Veterinary Charges

nickcc

One of our dogs needed a couple of teeth extracted a few years ago, the cost for the extraction with a full anaesthetic and overnight stay cost app £200. We were more than happy to pay this as we had no pet insurance and our dog was obviously in pain, but it makes me wonder if there are different rates for insured and non insured a bit like when you take your car in for accident/body work repairs and pay yourself compared to your insurer paying or perhaps I've just got a suspicious nature.

DKLS

It's all computerised these days = outrageous costs.

I suggest you visit the next London vet show in November and enquire about the costs of a x ray machine, and for a additional PACS type system also note the machine doesn't provid a diagnosis that still requires a skilled and qualified vet to interpret the results.

Not to mention all of the other costs in running a surgery.
A friend of mine has just had built a new large and small animal practice, without seeing the first patient he has shelled out 7 mill.:eek:

Although he should make a chunk of that back as his top end CT scanner can fit a shire horse, so can be sublet to the NHS for obese NHS patients.

mattyprice4004

Our local vet has a lovely Nissan GT-R and a massive house... and now I know why

Forwandert

I remember a few years ago taking my mother's dog in to her local vets for her as it was moping around the house and generally not himself. The vet said they weren't sure what was wrong with him so they would send some blood off for tests. We went out to pay and the assistant said it's x amount for the tests and x amount for the vets appointment. So basically we paid for the tests and for someone to say they didn't know what was wrong

hotcookie101

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Our local vet has a lovely Nissan GT-R and a massive house... and now I know why

I drive a crappy 2004 reg supermini type car. None of my friends (who work as vets) have posh cars. My bosses' cars are older than mine. My peers from school who went into medicine/dentistry/law/accountancy/many other things earn at least 2-3 times what I do, AND they work social hours.....

Bills may be high, but that is because costs to provide the service are high, wage bills are in no way the most of it!

Justicia

Nilrem wrote: »

*To avoid the Vet glowing in the dark

...and/or Veterinary Nurse...

kermitfrog

Friends of mine have a dog which ate some raisins. Cost them £1000 in vet's bills to sort it.

Caroline_a

The thing is, these days it makes so much sense to have insurance for your pets. I have 2 dogs and a cat, so it costs me a lot each month for them.... but it's a lot less than having to pay out high vet fees. Personally I think vets earn every penny they charge, just for peace of mind for my animals.

Mindless_Clone

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

Yup, the fees vets charge are quite fair. My vet has to rub along with a year old Aston Martin and a new Range Rover.

Oh, the poor thing. How does he manage...

DKLS wrote: »

Although he should make a chunk of that back as his top end CT scanner can fit a shire horse, so can be sublet to the NHS for obese NHS patients.

OK, are you serious? I mean, assuming you are serious... :eek:

kermitfrog wrote: »

Friends of mine have a dog which ate some raisins. Cost them £1000 in vet's bills to sort it.

I had no idea raisin are not good for a dog. What's the issue with them?

A bit over a year ago, my nephew's dog broke her leg. Lots of x rays etc. pinned leg, didn't heal and eventually had to have the leg amputated. He had insurance but had to pay 10% excess up front. The 10% came to £750.

Nilrem

Mindless_Clone wrote: »

OK, are you serious? I mean, assuming you are serious... :eek:

He probably is.

IIRC the NHS has very few "large" CT scanners, most have a maximum girth and/or weight they can cope with (something like 18 stone for the bit that pulls you into the machine), the likes of the big Veterinary CT scanners are built for animals that can weigh well over a ton, and are identical in how they work compared to the Human ones just that little bit more industrial in scale.
As long as they are fully cleaned it's safe from what I understand.

Cue them being able to be used for both humans and animals.

From memory before CT scanners were more affordable (I can hear the Vets and Doctors howling with laughter), there were times when very valuable, smaller animals (IE rare ones, especially some smaller zoo animals) were sometimes dealt with in NHS or private hospital CT's as they were the only ones within 50+ miles (now I suspect most zoos probably have a deal with a local vet or stables to use theirs at short notice).