Golden Nuggets & Pearl Ovaries?

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I live on Long Island in New York and I know things tend to be expensive where I live BUT $475.00 for a neuter & spay??!!

Both Bob & Allie went in today for a basic neuter & spay. The neuter $179.00 and the spay $296.00. Maybe Bob had golden "nuggets" and Allie had little pearls for ovaries...?


I have been using a particular doctor at my vet's office for 20-years and although he is a bit more than most I've stayed loyal for all these years because he has always given 100% of himself with all my animals...Saturday nights...holidays...very active with my local Humane Society...etc.

I think it may be time for a new vet. though? What do you think...a bit on the pricey side or what?
 
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I was glad I wasn't sipping anything when I read this. Wow.
 
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That is about in line for what my vet here in central Virginia charges. I think the neuter was a little higher at the clinic I use though ... I seem to remember it being over $200 for the boys and a little over $300 for the girls.
 
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Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

I was glad I wasn't sipping anything when I read this. Wow.
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And I was glad I wasn't holding Bob's carrier with him in it when they gave me the bill
 
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Based on what you said about being happy with your Vet, making himself available on weekends and holidays (and his participation at the local Humane Society
) I would stick with him. Unless you just can't afford to continue or have moved away from the area.

Sure the prices are high, but I bet the rent and cost of doing business on Long Island is pretty high too.
 
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i dont think i have ever heard of a cheap vet

y is it so xpencif anyway??????
 
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My husband is from Long Island, and we just got back from a visit. EVERYTHING is expensive there, so expensive vet care doesn't really surprise me. Wow, though....I'll stay with my little vet in Illinois.
 
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When I got my girl I called every vet visit in town and got an estimate for her spay (and umbilical hernia repair). Every vet quoted me at around $400.00!! I ended up taking her to my parents vet for around the same, but still the cheapest estimate I heard.

Buddy's neuter was $75. It could have been $50 (they have a cheap neuter Friday once a month) but I couldn't make it on that day.
 
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Holy smokes! I pay $35.00 for neuters and $65.00 for spays (but then I get special rates) but still! YIKES! Did they find oil?
 
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I don't have the option of utilizing any of the low- or no-cost spay/neuter clinics and so am forced to pay what the vets in my area feel is reasonable for those services. I do go to a vet that describes himself as "not the cheapest guy in town" but he is a feline theriogenologist (specializes in feline reproduction) and as a breeder located in a climate that is LARGELY pro-spay/neuter (PETA is headquartered here), I do feel safe with him. It is for this reason that I don't argue about the rates. He is worth it to me.
 
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here it is $40 and $25 for girls and boys (respectivly) I have heard sometimes for as much as $50 but I guess here it isnt so expensive.


It really puts a perspective on things though. When I hear of people saying they are saving up to get their animals fixed I think either they are on a really tight budget or they are just using it as an excuse, but at $300 I can see why you would need to save.......
 
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here in germany for neuter is 46 euros so about $40, and about 65 euros for spay.
If spay and neuter is so essential why make the prices so high?
 
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If spay and neuter is so essential why make the prices so high?

Totally agree!! It's not just spay & neuter either. Buster, my 2-yr. old adult Persian had the flu back in June. $265.00 for an office visit, antibiotics and blood work-up. Misty, 14-yr. old Persian (crossed rainbow bridge) cost into the "thousands" for treatment of renal failure.

Unfortunately, when our pets get sick and/or need spay/neuter, a visit to the vet. isn't always an option because of price/financial reasons. Even though, it is the right thing that these fuzzy faces see a vet., sometimes it is very hard to do the right thing.
 
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Wow! What kind of cars do these vets drive??? That is just sooo expensive! I appreciate rates are high in all areas, but how much overhead can that be? I guess a good base line is to consider local lawyer's rates; here, $250.00/hr. is a decent price for a lawyer, and my vet charges $55/$80 for neuter/spay. The other vet hospital charges more, about $120.00 for a spay, so roughly a little less than half of what the attorney's charge. I guess that any business will charge what people are willing and able to pay. The sad part is that so many suffering pets will not be able access services in a timely manner; a trip to the kill-shelter might be the only recourse for them.
 
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The ironic part of this is: I have $250.00 in funds from Spay USA sitting at this particular vet's. office for TNR to be used ONLY for feral cats/kittens.

Bob & Allie "WERE" born from this feral colony that I take care of. Unfortunately, they were born premature & in March...long story...these 2 are bottle-fed babies from a feral colony that I decided to keep.

I asked the receptionist if I could apply some of those funds that I have toward Bob & Allies neuter/spay...and she said NO because I decided to keep Bob & Allie. So, in other words, I am being penalized for taking in two newborns...born from a feral mom...have taken them for their appropriate baby shots and have given them a non-feral life in a warm, safe & loving environment. Sorry...bit of a rant here. I even asked if I could pay 1/2 and the Spay USA monies pay for the other 1/2...NO was the answer. I probably should have asked the vet. directly.
 
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The ironic part of this is: I have $250.00 in funds from Spay USA sitting at this particular vet's. office for TNR to be used ONLY for feral cats/kittens.

Bob & Allie "WERE" born from this feral colony that I take care of. Unfortunately, they were born premature & in March...long story...these 2 are bottle-fed babies from a feral colony that I decided to keep.

I asked the receptionist if I could apply some of those funds that I have toward Bob & Allies neuter/spay...and she said NO because I decided to keep Bob & Allie. So, in other words, I am being penalized for taking in two newborns...born from a feral mom...have taken them for their appropriate baby shots and have spared them a feral life if they would have survived at all and decided to keep them until death do us part in a warm, safe & loving environment. Sorry...bit of a rant here. I even asked if I could pay 1/2 and the Spay USA monies pay for the other 1/2...NO was the answer. I probably should have asked the vet. directly.
 
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Originally Posted by leesali

The ironic part of this is: I have $250.00 in funds from Spay USA sitting at this particular vet's. office for TNR to be used ONLY for feral cats/kittens.

Bob & Allie "WERE" born from this feral colony that I take care of. Unfortunately, they were born premature & in March...long story...these 2 are bottle-fed babies from a feral colony that I decided to keep.

I asked the receptionist if I could apply some of those funds that I have toward Bob & Allies neuter/spay...and she said NO because I decided to keep Bob & Allie. So, in other words, I am being penalized for taking in two newborns...born from a feral mom...have taken them for their appropriate baby shots and have spared them a feral life if they would have survived at all and decided to keep them until death do us part in a warm, safe & loving environment. Sorry...bit of a rant here. I even asked if I could pay 1/2 and the Spay USA monies pay for the other 1/2...NO was the answer. I probably should have asked the vet. directly.
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Vets costs are outrageously expensive.
My vet probably charges about that much though, and that's in OH.
Other vets around charged a lot less.
If you have to spay/neuter any more cats, you should always ask first how much they are going to charge you for it, cause every vet charges differently.
 
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