Okay, as some of you know my mother has two bengals (which, legally are mine...my name is on their paperwork as their legal owners and they know that if at any time they can't keep them or if anything happens, the cats go with me).
Anyway, my stepdad has been procrastinating about getting the snow bengal fixed, and I put my foot down. Either she gets fixed now or I'm taking her back. I even gave him the address and number to contact the municiple low cost spay and neuter clinic, where I got my boy Jasper done. A spay is only 45 dollars there.
So they make an appointment to get her fixed this Monday. Now, there's a vet just down the road from them, and out of curiosity he went in the other day to ask them how much it would be to get her spayed there. Now, the highest I've ever seen a spay for in this state is about $180, plus like an additional five dollars per kitten if the female turns out to be pregnant.
They asked him how old the cat was (six months), if she'd ever been in heat before (not yet), blah blah blah. Then they told him how much it would be.
$350!!!!
Their reasoning? 'Well, at her age, it IS possible she could have been in heat before, and there IS a chance she could be pregnant. And if a cat's ever been in heat, even just once, it makes the surgery more difficult.'
Mom told me that and I was just floored. I know that if a cat is IN heat at the time of surgery, it could possibly make it more difficult, as it could if a cat is pregnant. But charging them that much because they thought she could have been in heat before is just ridiculous!
Not to mention the fact the cat has NEVER been outside, and most certainly has NEVER been in heat. One of my cats was spayed, and when they discovered that she was a week pregnant at the time, they called me and told me, and I paid extra (the womb was already out and there was a high risk of infection and miscarraige to stop the spay). But even with the extra paid, it was STILL less than $200!
Yeah, they're going to the municiple clinic. I told them to avoid that vet completely. Sounds to me like they're just interested in how much money they can milk out of ignorant people than honestly caring about the animal.
Anyone else agree, or am I just being an idiot?
Anyway, my stepdad has been procrastinating about getting the snow bengal fixed, and I put my foot down. Either she gets fixed now or I'm taking her back. I even gave him the address and number to contact the municiple low cost spay and neuter clinic, where I got my boy Jasper done. A spay is only 45 dollars there.
So they make an appointment to get her fixed this Monday. Now, there's a vet just down the road from them, and out of curiosity he went in the other day to ask them how much it would be to get her spayed there. Now, the highest I've ever seen a spay for in this state is about $180, plus like an additional five dollars per kitten if the female turns out to be pregnant.
They asked him how old the cat was (six months), if she'd ever been in heat before (not yet), blah blah blah. Then they told him how much it would be.
$350!!!!
Their reasoning? 'Well, at her age, it IS possible she could have been in heat before, and there IS a chance she could be pregnant. And if a cat's ever been in heat, even just once, it makes the surgery more difficult.'
Mom told me that and I was just floored. I know that if a cat is IN heat at the time of surgery, it could possibly make it more difficult, as it could if a cat is pregnant. But charging them that much because they thought she could have been in heat before is just ridiculous!
Not to mention the fact the cat has NEVER been outside, and most certainly has NEVER been in heat. One of my cats was spayed, and when they discovered that she was a week pregnant at the time, they called me and told me, and I paid extra (the womb was already out and there was a high risk of infection and miscarraige to stop the spay). But even with the extra paid, it was STILL less than $200!
Yeah, they're going to the municiple clinic. I told them to avoid that vet completely. Sounds to me like they're just interested in how much money they can milk out of ignorant people than honestly caring about the animal.
Anyone else agree, or am I just being an idiot?