Vet visit costs--what do you pay?

Here are just a few vet visits of late.

Lexi's E-vet

Office visit before midnight $75
X-ray $94.50
Lab Urinalysis $47.25
Fluids Subcutaneous $36.75
Clavamox Drops $24.25

Total $277.75




Lexi's UTI after the E-VET (She started to behave same as before so I was able to get her to the vet before they closed on a saturday...Much cheaper)


1 Feline c/d 4 lb $11.69
1 Office Visit $37.00
1 Cystocentesis $ 19.50
1 Urinalysis $23.58
6 Ciprofloxacin 250mg $10.36

Total $102.13


Tedi's Cardiologist

1 Consultation $95.00 (I was not charged due to an emergency and had to wait)

1 Echocardiogram $250.00
1 Blood Pressure $35.00
1 Atenolol 25mg tablets $14.95

Total $299.45 (It should have been $399.45)

His recheck was much cheaper.

My kitten does have herpes virus! So far we just pay attention to stressful situations and that is when the llysine comes out! Meowmy takes it as well for oral herpes!

Leslie

I just posted that we got our cat Icarus back after he was stolen 3.5 months ago. His back left leg is fractured so we got the following costs:

Exam - 48
14 hours hospitalization - 168
Inj Buprenex - 41
Fluids Small - 35
X-ray - 176
Buretrol - 33
X ray each additional view - 132
CBC - 48
Chemistry Panel - 110
Urinalysis - 61
Surgeon Exam - 97
I left some things out but for him to stay overnight and have some tests run for surgery tomorrow the cost was $1248.00

Now for surgery:
Post Surgical Care 26 hours - 1149
Epidural - 95
Fentanyl Patch 71
X-ray - 132
Anesthesia 30 min - 132
Surgery - 350
Anesthesia additional 30 min 192
Anestisit - 112
Anesthesia monitoring equipment - 35
Surgery Room Fee - 54
Surgical package - 54
Surgical Supplies - 132
Thermacare heat - 50
Implant fee - 600
RX Med - 62
Total for Surgery - $3465 not including overnight stay listed above.

We found a vet we are taking him to tomorrow (we don't have a quote) who said over the phone the cost would be between $1800 and $2500 so we are going there instead of the place who quoted us the above price.

Originally Posted by Jack31

A couple quick questions: I'm a first time cat owner, it seems that maintenance on cats is much more expensive than dogs.

Leslie

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The cost of caring for a dog from puppy through adulthood is much greater than that of a cat, and that cost rises exponentially with the size of the dog. (Purchase price, food, shots, flea/tick & heartworm prevention, chew toys, treats, training, spay/neuter, etc) The cost of cat maintenance tends to catch up during the geriatric years because cats, generally, have more of them.

I've got 16-ish cats. All get regular exams.

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you have SIXTEEN CATS???!!! Holy carp! How big is your house? They say you should not have more than one cat per room in your house.

Originally Posted by kittyTales

The cost of caring for a dog from puppy through adulthood is much greater than that of a cat, and that cost rises exponentially with the size of the dog. (Purchase price, food, shots, flea/tick & heartworm prevention, chew toys, treats, training, spay/neuter, etc) The cost of cat maintenance tends to catch up during the geriatric years because cats, generally, have more of them.

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I have to agree.... thou I have found my small dog to cost about double of my bigger dogs .. but she is a special girl

I've found that the dogs to be more expensive maintenance-wise, but Kiwi is quickly catching up to that.

Milo has probably cost me maybe $1000 his whole life in vet bills so far (he's 5), Kiwi cost around $2700 in a matter of 4-5 days.

health problems can crop up with any animal, cat, dog, horse, rabbit, whatever, Accidents and illnesses happen sometimes. Best thing is to be prepared.

Originally Posted by adamguy

• Office Visit..................................................$35.50

• Urgant Care Office Visit.................................$43.45

• Clavamox Drops...........................................$24.95

• Radiograph (X-Ray)......................................$62.95

• Comprehensive Bloodwork.............................$137.50

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Knowing your furbaby is happy and healthy...............PRICELESS!!!!!






(sorry, I had too )

Here is my vet's price list.
http://www.valuepetclinic.com/id11.html

Last fall, I called around many vets near me for Spay & Neuter pricing.
Prices ranges were drastically different.
One place I called told me in order for me to bring my cats, they must have proof of vaccination or have to have their vaccination package. Also, females needed to stay overnight.
Price for procedure was pretty expensive.

This place I chose, I was just taking them for initial consultation + vaccine, then vet did fix all at once.
I told them I fed them in the morning, bug vet said they have different kind of anesthetic for that.
I was just stunned it was that easy.
I left them there in the morning, and they were all ready to go home by 2PM.

-Kazy

Originally Posted by Cheap Sushi

you have SIXTEEN CATS???!!! Holy carp! How big is your house? They say you should not have more than one cat per room in your house.

