Cat - annual vaccination cost

adonis10

Does anyone know what the approximate cost is?

KxMx

If you have a CVS vets, Healthy Pet Club @ £10.99 a month covers all vaccinations, other things too including flea/worm prevention & discounts off treatment.

jackieblack

adonis10 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the approximate cost is?

Varies from vet to vet - why not contact one local/convenient to you and ask?

KxMx wrote: »

If you have a CVS vets, Healthy Pet Club @ £10.99 a month covers all vaccinations, other things too including flea/worm prevention & discounts off treatment.

Lots of local/independent vets do this too - our local vet has a monthly plan similar that covers all of the above plus 6 monthly health checks for £9.99 a month

adonis10

Yeah, our vet does a plan for £12/month per cat but with two cats that's an annual cost of £288. With prescriptions and buying flea treatment online that costs £188 a year so that leaves another £100 to justify taking out the plan. If vaccinations are £40-50 each cat then it's worth it, so probably best I check to see exactly how much they charge.

LusciousLuce

Yeah really depends on which area, which vaccine. Roughly £40-60 for the vaccination course, then you'll need an annual booster.

My opinion of those pay monthly schemes that virtually every practice has now is don't bother. Unless you're going to use every single item priced into the plan, it's not worth it. Practices like to sign you up because it bonds you to the practice and is a guaranteed income stream, but the reality is unless you are going to flea and work your pet every month (or however often is recommended with the products supplied on the plan) you will end up paying more overall.

And yes, I know we're supposed to flea and worm regularly year round, but most of us forget - even when working in practice!

adonis10

LusciousLuce wrote: »

Yeah really depends on which area, which vaccine. Roughly £40-60 for the vaccination course, then you'll need an annual booster.

My opinion of those pay monthly schemes that virtually every practice has now is don't bother. Unless you're going to use every single item priced into the plan, it's not worth it. Practices like to sign you up because it bonds you to the practice and is a guaranteed income stream, but the reality is unless you are going to flea and work your pet every month (or however often is recommended with the products supplied on the plan) you will end up paying more overall.

And yes, I know we're supposed to flea and worm regularly year round, but most of us forget - even when working in practice!

Yeah, they've had their initial vaccinations but the boosters are £35/year each so that's another £70 to pay out. I can't remember off the top of my head what's for but it's the standard one.

Yes, I agree with you I think but have signed up for now to give time to do more research, there is no minimum contract so if our research suggests we're giving flea treatment too often and it's not worth paying £12/month then I'll just cancel. Gives us some breathing space whilst we do more research. I need to understand more why advantage flea treatment doesn't need a prescription to buy online but advocate does. Are they that dissimilar? That said, our vet sells advocate so I assume it's some sort of cosy connection they've got with the company; you peddle our products in your practice making that the one people remember and we will sell them cheaper but give you a cut by making people have to have a prescription.

KxMx

LusciousLuce wrote: »

Yeah really depends on which area, which vaccine. Roughly £40-60 for the vaccination course, then you'll need an annual booster.

My opinion of those pay monthly schemes that virtually every practice has now is don't bother. Unless you're going to use every single item priced into the plan, it's not worth it. Practices like to sign you up because it bonds you to the practice and is a guaranteed income stream, but the reality is unless you are going to flea and work your pet every month (or however often is recommended with the products supplied on the plan) you will end up paying more overall.

And yes, I know we're supposed to flea and worm regularly year round, but most of us forget - even when working in practice!

Monthly flea and 6 monthly worming here (never missed a dose).

I researched all comparable and historical costs including Vet prescription policy before taking out the plan.

I decided it made financial sense for me, it cut my "PAYG" outgoings for cat & being on a low income it makes budgeting sense.

Month 1 cat needed a new microchip, cost free

I also know if she needs a consult or medicine I'll get 10-20% off (as an older cat my insurance liability is now £105 excess +20% of final bill.)

I do get annoyed when people are told here outright not to take out these plans, circumstances are individual and for some it does make money saving sense.

CP26

My vet does a lifetime vaccination plan for £99. They usually charge almost £40 for an annual vaccination so for me it was worth the upfront payment as I now don't pay anything when it's vaccination time.

Our vets do have a monthly plan option too but I found getting a prescription for Advocate and buying it online along with the wormer worked out more cost effective for me.

LusciousLuce

I was not telling anybody outright not to take out the plan: I was sharing my opinion of these plans, and as I was involved in the research and pricing of these plans for the practice I worked in I feel I have valuable insight which might or might not help someone make and informed choice. Surely that's one of the aims of boards like this? Up to you if you want to be "annoyed" by that - that's your problem. I can see the advantage for pet owners who prefer to spread the cost each month, and indeed that's the main benefit I focused on when I marketed them. Ultimately it's about weighing up the convenience of monthly payments against the likelihood you're paying more overall.

sheramber

adonis10 wrote: »

Yeah, they've had their initial vaccinations but the boosters are £35/year each so that's another £70 to pay out. I can't remember off the top of my head what's for but it's the standard one.

Yes, I agree with you I think but have signed up for now to give time to do more research, there is no minimum contract so if our research suggests we're giving flea treatment too often and it's not worth paying £12/month then I'll just cancel. Gives us some breathing space whilst we do more research. I need to understand more why advantage flea treatment doesn't need a prescription to buy online but advocate does. Are they that dissimilar? That said, our vet sells advocate so I assume it's some sort of cosy connection they've got with the company; you peddle our products in your practice making that the one people remember and we will sell them cheaper but give you a cut by making people have to have a prescription.

Advocate and advantage are not the same product. Advocate contains an additional ingredient and kills more than fleas.

jackieblack

KxMx wrote: »

Monthly flea and 6 monthly worming here (never missed a dose).

I researched all comparable and historical costs including Vet prescription policy before taking out the plan.

I decided it made financial sense for me, it cut my "PAYG" outgoings for cat & being on a low income it makes budgeting sense.

Month 1 cat needed a new microchip, cost free

I also know if she needs a consult or medicine I'll get 10-20% off (as an older cat my insurance liability is now £105 excess +20% of final bill.)

I do get annoyed when people are told here outright not to take out these plans, circumstances are individual and for some it does make money saving sense.

I totally agree and, like you, have never missed a dose (reminder on phone )
Ours also gives a discount on 'out of hours' which we all hope we'll never need but, in an emergency, really costs!
We've definitely saved by being on the plan (although we stopped for about a year when DD was eligible for staff discount, but now she's got a new job at a big referral practice we'll be going back on it)