These threads and the various perceptions brought into them are always interesting.
My vet is bleeding me dry!!!
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These threads and the various perceptions brought into them are always interesting.
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I recently had a dental done and ears cleaned. It was $110 total......that included $40 for in house preop bloodwork since it is a senior dog.
We are now a few weeks out and her ears are all cleared up and her mouth looks great. Very glad I went with the $110 option instead of the $400-500PLUS option.
I recently had a dental done and ears cleaned. It was $110 total......that included $40 for in house preop bloodwork since it is a senior dog.
We are now a few weeks out and her ears are all cleared up and her mouth looks great. Very glad I went with the $110 option instead of the $400-500PLUS option.
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Oh, that's horrible. I hate it when vets won't even mention the word euthanasia for fear of losing a patient / client and thereby lose the income. It's so sad and useless. People just want honesty, and if they'd give them that, they'd have clients for life. There have been lots of times when people have transferred their animals to our ER clinic for overnight care, and after our doctor does an exam and gives the clients a dose of honesty, they put their animals down rather than spend thousands of dollars only for their pets to suffer and still have only a few months with them...
I just want to chime in here because this thread is very appropriate for me. Last week I had a local vet put down my 5 year old keeshond mix because he had epilepsy and the seizures were getting more frequent and he was not responding to medication. There were other factors too. I haven't even called my regular vet because I have the feeling they will judge me because there were other treatment options and I *should* have tried more. (I had my DH call and cancel the appointment for bloodwork).
I like my vet and I like the office staff. They are very professional and have done good work with my animals (and I have a lot of animals). I do not make a lot of money and I spend most of it of vet bills and groceries (DH's income covers the other stuff). I have been trying to treat Juno for over 6 months and not only did I max out my credit card, I also overdrew my checking account. I was very careful about giving him his medication every 12 hours . . . we did have a good 5-6 months where the medication worked, then he started having breakthrough cluster seizures every month, and again another month, and then two weeks, even on higher dose . . .
I couldn't afford to keep trying, and I'm not sure I would have done so even if I could afford it. When he was younger we went on long walks several times a week with the other dog(s), but since being on the higher dosages I wasn't supposed to let him get too active. Before and after the seizures, he was confused and I worried that he might hurt my 5 year old daughter (he was a 50lb dog). I feel terrible that I put him down so young, but I felt that it was the right thing to do.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to join the rant. I hear you.
Oh, that's horrible. I hate it when vets won't even mention the word euthanasia for fear of losing a patient / client and thereby lose the income. It's so sad and useless. People just want honesty, and if they'd give them that, they'd have clients for life. There have been lots of times when people have transferred their animals to our ER clinic for overnight care, and after our doctor does an exam and gives the clients a dose of honesty, they put their animals down rather than spend thousands of dollars only for their pets to suffer and still have only a few months with them...
I just want to chime in here because this thread is very appropriate for me. Last week I had a local vet put down my 5 year old keeshond mix because he had epilepsy and the seizures were getting more frequent and he was not responding to medication. There were other factors too. I haven't even called my regular vet because I have the feeling they will judge me because there were other treatment options and I *should* have tried more. (I had my DH call and cancel the appointment for bloodwork).
I like my vet and I like the office staff. They are very professional and have done good work with my animals (and I have a lot of animals). I do not make a lot of money and I spend most of it of vet bills and groceries (DH's income covers the other stuff). I have been trying to treat Juno for over 6 months and not only did I max out my credit card, I also overdrew my checking account. I was very careful about giving him his medication every 12 hours . . . we did have a good 5-6 months where the medication worked, then he started having breakthrough cluster seizures every month, and again another month, and then two weeks, even on higher dose . . .