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3 are fosters. 6 I think are farm cats at the moment, one is coming inside until I can place her in an indoor home. So, I've got 10 in the house....3 are fosters, 1 is looking for a furr-ever home, one is going back outside to be a farm kitty (his choice). I've got lots of cat tress, toys, furniture to scale, etc. Yes, they fight....but most of the fights are Ophelia's doing & she's kinda evil. My house is like a revolving door......I take the ones no one else will. Squishy was going to be euthanized in 12 hours if I didn't take him...my two foster kittens would've died from URIs.....Bea, well....she didn't stand a chance.

i live in SoCal and take my cats to a cat only clinic.
exam w/out vaccines is $37.
to have their teeth cleaned costs:
preanesthetic tranq/monitor $10
inhalation anesthesia $60.50
cleaning $33
polish $9.50
fluoride treatment $9.50 total $122.50

last september when my 10 year old, mouse, stopped eating and was diagnosed with jaundice he spent 4 days at his reg. vet. the cost was:
exam $37
subcutaneous fluids $64.20
fel comp plus blood panel $148
med. waste fee $4.25
toxoplasmosis $61.50
baytril/depo pen/vitb12.. $43.80
hospitalization $87.20
prof. care $89.50
advantage treatm. $21.75
syringe feed $12.75
intravenous catheter $42.65
intravenous fluids $69.50
prednisolone/baytril injections $21.90
baytril/pred/metoclopramide $43.80
total $855.60

after that we took him to the specialty hospital in murietta. he was there for 3 days
emergency exam $75
hospitalization $432
initial iv fluid set up & iv cath $133.50
metoclopramide injection $63
fluid additive cri $60
ultrasound abdomen/chest $262.50
baytril antibiotic injection $63
ampicillin inj. $171
oral meds administration $51
propofol anesthesia $126
esophageal feeding tube & placement $78.75
liver panel $171.50
coagulatin panel $57.75
x-rays 2 views $160
buprenex inj. $39
e-tube feeding $52.50
nova test $126.50
clavamox drops 15ml $33.24
baytril suspension 20ml $18.66
denosyl 90mg $54
cyproheptadine 2mg suspension 1oz $13.90
grand total $2338.55

weekly re-checks at his reg. vet $22.55 ea. week
bandage re-wrap $12 ea. wek

never did find the cause for his jaundice

last spay i had done there in july '05 $95

I remember spays being $150 and neuters being $90 at one of the places around here. Not awfully expensive for major surgery, if you ask me.

It would have cost like $1100 to have Raph's teeth (all but 6 of them) taken out and the first round of treatments for the chronic periodontitis. I paid $74 because of his health contract at TH...which has wonderful capabilities to help adopters out with costs when they're willing to take on a cat with as many special needs as Raphie has (IBD, periodontal disease, was treated with radioactive iodine for hyperthyroid, is 10 now, bites and attacks and doesn't tolerate restrain, and an inner ear problem that causes severe motion sickness. All in one cat. Whom I love.)

I thought this would be more, but last week when I took Raven and Jack to the vet they both got thorough exams and Raven got her rabies shot and distemper and Jack just got distemper and the total was like $88.

A couple weeks ago, when Jordan was sick, I payed $268 for a vet visit, 2 x-rays, a blood panel, fecal, and 200 cc sub-q.

I wish I lived in America sometimes!
I think s/n was about $250 for the girl, and $150 for the boy
When Tilly broke her leg total treatment- plate, operation, 3 sets of x-rays, medicine, week long stay in the vets office, etc cost $8000!!!
Admittedly it was quite a bad break, and she escaped afterwards, got cold and needed paw massages to restore the circulation along with a hefty dose of antibiotics.
Thank god for insurance!

Average visit for my vet is between $90-$120 depending on what's being done..

Wow, what a difference location makes!

In Ontario I pay about $50-60 for an office visit only.
A FIV/FeLV test ranges from $50 to $100, depending on the vet.
A visit to an emergency clinic is about $90 just to get in the door.
I paid $250 to have Oliver's teeth cleaned 2 years ago which included anesthetic and an overnight stay (and one heck of a great breakfast, I hope, for that price!!)

My vet gives me a 10% discount if I bring in 2 critters at a time (I'm hoping now that I have three cats it will be 20%--maybe if I get enough of them it will be free !!

Check up: $45.00
Urine test: $55.00 or maybe it was $65.00
Spay: $90, neuter $60 (luckily both mine were fixed by the shelter!)
Rabies Shot: $30 something.

I realize the price is a bit steep, but I love my vet. =) and luckily, I haven't had to pay for much more *knock on wood*. And, since I've been going there since I adopted cats, and my mom has taken all her pets there for 20 years, they give me breaks. Like, when Shermie needed his rabies shot and had just been in for a check up a week before, they charged me like $10 bucks for a mini-check up instead of the standard $45. And they give lollypops!

My Remmie is 12 years old ,he is an inside cat,and does not need a vet very often,but sadly he is getting very weak in the back legs,and has just had a visit to our vet

oops meant to say consultation $80
and tablets 15 for $15.
the consultation was for 15min..
still trying to use this computer,hope this message gets through,I keep losing them or hitting the wrong buttons.