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By *archelCouple 37 weeks ago
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Corporate owned vet practices are the problem when it comes to extortionate fees. We use two different practices, one for our sheep and another for our horses...both are privately owned. Both go above and beyond for us. We'd be lost without them...but if they went Corporate it would be grim times. |
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Perhaps some due diligence on possible future costs before you buy that cute kitten or puppy and who’s going to shine this spotlight?
The government that’s making millions in taxes from those fees? |
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By (user no longer on site) 37 weeks ago
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"Mine have never been extortionate. Cheaper than what it costs to treat a human, which seems reasonable. I don’t mind paying for all that knowledge and experience to make sure my bestie stays well."
I guess it’s relative isn’t it. I spend £200 a month on my 2 cats and £200 on me (anything and everything outside of bills and rent) - so if my vets and insurance monthly fees of £54 was less - I’d have a bit more for petrol or books - BUT I love them and I need to pay it so I do. But it would be nice if it was cheaper. X |
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By *929Man 37 weeks ago
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Some are reasonable there’s a vets 4 pets just over the road and they are ok was only £100 for the boosters every year for the dogs life and treatment there for routine things is reasonable |
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I have pet insurance and tbh I would be stuffed without it. Over £5,000 when my boy snapped his cruciate ligament and at the moment we're having treatment for a recurrent ear infection along blood tests and swabs, which aren't a necessity but it was good to know he could have that and me not worry about it
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I think the trick is to look closely at who actually owns your local vets. We took our previous dog to a local one who were lovely but on further investigation were owned by a large conglomerate who were consistently accused of high charging. We now go to a truly independent local vet who is far cheaper but just as good. |
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"I think the trick is to look closely at who actually owns your local vets. We took our previous dog to a local one who were lovely but on further investigation were owned by a large conglomerate who were consistently accused of high charging. We now go to a truly independent local vet who is far cheaper but just as good. "
This.
I use a local-ish, independent, family run vets.
75% of vets are now run by big companies. Its a hedge-fund growth area. |
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"Mine have never been extortionate. Cheaper than what it costs to treat a human, which seems reasonable. I don’t mind paying for all that knowledge and experience to make sure my bestie stays well.
I guess it’s relative isn’t it. I spend £200 a month on my 2 cats and £200 on me (anything and everything outside of bills and rent) - so if my vets and insurance monthly fees of £54 was less - I’d have a bit more for petrol or books - BUT I love them and I need to pay it so I do. But it would be nice if it was cheaper. X "
I can't get insurance for my cat so he has his own savings account. I pay into his savings account on payday a fixed amount, and I don't touch it unless he needs something that I can't afford out of my usual monthly spending. |
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"Insurance has ruined it, never used to be bad."
Anytime my dogs had surgery insurance has paid out no issue though they did refuse once due to high relative cost compared to standard price of procedure. The vets then changed their pricing to gain the insurance for the surgery with nothing else to pay. Otherwise the practice would have charged far more than necessary, eating into the yearly allowance.
While vets and surgeons need paying for expertise, having insurance isn't the issue for me. Paying a few £££ a year covers your pet into the ££££'s. If it needs it you are thankful for it, if it doesn't you are lucky your pet hasn't had to go through anything invasive. To say, from breakdown's I've seen, surgery actually doesn't cost that much compared to x-rays, mri's and blood tests.. it's those things that really cost the money.
This is why I think pets are becoming a rich persons commodity. You don't realise until you walk into a vets. There's little point claiming insurance for a consult and antibiotics as it'll push up insurance, so while insurance stays the same, the costs of any appointment and treatment is what affects your pocket most.
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By (user no longer on site) 37 weeks ago
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"It's high time vets were put in the spotlight, with extortionate fees and medication costs.
… soooo, your headline is misleading then. Vets aren’t under investigation. "
There was a review carried out by the CMA last year. Results available on gov.uk website  |
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Totally agree, most are a money making mane who have no care for the animals they are supposed to care for.
I took my dog in as he had a sore stomach, the vet without even giving a proper examination said he had a slipped disc and will either need surgery costing in excess of £4000 plus after care or he may need putting to sleep!
As I didn't have him insured after being stunt by pet insurance before, I told them to keep him in to monitor him and well assess in a few days. I just wanted him to be given mild painkillers to ease his pain for now.
After over a week of him "being cared for" I went to see how he was doing and when they let him into the room he couldn't walk, his eyes were rolling and he was as high as a kite!
The vet said because of his back, he cdnt lift his little feet properly. I then asked what he was on and I was absolutely gob smacked!
He was on a massive cocktail of drugs including morphine and methadone. It's more than likely he can't walk because he's that off his little face that he things he's in the clouds somewhere.
Their flippant demeanor and the way they always opted and tried to push for the most expensive outcome buy pulling on the heart strings and applying guilt made my blood boil.
So I settled up a bill of over £2300 and took him to another vet. They said the firdt thing we need to do is to wean him off all the drugs he's on.
Once he was off the drugs they said he can come home as long as he has strict cage rest and under no circumstances is he picked up or is allowed to climb or jump.
6 weeks later he was right as rain.
Those other bastards need not only closing down, but need to be investigated and jailed of not met in a dark alley and dealt with.
They knew he wasn't as bad as they said but we're willing to have him go through the rigmole of surgery and all that entails.
They knew I was insured but still kept trying to guilty trip me into paying thousands for it with money I didn't have.
And they knew perfectly well that another opinion would reveal the fact they were only I terested in making a tonne of money and couldn't give a toss about the animals in their care. |
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We don’t realise how much it costs because treatment to us is free at the point of delivery 