Mango’s Vet Visit

[Sarita]

Today was Mango’s annual exam – he’s about 8 1/2 years old so he’s a senior fellow.

I know that everyone is always asking how much vet visits costs so I thought I’d give you a breakdown of what my vet charges for rabbits.

Exotic Examination – $56.00

Urinalysis – $35.00 – he has a urinary infection

Blood work – $162.68 – I believe this profile is much more in-depth that the exam they do for a presurgery since they are sendng this out to a lab.  As you can see, it’s expensive – we want to do bloodwork due to his age and also we want to start him on some pain medication for arthritis so she wants to see his kidney values.

Sub-q fluids that they administered (to help dilute his urine for his urinary infection) – $29.50

His mediation – $32.23 for the baytril and $18.00 for compounding.

As you can see, it’s not cheap – heck even for the exam.  I do think that my vet is in the mid-range as far as costs and maybe more on the high side but not outrageous by any means.  She is located in the “Uptown” area in my city which is a very large metropolitan city and the “Uptown” area is a bit on the expensive side as far as rent (at least for apartments) – it’s really a regentrfied area of the city.

Luckily I have Care Credit since this bill was over $300 and my vet takes Care Credit!  So I can pay it out over 18 months as long as I pay the minimum with no finance charge – I always pay it well in advance but I like that I can spread it out without penalty if needed.

[Monkeybun]

Looks to be about what my vet charges, which seems to be the average here too.

[LoveChaCha]

Wow… baytril is expensive o_o ;; I paid about $12-$15 dollars. An ear culture was about $18.

Exam is $45.00.

[SmokeyBunnyRobinson]

The animal hospital I take Smokey is

$40 for a visit
$15 for flea medicine that lasts me 3-4 months
$8 for a nail cut
$108 to be spayed
$75 for pre-surgery bloodwork

When I took Smokey to the vet when she had gas, they gave her 10cc of fluid since she didn’t eat/drink for about 6 hours and they didn’t charge me any extra

[LittlePuffyTail]

What is Care Credit?

[Sarita]

LPT – I don’t think this is available in Canada. It is a credit card but it has some promotional features that can allow you to pay the amount due out over a period of time without a finance charge. For instance this particular charge was a little over $300 and they allow me to pay it off in 18 months w/no finance charge as long as I pay the minimum amount due on time each month. I usually pay it off way before it’s due but I like the freedom of being able to do it for a longer period of time without finance charges just in case.

It can be used for vet, dental, medical as long as that provider takes this card.

[GrumpyBun]

My vet has charged me… (£1 is roughly $1.60)

£21 for an exam
£6 per 100ml Baytril
£16 for a follow up consultation
£37 for a general anaesthetic
£12.50 for an x-ray
£11 for a nail trim
£31 for a urinalysis
£14 for metacam

It was around £45 for a neuter around 18 months ago.

I thought it might be interesting to see the difference between the US and UK.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I’ll have to look into it to see if it’s available here. That would be so handy.

[cainan]

Wow!
My vet charges $73.25/visit! Gotta love Northern NJ. :/

She also has a sliding scale for the molar trim:
132, 165, or 197.25 – depending on how “difficult” the rabbit is (I think that’s what the tech said)

[LoveChaCha]

WOW Grumpybun, the neuter is really cheap!!!!!
I am using a convertor right now lol. I was really curious about the International price differences!

Spaying is more expensive here. I paid 84 GBP for my bunny’s spay Are spays more pricey in England?

[GrumpyBun]

I don’t know how much a spay is to be honest, Brittany, I think it would be more expensive. I believe my vet has a policy of cheap speutering to encourage take-up though. Plus, my buns were only in for 6 hours.

[peppypoo]

I think Peppy’s usual vet charges around $60 for a normal small-mammal exam; however, it usually ends up being about $100 when we take her in due to medications, lab tests, etc. Peppy’s spay cost about $300 (where did you get such a cheap spay Brittany???) and Remi’s neuter cost about $200, though I did go for the optional blood testing/catheter package for both of them, and the speuter prices included medication. When Peppy had a bad bout of diarrhea/GI stasis, a 2-night emergency vet stay ran us $600. And to think…we adopted Peppy for free, lol.

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