too expensive?

[bunnyfriend]

 I’ve been calling around vets in my area and these are the estimates I’ve gotten:

 

-$272.50

-$360 to 440

-$349

These all include check ups and blood work. Is this reasonable?

[Beka27]

This is for a spay I assume?

If so, than it is pretty much on par with what it costs. If she is under 2 years old, blood work is not completely necessary, so that may be able to drop your costs a bit.

Edit:  Just re-read, if that includes the check-up AND blood-work, than those are pretty good prices.  I paid $280 for my bun’s spay 4 years ago, and that was JUST for the surgery.

[bunnyfriend]

Yes, sorry I forgot to include that. Thank you! Every vet I’ve been calling keeps recommending a spay at 4 months.

[bunnyfriend]

Oh I just saw that, that’s great!

[Beka27]

6 months is the “standard” age, altho some vets will do it earlier. If you’re not comfortable doing it at 4 months, you can always elect to wait til 6 months.

[bunnyfriend]

Yeah I’m going to wait for a while, I’m trying right now to just narrow the list down on vets (I’d like to just get my bun a check up right now), I’ve been drilling them all ;P

[FluffyBunny]

$270 seems good to me if it includes a check up, blood work, and the surgery. Just make sure that they’re rabbit savvy before you go there.

[bunnyfriend]

Thanks! Yeah I’ve been asking them questions that the House Rabbit Society says to ask.

[Sarita]

Yes, those are about on par. I would wait as well until 6 months – shelters may spay earlier but it’s due to necessity (getting them adopted) and you have the luxury to wait a bit longer.

[kamdynandsunshinesmom]

Well i have never gotten a female spayed. My friend was going to get her female spayed so I told her I would call around 2 places would do it one charged over $400.00 and said not alot of people paid that much the other place charged $70 so she went with the cheaper one and took the bunny there and found out the bunny turned out to be a boy instead of a girl.

[Monkeybun]

Don’t always go for the cheaper option. Often they don’t include stuff that the higher price does. And often you get what you pay for… which isn’t always what you want

[LBJ10]

My vet is pretty good, even though the receptionist working isn’t all that knowledgeable. They charge $125 to neuter, but if I remember right it is $150 for a spay. The prices you quoted seem a little high to me, even though they include bloodwork and a checkup. But it could have a lot to do with what part of the country you live in too, so that might be completely normal for your area.

[LoveChaCha]

$135 is what I paid. It does depend on the part of the country.

[BinkyBunny]

 $200 – $300 is what I paid (In San Francisco) and that was 10 years ago.  There are lower spay and neuter clinics, and members are right — depending on where you live makes a difference too.  But the MOST important thing is making sure that your vet is rabbit-savvy. Many times the reason that rabbit-savvy may be a bit more expensive is because they have had to get extra training (in exotics) to know how to operate on a rabbit.  You wouldn’t think of a rabbit as being exotic!  But because they are prey animals, their heart rate is higher, and that affects how anethesia is administered. 

Many vets around where a live are well-trained in spaying/neutering rabbits, (including some shelter vets, spay neuter clinics, along with vet clinics) so the price can really vary quite a bit just  around the San Francisco Bay area. 

The best thing is to find someone that answers all your questions correctly and with someone you feel you can trust.  And if you don’t have alot of choices then spend the $$ with someone you can trust. 

[Zap]

For my bun it was about $300 with a rabbit-savvy vet and bloodwork. It also included the price of pain medince and Critical Care formula. That’s in Pennsylvania. If the price sounds high, it might just be that way in your area, as some others have stated. Most places give you a run-down of “estimated cost” which lists what each things costs and how it adds up to $300. You can also go online and research the vet once you’ve got a name

[bunnyfriend]

Thank you so much everyone! This has been really helpful with something I didn’t know much about (: I think I found a good vet (wasn’t to happy with my old one) costs a little more than the others but I feel more comfortable taking Wilbur to this one. The person I talked to walked me through the whole process and patiently answered all my questions.

[Beka27]

If you’re curious, ask them to mail or email you a breakdown of what is included in the price. That should tell you what they charge for the preliminary exam, the actual surgery, the anesthesia, the blood work, and the post-spay pain meds. The price might sound high, but when you break it down, it’s pretty normal.

[cactuspancake]

Boston MSPCA Angell I paid prolly about $160 for my initial checkup of Franz, then $309 for the neuter, not including bloodwork. I think my vet is on the upper extreme of expensive though.

[cactuspancake]

Oh also my vet used Franz’s own tissue from the neuter to tie off the tubes inside and cotterized with bioglue to close it up, so it was a more expensive procedure but no foreign stitches in his body.

[peppypoo]

Ahh, how nice it would be to have a $160 spay! All of mine in the area are in the $200-$300 range too…that’s how much it cost for Peppy as well.

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