I couldn't afford to keep trying, and I'm not sure I would have done so even if I could afford it. When he was younger we went on long walks several times a week with the other dog(s), but since being on the higher dosages I wasn't supposed to let him get too active. Before and after the seizures, he was confused and I worried that he might hurt my 5 year old daughter (he was a 50lb dog). I feel terrible that I put him down so young, but I felt that it was the right thing to do.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to join the rant. I hear you.
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I don't expect things to cost the same as they did 25 years ago, but there is too much discrepency between vets anymore with their prices. I used to go to 2 different vet offices....3 if you count the cattle vet. I had a cat that had a bad eye infection and her eye ruptered. She was a barn cat and not even that tame.....I called the first vet and they quoted me $250 to remove her eye......called the second vet and she said she'd do it for $35 dollars. ...guess which vet she went to. The second vet is the same one that I take all my pets to for their spay and nuetering....she charges less than $50 and the other charges almost $150 to do a cat. I wouldn't take my animals there if she was just cheap, but she does a wonderful job on them. Somewhere something doesn't make sense when there can be that much of a difference.
I don't expect things to cost the same as they did 25 years ago, but there is too much discrepency between vets anymore with their prices. I used to go to 2 different vet offices....3 if you count the cattle vet. I had a cat that had a bad eye infection and her eye ruptered. She was a barn cat and not even that tame.....I called the first vet and they quoted me $250 to remove her eye......called the second vet and she said she'd do it for $35 dollars. ...guess which vet she went to. The second vet is the same one that I take all my pets to for their spay and nuetering....she charges less than $50 and the other charges almost $150 to do a cat. I wouldn't take my animals there if she was just cheap, but she does a wonderful job on them. Somewhere something doesn't make sense when there can be that much of a difference.
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$35 for an eye enucleation concerns me deeply. I really hope for your cat's sake that she did things properly. Her COST for the anesthesia alone should have been around that much...
$35 for an eye enucleation concerns me deeply. I really hope for your cat's sake that she did things properly. Her COST for the anesthesia alone should have been around that much...
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Oh, that's horrible. I hate it when vets won't even mention the word euthanasia for fear of losing a patient / client and thereby lose the income. It's so sad and useless. People just want honesty, and if they'd give them that, they'd have clients for life. There have been lots of times when people have transferred their animals to our ER clinic for overnight care, and after our doctor does an exam and gives the clients a dose of honesty, they put their animals down rather than spend thousands of dollars only for their pets to suffer and still have only a few months with them...
I just want to chime in here because this thread is very appropriate for me. Last week I had a local vet put down my 5 year old keeshond mix because he had epilepsy and the seizures were getting more frequent and he was not responding to medication. There were other factors too. I haven't even called my regular vet because I have the feeling they will judge me because there were other treatment options and I *should* have tried more. (I had my DH call and cancel the appointment for bloodwork).
I like my vet and I like the office staff. They are very professional and have done good work with my animals (and I have a lot of animals). I do not make a lot of money and I spend most of it of vet bills and groceries (DH's income covers the other stuff). I have been trying to treat Juno for over 6 months and not only did I max out my credit card, I also overdrew my checking account. I was very careful about giving him his medication every 12 hours . . . we did have a good 5-6 months where the medication worked, then he started having breakthrough cluster seizures every month, and again another month, and then two weeks, even on higher dose . . .
I couldn't afford to keep trying, and I'm not sure I would have done so even if I could afford it. When he was younger we went on long walks several times a week with the other dog(s), but since being on the higher dosages I wasn't supposed to let him get too active. Before and after the seizures, he was confused and I worried that he might hurt my 5 year old daughter (he was a 50lb dog). I feel terrible that I put him down so young, but I felt that it was the right thing to do.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to join the rant. I hear you.
Please do not feel bad for putting down a 5 year old dog that was living a miserable existence. You did him a favor. Seizures are a disorienting and very frightening thing for an animal, they have no way to understand what is happening to them. And to cluster seizure every month...that's not quality of life. Please know that you did the right thing, and you showed your pet more love and respect than you could have any other way. I'm so very sorry for your loss.
