vets

[airbourne 128]

my bitch had a little accident 2 weeks ago chaseing a tree rat, put a 2 inch rip in her leg so took her to the vets just had the bill £619 i know it was a sunday but it only took 30 mins to get it stiched up, all i can say is thank god for insurance if i was paying out off my own pocket i would off questioned it.

[Guest Moscow]

Robbery that.

[TOMO 29,479]

bloody hell,, get yourself a stapler,,,,, that being said i bet the vet bumbed the price up knowing the insurance would pay it

[moonlighter 1,165]

A few years ago I had a £380 bill for some stiches, after a lamping accident, they kept him in over night, but didn't operate till the morning. I complained and they knocked £100 off, as I could have fetched him in the morning and saved £60 over night fee etc. like tomo says, they probally put the price up knowing the insurance will pay.

[moonlighter 1,165]

Did they put her to sleep to do the stiches? My vet won't do any stiches unless there under general anaphestic., which always bumps up the price.

[airbourne 128]

i only wanted the dog stiched not buy the practise don't think i could afford the morgage if thats what they charge

[airbourne 128]

only gave her a sedative not a general, i could not leave her there she would rip the place apart to get to me she's a one man dog, last time i left her there to have her dew claws removed they rang me up to fetch her 5mins after the opperation they could not put up with her

Edited April 26, 2012 by airbourne

[BrianSteven72 369]

vet prices vary dramaticly from practice to practice i have several local vets that generally just deal with pets and there prices are crazy and if its an insurance job its even worce , but if you look about you can usualy find better , i uses a vet thats just out of town he was a greyhound vet for years and now his time is split between farm animals and pet and his prices are a lot more realistic and the service is second to none