Cheap Vets?

txu

Does anybody know of any websites that list cheap vets?
Or does anybody know of a good but cheap vet in Nottingham?

Bagpuss741

Have you got a PDSA or RSPCA hospital nearby?

rushnowt

txu wrote:

Does anybody know of any websites that list cheap vets?
Or does anybody know of a good but cheap vet in Nottingham?

i don't know of any websites, however you'll probably find that the old surgery type vets rather than the new almost supermarket type vets will be cheaper, the old school vet on the whole tends to be more geared to the welfare of the animal and not making the most amount of money from people, sorry if that offends anyone, but has an owner/breeder and exhibitor for many years thats been my experience of vets.

surfsister

txu wrote:

Does anybody know of any websites that list cheap vets?
Or does anybody know of a good but cheap vet in Nottingham?

No but if you ring around for quotes eg for neutering you can then compare prices. I rang 8 or 9 and one was much cheaper than the others so i use that one now. They don't mind you ringing to get a rough quote before you make an appointment. Good luck

nuttyrockeress

Hey

There used to be a PDSA at Dunkirk - near QMC.
PDSA PetAid hospital
Dunkirk Road
Dunkirk
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 2PH
Tel: 0115 978 5787

Failing that what area of Nottingham are you? My mum has always used Lawrence vets at Eastwood and they are fairly reasonable!
Lawrence Veterinary Centre
166 Nottingham Road
Eastwood
Notts.
NG16 3GG

Jenny_Wren_3

Be wary of using a cheaper vets. We used a very local vets which was very cheap compared to all the others. However when our cat was hit by a car and was bleeding they expected us to drive her to their main vets 40 minutes away, it turned out that the local one was just an "outlet".

DaisyNelson

PDSA have hospitals in Dunkirk and Sutton-in-Ashfield.
https://www.pdsa.org.uk
You need to be in receipt of housing benefit or council tax benefit to qualify for free treatment for your pet.

rushnowt

Jenny_Wren wrote:

Be wary of using a cheaper vets. We used a very local vets which was very cheap compared to all the others. However when our cat was hit by a car and was bleeding they expected us to drive her to their main vets 40 minutes away, it turned out that the local one was just an "outlet".

thats not just with cheaper vets tho, theres a very large vets practice near us and we needed to take one of ours for an emergancy operation one weekend, our vet was in hospital poorly so choose the nearest to us (ie the large very expensive practise) they wouldn't perform the operation at weekend and said we;d need to travel miles to another one (still part of the same practise) we refused as it was an emergency and found another one in the area that would do the operation immediately, i would recommend it's something ya need to check with all vet surgeries as to what they do in emergancies and weekends, but i would imagine in an emergancy, cost isn't an issue, ya just wanna find a vet that can see to your pet immediately.

smudger48_2

Try this national vet practice:

http://www.vets.co.uk/index.asp

They can be quite competitive on vaccines and neutering costs.

mentaljessie

Cheapest isn't always the best my Mum's a vet nurse and I wouldn't let her boss touch my cats he's in the job to make money and IMHO lacks the compassion which is needed to work with animals. The practice in which Mum works is the cheapest and she will often come home with horror stories about this persons practice. A trick which my Auntie uses because she's on benefits and never has any money, is to go for the consult and then offer to pay for the treatment monthly. If your animal is a cat try the cats protection league or see if you have an RSPCA clinic nearby also. Alternatively checkout your local rescue centres to see if they can help they are usually the experts and would gladly give advice. If you have pet insurance see if you can claim on that and sometimes that helps.

salli9

My godmother lives in Spain, her dog was at vets for a week, having tests recieving treatment. Came home with various tablets and follow up visit.......£60.00. My dog had 5minute consultation two lots of tablets £45.00 return visit, more tablets £20.00. Might be cheaper to get cheap flight to Spain!!!!!!