Why do vets charge so much?

We have insurance, not sure how much it is tbh but we pay £30 for a check up but if we need to go back with the same complaint then there is no further fee and, of course, all the treatment is free due to the insurance.

Also, we get all the monthly or 3 monthly flea and wormer stuff free.

He is a rescue dog with a back leg missing (still not found it) and the only condition they put on the insurance was with his back going.
 
What kind of insurance do you have?
Last two visits to the vet were super expensive for us and all he did is wrote a prescription for some meds.
Now i found a Pet Prescription Without Vet option, so next we can use it instead. Of course when we are sure what exactly do we need.
 
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My beloved cat (Moski) got hit by some twat yesterday on the road behind us (got cctv footage from neighbourhood group today). She somehow managed to get back to my house about 10hrs later and was traumatised as you can imagine. Took her to the emergency vet immediately and turns out she’s got a broken jaw, bust one of her front legs and has suffered a hemothorax. Can’t even put into words how upsetting the last 24hrs has been.

It’s gonna cost me £2500 - £4000 and that’s without surgery on her leg if she needs it and I won’t find out the extent of her injuries until I get the CT scan which costs £1500.

For anyone with a pet I implore you to get insurance. A harsh lesson learnt!

I get that Vets need to make a living and all that, but the prices being charged are ridiculous and nothing short of legal extortion. Feel so bad for the people that have to put their pets down because they can’t afford the bullshit fees.
 
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Bluemoon_420 said:
My beloved cat (Moski) got hit by some twat yesterday on the road behind us (got cctv footage from neighbourhood group today). She somehow managed to get back to my house about 10hrs later and was traumatised as you can imagine. Took her to the emergency vet immediately and turns out she’s got a broken jaw, bust one of her front legs and has suffered a hemothorax. Can’t even put into words how upsetting the last 24hrs has been.

It’s gonna cost me £2500 - £4000 and that’s without surgery on her leg if she needs it and I won’t find out the extent of her injuries until I get the CT scan which costs £1500.

For anyone with a pet I implore you to get insurance. A harsh lesson learnt!

I get that Vets need to make a living and all that, but the prices being charged are ridiculous and nothing short of legal extortion. Feel so bad for the people that have to put their pets down because they can’t afford the bullshit fees.
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Mate that's ridiculous.
It's tantamount to extortion and highway robbery.

At least Dick fucking Turpin wore a mask.
 
Bluemoon_420 said:
It’s gonna cost me £2500 - £4000 and that’s without surgery on her leg if she needs it and I won’t find out the extent of her injuries until I get the CT scan which costs £1500.
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That's insane. That's 3 times the price of getting a CT scan on a person.

Just watched this:



Investigation is going to be 18 months though.
 
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Took my westie to the vets today she is 15 years old and this is the third time this year.Breathing erratically off her food and water pretty listless to be honest. She was in for about 45 mins , temp ok chest was rattling a bit not sure what was wrong with her, said she needed her bloods checking , ultrasound for her chest, painkiller, £430 later still not sure now thinking urine test for tmrw . Virtually an impossible task. Robbing bastards.
 
They charge so much because they can. It moved to an insurance based system (anti-NHS bods take note) and basically they are billing you via an insurer so can fucking milk it.

I got a cat in 1984 - you took Tiddles along and they would say yeah its this or its that give you some tablets or worst case put it down because extending life was unfair on the animal and would be costly for the owner. Thats been flipped on its head now.

When I worked at RSA they saw Pet Insurance as a profit growth area and the Peterborough Office dealt with it all. Did well at first then the vets cottoned on - next thing is they had to employ vets to stop being ripped off. If profit is merged with any sort of health profit is always the king - be it your pet bunny or your child if they are sick you will pay the earth and only question later
 
city2 said:
Took my westie to the vets today she is 15 years old and this is the third time this year.Breathing erratically off her food and water pretty listless to be honest. She was in for about 45 mins , temp ok chest was rattling a bit not sure what was wrong with her, said she needed her bloods checking , ultrasound for her chest, painkiller, £430 later still not sure now thinking urine test for tmrw . Virtually an impossible task. Robbing bastards.
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She's a member of your family and you love her, IMHO most vets will take advantage of that. Saying that I wish her good luck mate.
 
city2 said:
Took my westie to the vets today she is 15 years old and this is the third time this year.Breathing erratically off her food and water pretty listless to be honest. She was in for about 45 mins , temp ok chest was rattling a bit not sure what was wrong with her, said she needed her bloods checking , ultrasound for her chest, painkiller, £430 later still not sure now thinking urine test for tmrw . Virtually an impossible task. Robbing bastards.
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My sister spent 15 bags on a dog with terminal cancer.
 
Took merlin to the vets this morning as he has some pain in his mouth affecting his eating , ruled a lot out as much as you can look into a cats mouth withour sedation , she said to give him metacam for a few days then see if it is sorted , she said a metacam injection, a weeks metacam and the consultation would be £108 , is that ok ? First time i have been given a price upfront . He had a really good check over , temperature taken etc , didnt think it was too bad a bill even if she cant see any obvious cause of the pain, he has cut his mouth before hunting and eating and he has been catching a few mice recently so probably that
 
I called the vets the other week to ask if there was anything they could give our Jimcat to stop him from being terrified of getting in the car (scared because has motion sickness in the car and pukes).
The woman said you'll have to bring him in to see the vet.
That ain't happening as I'm not in the habit of tormenting cats.
Vet called me back and said to come in and she'll give me some stuff for him.
 
In Thailand it costs around around £13 to spay a dog. It also gets put back as a stray after a couple of hours and doesn't need a neck brace and a check up afterwards. I think this is all we need to know about vets in Britain.
 
Barcon said:
I called the vets the other week to ask if there was anything they could give our Jimcat to stop him from being terrified of getting in the car (scared because has motion sickness in the car and pukes).
The woman said you'll have to bring him in to see the vet.
That ain't happening as I'm not in the habit of tormenting cats.
Vet called me back and said to come in and she'll give me some stuff for him.
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Over here you cant get metacam for pain unless they examine the cat first , which is fair enough i guess, i take merlin in yearly for vaccinations and things like yesterday ,dont take him for minor things as it stresses him out a lot . Being a stray i think most of it is fear is i am going to take him some where and leave him , he loves getting home and fed straight away , soon forgets it
 
kaz7 said:
Over here you cant get metacam for pain unless they examine the cat first , which is fair enough i guess, i take merlin in yearly for vaccinations and things like yesterday ,dont take him for minor things as it stresses him out a lot . Being a stray i think most of it is fear is i am going to take him some where and leave him , he loves getting home and fed straight away , soon forgets it
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They ended up giving me something for motion sickness and something to make him sleepy so he was a bit out of it before I put him in the car.
He usually always throws up (motion sickness) and has crapped and pissed (fear because he knows what's coming) in his carrier before.
He usually cries throughout the 3 1/2hr drive but this time he was o.k.
I guess the meds worked.
Whenever he sees me packing my travel bag he goes into hiding : (
 
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