Vet Bill

[Yorkie]

Hi.
As there has been a lot of discussion of Vet's bills i thought i would mention this.

I do not own any animals but get asked to look after my neighbours Rabbits and Cat. All are very friendly and no bother. I am actually quite fond of the Cat.

Owners go away and following day Cat is poorly. Will not eat or drink, not even chicken which is his favorite. He had very loose motions. Will not even get off his bed to greet me which is unlike him. He is diabetic too.

Got him to vets within the hour. General check over shows high temperature that Vet is not happy with. He suggests full bloods. Bloods took about an hour. All ok including glucose. Only thing showing was low potassium which vet suggested was due to not eating.

Cat has been sneezing occasionally which makes Vet think upper respiratory viral infection. He gives him two injections and instructions to return next day if not eating or drinking as he will need to get fluids in him.

Perscribed Cladaxxa and Meloxicam.

Fortunately the Cat started to improve slowly. I got tablets into him twice a day and the Meloxicam is a liquid that syringed into side of his mouth for him to swallow.

Anyway, the point of all this story was the bill of £350. I did not think that was bad considering i was with the Vet within an hour of calling, the tests he had done on what must have been expensive machines operated by skilled personnel. The weeks worth of drugs prescribed too.

When i compare that to what i just spent on a car repair i did not think it was bad. I was expecting £500.
This was a Sunday too.

 

[Foxyboy43]

I trust the cat’s owners agreed and reimbursed you…..

 

[Yorkie]

I trust the cat’s owners agreed and reimbursed you…..

Should have mentioned that money was paid direct to Vet via bank transfer from owner abroad.

 

[Pedro]

Interesting. I took my Labrador to the vets last month. He had been getting ear infections (not unusual for them). A quick check all over, including the ears and a course of prescription drops and that was £83.00. Which I suppose is probably the going rate. Thankfully the drops did the trick, until next time I suspect, which I hope will not be for a while.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Should have mentioned that money was paid direct to Vet via bank transfer from owner abroad.

Phew!

 

[Triggermortis]

Spoke to someone on the shoot on Saturday, his lab’s nuts had turned black so off to the vets, initially it was, cut it all off it may be cancer, £6000 please!!!
Ok he says I’ll not see the dog suffer but I can’t spend that much as I don’t have it, I’ll go home and put it to sleep, what d’you mean says the vet, I’ll shoot it I have dispatch on my ticket…
Oh says the vet, maybe we’ll try some anti-biotics at £160 then,
As a precaution he did go to another vet who diagnosed an infection and like the first decided anti-biopics were in order. so two weeks later the dog is doing fine…..

 

[Shootingspark]

Partner works in a vet.. Saved us a fortune in bills. Especially when the vet had to surgically remove the x2 socks and x1 knickers he had decided to eat as a puppy.

 

[kenbro]

One of our dogs takes Gabapentin…..240 tabs per month, every month.
Kb.

 

[Yorkie]

One of our dogs takes Gabapentin…..240 tabs per month, every month.
Kb.

Hi.
May i ask why he takes Gabapentin? I take 3 per day for joint pain.

 

[kenbro]

Hi Yorkie,
Our veterinary thinks our Clyde, brother to Bonnie (Both same litter 14.5 years ago) has Arthritis and also possibly nerve problems in his back end.
We can tell when he needs his meds. by his constantly pacing up and down, whining and crying sometimes and he also will try to scratch himself with a back leg, but when he lifts his leg he falls over.
Cheers, Ken.

 

[Rake Aboot]

So no idea what was wrong so took bloods which showed nothing so guessed at respiratory issues and the cat got better itself with a little calpol.

Bargain

 

[Buchan]

So no idea what was wrong so took bloods which showed nothing so guessed at respiratory issues and the cat got better itself with a little calpol.

Bargain

Not calpol. Paracetamol is toxic for cats.

 

[Rake Aboot]

Yes, I was thinking of dogs. But still.

 

[Rasputin]

Spoke to someone on the shoot on Saturday, his lab’s nuts had turned black so off to the vets, initially it was, cut it all off it may be cancer, £6000 please!!!
Ok he says I’ll not see the dog suffer but I can’t spend that much as I don’t have it, I’ll go home and put it to sleep, what d’you mean says the vet, I’ll shoot it I have dispatch on my ticket…
Oh says the vet, maybe we’ll try some anti-biotics at £160 then,
As a precaution he did go to another vet who diagnosed an infection and like the first decided anti-biopics were in order. so two weeks later the dog is doing fine…..

That’s egregious hope he reported them.

 

[Triggermortis]

He didn’t say but I suspect he won’t be using them again though.

 

[nic531]

Partner works in a vet.. Saved us a fortune in bills. Especially when the vet had to surgically remove the x2 socks and x1 knickers he had decided to eat as a puppy.

yeah, mine was other way round 2 x knickers and 1 sock=3 1/2 k

 

[Shootingspark]

yeah, mine was other way round 2 x knickers and 1 sock=3 1/2 k

I can only imagine. TBF, I had done a couple of electrical jobs to help them out previously so had certainly accrued some brownie points.

 

[wildfowler.250]

To be honest, folk can complain about vet bills as much as they want but private health care,(which it is) knocks an NHS service out of the park.

Try and see your GP and it’s a 3 weeks time for something routine. 1 weeks wait for a scheduled phone call from the doctor the results - if you’re lucky,(often the receptionist relays them without any medical training) and about 5 years for a referral letter.


NHS is a great service but private health care is substantially quicker but you pay more. In truth, I’m thinking about going down the private route more for the Dr myself. You get what you pay for a lot of the time.

 

[Fair Hill]

To be honest, folk can complain about vet bills as much as they want but private health care,(which it is) knocks an NHS service out of the park.

Try and see your GP and it’s a 3 weeks time for something routine. 1 weeks wait for a scheduled phone call from the doctor the results - if you’re lucky,(often the receptionist relays them without any medical training) and about 5 years for a referral letter.


NHS is a great service but private health care is substantially quicker but you pay more. In truth, I’m thinking about going down the private route more for the Dr myself. You get what you pay for a lot of the time.

Usually a phone call in the morning is enough to book an afternoon appointment with our local GP, never had to wait more than until the following day.

 

[wildfowler.250]

Usually a phone call in the morning is enough to book an afternoon appointment with our local GP, never had to wait more than until the following day.

Maybe we’re just unlucky. Good Drs but really battened down the hatches during covid,(understandably) and never really opened back up to the old normal