Cost of inducing vomit

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Just been charged £430 to make my dog sick after she ate something she shouldn’t have. We got her to vets within 20mins of her doing it. I swear we paid less than this on a Sunday night ooo?! Is this how much it is now feels high so need a sense check as DH normally deals with ddog. It used to be a lovely vets but taken over last year by company sadly.

Bloody hell! Get some hydrogen peroxide and give that in future - guaranteed to induce vomiting (read up on doses and administering).

DH just checked back and confirmed it’s more than the cost of the energency vets charged on Sunday night last year - yes she’s a lab so is very food driven despite our best efforts to keep everything out th me way 😔

It many cases vets don’t have toxicology experience so make them vomit anyway.

I found these people well worth it: https://www.animalpoisonline.co.uk/

vet wanted to bring dog in for Emesis and IV fluids. I googled, gave the above a ring and they calculated the dose wasn’t toxic and no need for treatment. I think it was about £30.

if you have a regular dustbin it would probably save a fortune!

Thanks yoga - I will take look as this feels like bloomin ransom £s.
I was expecting it to be around £200 tbh but not double!

James Herriot used mustard powder!

That's crazy OP!

I wouldn’t try emesis at home, it’s not without risk if you don’t know what you’re doing.

there’s a reason we don’t make humans sick or wash stomachs out after poisoning any more, the risk outweighs the benefit.

if you aren’t familiar with when it’s appropriate to make an animal sick or how to do it leave it to the experts.

I didn't know about this and had to take DDog to the vet as he got hold of rat poison. Vet charged me £90 to ring them for me!

He didn't need any treatment.

I've just been reading an article in the times about how the competition watchdog is to investigate the veterinary market after it found concerns over overcharging for medicines and not giving enough information about treatments.

Please don't follow the advice to give your dog hydrogen peroxide at home. If you get it wrong you can cause permanent damage and in some cases it can be fatal.

vethelpdirect.com/vetblog/2022/12/23/why-not-to-use-hydrogen-peroxide-if-your-dogs-eaten-something-nasty/

When ours are a bunch of raisins last year it was £85 on a Sunday. £430 is insane

DO NOT DO THIS!

Ouch! I expected that was going to include an OOH emergency fee, did they run bloods? Hope your dog is feeling better now.

My thieving lurcher has been in multiple times over the years, thankfully it was about same cost as consult and a vet nurse would get the task. I think they gave her some soda crystals over the injection as my vet did tell me how to do it myself but said needed to be careful so I preferred to leave it to the experts rather than risk making things worse while panicked. You can also phone vet/emergency vets at any time to get advice as some things may not be a problem in certain dose or some substances maybe worse vomited up and different treatment more suitable.
I'd still rather pay your £400 than chance any organ damage mind, a friends dog was an inpatient at the vets for a couple of weeks after snaffling a bag of raisins/sultanas from a high shelf, I dread to think how much that bill came to. Luckily their dog recovered with some kidney damage which requires lifelong management with home cooked diet & routine bloods/urine tests but has been doing well for some years now.

It's what my vet told me to do when my dog swallowed the sharp end of a toothpick. It's also what she does when she needs to clear the stomach quickly in the clinic...

You made your dog vomit up a sharp object?

As advised by my vet.

Not medivets by any chance is it?

I can't remember the exact figure, but we paid less than half that

Whatever you do, don't treat a dog yourself.

Find an independent Vet for future use, phone a few and ask questions, find out their normal hours and their out of hours, and if it is at that practice or elsewhere etc. - it is not always practical to drive a very sick dog for 45 mins to an emergency Vet when there is one 10 mins away.

Find out the cost of 1. a consultation 2. vaccinating a kitten 3. neutering a female dog 4. the out of hours fee some vets charge x amount out of hours say 6pm - midnight and a different amount from midnight - 6am then back at 6am for the other out of hours fee.

However it isn't all about money tho that is an important consideration, when I got a couple of kittens a couple of years ago I did the above and narrowed it down to 2 practices and I decided on how I felt when I was on the phone and their response / helpfulness etc. and of course the appointment for the vaccinations :)

I paid £100 on a random Tuesday morning last year after my spaniel nabbed a small box of raisins, the tiny packs that go in kids lunchboxes.

I would be changing my vet.

That's about right, OP.

Big corporations charge more than independent ones (a whole other thread could be started on my frustration with that!).

You also shouldn't be confused by the fact that this wasn't OOH. It was still (in the vets eyes) an emergency appointment given they would have had to bump someone else/make them wait - anything that results in that is 'emergency' in many vet practices eyes.

If your insurance premium is low and you can claim on this, I would.

Hope DDog is okay.

Bloody hell @Eyesopenwideawake you're incredibly lucky your dog didn't puncture her throat. What your vet recommended could have killed your dog!

Luckily if my dog ever manages to track some chocolate he throws it up anyway!

And if I hadn't taken immediate action it could have puncture her stomach or intestines. As it was she threw it up immediately and no further treatment required.

I've been working with my vet for 12 years; she's stitched up my goat's ripped milk teats on my kitchen table at midnight, treated all my horses and even advised on my pigs hernia! A clinic visit is €25, a home visit €50 and an emergency/out of hours call out €100.