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Vet charges

33 replies

almahart · 17/02/2015 10:59

Just took one of our cats to the vet for the first time, was charged £66 for consultation, injection and some tablets. I asked for a list of what they charge and they don't have one, which I was a bit Hmm about, but they said the consultation itself was £34. This is in the south east. Does that sound a lot or about right? I thought it might be a pricey place when I saw the free biscuits and coffee

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cat234 · 17/02/2015 22:17

Hi...I'm a vet...guessing as to reasons, but we don't really have a list of prices easily available as things vary so much between patients.

Drugs wise...doses will vary patient to patient and length of treatment etc. Surgery costs depend on weight of patient/time of op etc.

Our prices are on the computer and priceable so we can do an accurate estimate for things for clients - so to estimate a cost for a dental on a cat, I can work out approx cost of the dental (so scale and polish, or how many extractions etc), and then work up drugs I would use as well

To print off a 'price list' would have price of drugs per tablet, or per ml. Costs of surgery in weight brackets etc...so pretty useless to a client to gauge costs.

For routine things we can fairly easily tell a client that a spay/castrate on their animal is going to cost xx, but for everything else it will vary pet to pet.

Our consult fees are set, a standard fee for first time being seen with a condition/complaint, and then a repeat fee. Exotics (hamsters etc..) are a cheaper consult. Our consult fee if just under £29...I'd expect between £26-35 depending where you are in the country.

For what you've said...seems fairly reasonable to me - depends on the specific drugs, but drugs are expensive unfortunately...they are expensive to us with the drug company taking a cut, so not just vets being expensive!

GratefulHead · 17/02/2015 22:22

Also sounds about right to me too. My cat has a skin problem and last time she flared up it was £60 which included consultation, antibiotic injection and a steroid jab too. I didn't think it was too bad for the three things combined.

I am looking into the plan which includes vaccinations etc but it would mean moving from my lovely vet as his surgery doesn't offer it.

Star21 · 17/02/2015 22:27

£117 here for a consultation and 6 months flea drops and wormer, south east, wish my vet offered a pet plan

piggychops · 17/02/2015 22:32

Similar to what cat234 said, we can give prices for some of the routine things like vaccinations and neutering, but drugs are administered on a per kilogram basis, and even cats' weights vary hugely, so a more extensive price list isn't practical.
Pet health plans cover the routine things and insurance covers accident and illness, so the two schemes complement each other. A lifetime policy for insurance is usually better than an annual one.

Lonecatwithkitten · 17/02/2015 23:17

Like piggy and cat we can give basic consult prices and as required by the RCVS we post a price list of our top 10 dispensed drugs.
I administer our stock we have over 4,500 items on the price list so posting a complete list would be impossible.
We always offer itemised bills and produce fully itemised estimates.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 18/02/2015 08:44

It sounds about right to me. I'm in the South East and H's annual check up and jabs is around £50. It's then extra for his Profender and Advocate.

I do think it's bad if your vet won't give an itemised bill, I would have insisted that they showed me before I paid!

sashh · 20/02/2015 06:38

Mine publishes a list for the routine stuff like vaccinations, they also do a monthly 'plan' that covers vaccinations, worming, flea treatment.

They do a 5% discount for pensioners who can take their animal in at a quiet time and you don't always have to see a vet, for things like vaccinations the nurse does a basic health check.

I used to foster cats and this was one of the practices CP used. I think I fell in love with them a little bit when I had a cat delivered to me who was clearly unwell but I couldn't get in touch with anyone to give me a reference number.

I don't think any vet wants to turn away a sick animal but they were so nice and understanding and admitted him there and then.

trinity0097 · 20/02/2015 07:53

Nearly £28 for a normal appointment at my vets, not bad really. The drugs he pressie bed though, one at £20 a month and one at £65 a month, but luckily we have petplan covered for life, so those and the £97 blood tests are covered once we pay the annual excess of £100

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