than 25kg dog), and £410 for a lap spay for less than 15kg or £495 for less than 35kg

Some of the replies on here are pretty sneery. OP didn’t have a clue what it cost which is why they posted on here, in a dog forum.

Keyhole spaying cost us £380 3 years ago

I'm not sneering at the OP who has sensibly sought a range of views here. I'm sneering at the the breeder whining about the cost whilst probably coining it (probably tax free) selling pups.

*disclosure- I'm a vet but our practice does not have the gear for lap spays so I have no financial interest in pushing them.

We’ve been quoted £550 for a 6kg puppy.
This includes the op, pain relief, and t shirt.
I think it’s about £250 for the traditional op from another local vet. We’re in Surrey.

Not sure if ours is keyhole but last weeks quote for my 11kilo dog to be spayed is £200

Paid £400 back in 2020 for a 13kg dog, well worth the extra cost imo

I paid £480 today for a 7kg dog. That was done in a specialist vet hospital. My local vets charge £350

£350 for a keyhole last year. Dog weighed about 9 kg. Had to go to a bigger specialist practise as our vets don't do them.

We've been quoted £450 for a 27kg dog.

We just paid £270 all together. They said that as our dog was small, it didn't require laporoscopy.

She recovered very quickly, was running and being her normal self after 3 days.

Should have added, dog under 6kg.

My 22kg lab is booked in for April - cost is £520