Oh, that's horrible. I hate it when vets won't even mention the word euthanasia for fear of losing a patient / client and thereby lose the income. It's so sad and useless. People just want honesty, and if they'd give them that, they'd have clients for life. There have been lots of times when people have transferred their animals to our ER clinic for overnight care, and after our doctor does an exam and gives the clients a dose of honesty, they put their animals down rather than spend thousands of dollars only for their pets to suffer and still have only a few months with them...
I just want to chime in here because this thread is very appropriate for me. Last week I had a local vet put down my 5 year old keeshond mix because he had epilepsy and the seizures were getting more frequent and he was not responding to medication. There were other factors too. I haven't even called my regular vet because I have the feeling they will judge me because there were other treatment options and I *should* have tried more. (I had my DH call and cancel the appointment for bloodwork).
I like my vet and I like the office staff. They are very professional and have done good work with my animals (and I have a lot of animals). I do not make a lot of money and I spend most of it of vet bills and groceries (DH's income covers the other stuff). I have been trying to treat Juno for over 6 months and not only did I max out my credit card, I also overdrew my checking account. I was very careful about giving him his medication every 12 hours . . . we did have a good 5-6 months where the medication worked, then he started having breakthrough cluster seizures every month, and again another month, and then two weeks, even on higher dose . . .
I couldn't afford to keep trying, and I'm not sure I would have done so even if I could afford it. When he was younger we went on long walks several times a week with the other dog(s), but since being on the higher dosages I wasn't supposed to let him get too active. Before and after the seizures, he was confused and I worried that he might hurt my 5 year old daughter (he was a 50lb dog). I feel terrible that I put him down so young, but I felt that it was the right thing to do.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to join the rant. I hear you.
Please do not feel bad for putting down a 5 year old dog that was living a miserable existence. You did him a favor. Seizures are a disorienting and very frightening thing for an animal, they have no way to understand what is happening to them. And to cluster seizure every month...that's not quality of life. Please know that you did the right thing, and you showed your pet more love and respect than you could have any other way. I'm so very sorry for your loss.
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$35 for an eye enucleation concerns me deeply. I really hope for your cat's sake that she did things properly. Her COST for the anesthesia alone should have been around that much...
She did things properly.....she's a very skilled vet..... the cat did well for several months until she went out onto the road and she was run over. She also just charged me about $45 dollars to amputate a kittens leg over a year ago......she's grown up into a beautiful cat. The other vet quoted me over $200 to do the amputation.
$35 for an eye enucleation concerns me deeply. I really hope for your cat's sake that she did things properly. Her COST for the anesthesia alone should have been around that much...
She did things properly.....she's a very skilled vet..... the cat did well for several months until she went out onto the road and she was run over. She also just charged me about $45 dollars to amputate a kittens leg over a year ago......she's grown up into a beautiful cat. The other vet quoted me over $200 to do the amputation.
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Okay question on the heartworm stuff... Janie, for instance, weighs in at 15.8lbs... do we give her the 10lb dose, the 20lb dose or go ahead and meet in the middle? Reading the posts on that site just goes by the 10lb mark... figured it wouldn't hurt to double check. This is brilliant btw, THANK YOU for posting it!
Now if only there was a less expensive fix that WORKED for the flipping fleas... even Andy, DH's bud has had to switch what he uses for Rajah because it just up and quit working.
Stupid resistant parasites.
Okay question on the heartworm stuff... Janie, for instance, weighs in at 15.8lbs... do we give her the 10lb dose, the 20lb dose or go ahead and meet in the middle? Reading the posts on that site just goes by the 10lb mark... figured it wouldn't hurt to double check. This is brilliant btw, THANK YOU for posting it!
Now if only there was a less expensive fix that WORKED for the flipping fleas... even Andy, DH's bud has had to switch what he uses for Rajah because it just up and quit working.
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