Colin L
High-tech low-life
First time Ive heard of that "breed". In the old days those dogs, like Labradoodles, used to be call mongrels
Vet Fees
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First time Ive heard of that "breed". In the old days those dogs, like Labradoodles, used to be call mongrels
Barrymagrec
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First time Ive heard of that "breed". In the old days those dogs, like Labradoodles, used to be call mongrels
Mongrels are from the wrong side of the dog blanket.
mikemusic
pfm Member
First time Ive heard of that "breed". In the old days those dogs, like Labradoodles, used to be call mongrels
I never had before we got these 2.
Seems to be a common mix.
Worst of Chihuahua and Jack Russel must result in the dog/s from hell
These only 10% evil
calorgas
Generic middle-aged man
I've signed it too. Having done a bit of googling I'm pretty sure my vet is still independent, fortunately. Still expensive for some treatment but not beyond what I'd expect.
I dumped the pet insurance game years ago and do something similar to what someone else mentioned, which is to squirrel away a small amount into a special account each month to pay for any extra treatment costs. It wouldn't cover a serious operation by any means so I know we're taking a theoretical risk, but it has already covered more expensive things like having his teeth sorted etc. and we still have a few hundred pounds in there. I'd just heard/read too many stories about the behaviour of the insurance companies and figured we'd create our own fund instead.
I dumped the pet insurance game years ago and do something similar to what someone else mentioned, which is to squirrel away a small amount into a special account each month to pay for any extra treatment costs. It wouldn't cover a serious operation by any means so I know we're taking a theoretical risk, but it has already covered more expensive things like having his teeth sorted etc. and we still have a few hundred pounds in there. I'd just heard/read too many stories about the behaviour of the insurance companies and figured we'd create our own fund instead.
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Yes, our Vet used to have a sign up in the Surgery that if you had Tesco Pet Insurance you had to pay their fee and claim directly from Tesco, they were being made to jump through so many hoops it wasn`t worth their time.
Arkless Electronics
Trade: Amp design and repairs.
The fee's described here are criminal!! If my much loved cat gets ill it will be PDSA... I could no more afford those sort of fees than I could afford to go private for my own medical needs....
The fee's relative to the work undertaken seem rather like my charging someone £2000 to repair a NAD 3020....
The fee's relative to the work undertaken seem rather like my charging someone £2000 to repair a NAD 3020....
wow&flutter
pfm Member
I bumped into my old vet last week in Morrisons. I said hi and asked how he and the practice were doing. He’d just retired as the practice had been sold out to some conglomerate. He said it was no longer possible to work the way he was trained or had trained the other staff under the new regime and felt he had to leave.
Sad day as I first met him when he joined the practice around 1980!
Just signed as well
Sad day as I first met him when he joined the practice around 1980!
Just signed as well
Most of the Practices have been bought up by Hedge Funds, hence the exorbitant pricing. I was recently quoted £470 for an x-ray on our puppy,s leg.
Our last Bichon had constant ear infections that specific drops would nip in the bud at the first sign of a problem. No deal without a prescription. Had him at the vets 5 times in two weeks
before a young lassie vet said"Oh your right enough, he has an infection deep in his ear". So four visits and charges , plus time off work to take him. Insurance was costing me £103 a month. £36.50 +vat to tell me what I knew and £28 +vat for a bottle of the drops. Told them to stick their practice where the sun don't shine and bought two bottles of the same drops, £32 delivered to my door from Holland with no prescription needed. No names but I know a retired Vet who sold his maybe nine practices, He has six Aston Martins ( one cost in the region of 6.5 million), two Ferraris and countless other classics. We use a guy who works from a Portacabin and was the only Scotsman ever to win a scholarship to Oxford to study vet. med and is often apologetic about charging us a fraction of what the last robbing b'stards would have.
So I'd say there's making a profit and then there's profiteering ala Old Folks Homes, Nusery's, Dentists to name a few but hey ho it's the Tory way!
Arkless Electronics
Trade: Amp design and repairs.
LOL!! Just nibbling some dry roast nuts left in a large ish bag from nibbles at football and my cat thinks I've got a bag of Dreamies which I'M eating and not giving him any and is going mental! Had to show him the two bags and let him sniff them both to calm him down... YES I gave him a good handful of Dreamies
Frizzy
Liberal anarchist
Several X-rays a long surgery and two nights in recovery later bill was £1500, because I’m poor they allowed me to pay in instalments. All in all considering the horror stories I’ve read here I think my vets were better than ok.
Seems it’s bit pot luck, and hope that your local one is good.
Cats happy healthy and really clumsy, so much so I had vets check eyesight, but no just clumsy.
Post op in surgical romper suit, she is her name, Poppet.
Spraggons Den
pfm Member
Fair enough to blame capitalism or even the period of hyper-capitalism we are now in but to blame the Conservative government specifically seems a bit of a jump…..more like the country’s gone to the dogs after somebody let the cat out of the bag.
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Rats.
Spraggons Den
pfm Member
My rescue kitten shattered her femur (god knows how) raced to localish vet on Saturday morning.
Several X-rays a long surgery and two nights in recovery later bill was £1500, because I’m poor they allowed me to pay in instalments. All in all considering the horror stories I’ve read here I think my vets were better than ok.
Seems it’s bit pot luck, and hope that your local one is good.
Cats happy healthy and really clumsy, so much so I had vets check eyesight, but no just clumsy.
Post op in surgical romper suit, she is her name, Poppet.
We have a £250 limit on how much we would spend at the vets on each of our two animals which by the sounds of it on this thread won’t go far. The cat seems to be aware of this as the last time I thought she needed treatment for a limp she suddenly recovered when I took her to the vet.
lagavullin10y
pfm Member
Siegfried Farnon has always had an avid interest in Bentleys ...
Gingerbeard
Ayup Me Duck
I need to read this thread, but agreed that vet fees are extortionate, but then so is pet insurance so whichever way you cover it, it is still going to cost.
At times, I do begrudge paying such high prices, however, when you have to see a specialist and he stops your boy (a golden retriever in our case - see my avatar) being in excruciating pain due to a strange and rare nerve condition, they are worth every penny. Although, he should probably not park his Maclaren so openly, as it feels a bit like rubbing salt into the wounds!
At times, I do begrudge paying such high prices, however, when you have to see a specialist and he stops your boy (a golden retriever in our case - see my avatar) being in excruciating pain due to a strange and rare nerve condition, they are worth every penny. Although, he should probably not park his Maclaren so openly, as it feels a bit like rubbing salt into the wounds!
If you can't blame the immoral , corrupt, people ( for want of a better word? ) supposedly running the Kingdom, who do you blame?
Spraggons Den
pfm Member
I was just making the point that I dont imagine governments generally have specific policies or a department for the pricing of animal care by vets so it’s a difficult one to pin on Johnson. I am open minded though and I shall look out for one in the party manifestoes at the next election.