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blocked cat--- how much does your vet charge for this?
My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to
the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? |
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On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:49:01 -0400, "animzmirot"
wrote: My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? You mean urinary tract blockage? I paid $800 in today's money, in Toronto at the time it happened. |
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 03:51:48 GMT, John Ross Mc Master
wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:49:01 -0400, "animzmirot" wrote: My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? You mean urinary tract blockage? I paid $800 in today's money, in Toronto at the time it happened. I don't care how many years the vet went to school and how much his new offices cost him it is totally unfair to ask a person to pay nearly $2000 to operate on a cat. The surgeons time and someone to assist and two nites in the hospital. It seems unfair to ask a person to make that decision we all like to say that we will not put a price tag on our pets life......maybe the vet could do an unusually high dollar treatment for cost or something....... I'm sorry I know its not fair to blame the vet but these kind of things hit home very hard for me.....my Golden Retriever who was my saviour when I had a terrible accident at work that has disabled me he always did stay pretty close to me but once I was hurt that dog never left my side......I would let him outside to do his thing and he would eat and maybe take a walk around the house making sure everything was in order but then it was right back to my feet....... Blaze was 12 years old.......I won't get into the lengthy explanation of his problem but what I faced was surgery between $4000 and $6000 and a fifty percent chance of living through surgery......then another fifty percent chance that he would live a near normal life without pain......I was on limited income and sure to be badly in need of my retirement investments......I was only 50 at the time .....how can a vet ask someone to make that kind of decision.....??....I asked the vet if he would take half down and $100 dollars a month in payments and he informed me that he wasn't a bank..... I put Blaze to sleep......I had two boys in college I still planned on having 15 years of work and 401k deposits to give me a comfortable retirement......I still sometimes think that I am very wrong on making that decision......if it was me alone I would have done it in a heartbeat and eat oatmeal the rest of my life if I had to. Sorry for the rant but when I see these stories about large medical expenses for pets it all comes rushing back to me....I later called some of the animal insurance companies to see if they would have covered the expense and the answer was no....three of the four said that the animal had to have a reasonable prognosis of complete recovery without defining reasonable .......pretty giant loophole I would say....... I hope no one has to ever has to make a similar decision and I can tell you one thing its a lot easier to say what you would do right now than when its staring you in the face..... Brad LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL-PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING... " HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!" |
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"animzmirot" wrote in message ... My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? A few months ago, my cat had blockage and ended up with a ruptured bladder. For anesthesia, cath, antibiotics, surgery, and 3 days at the vet, it cost me around $500. |
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"Brad" wrote in message ... On Thu, 12 May 2005 03:51:48 GMT, John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:49:01 -0400, "animzmirot" wrote: My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? You mean urinary tract blockage? I paid $800 in today's money, in Toronto at the time it happened. I don't care how many years the vet went to school and how much his new offices cost him it is totally unfair to ask a person to pay nearly $2000 to operate on a cat. The surgeons time and someone to assist and two nites in the hospital. It seems unfair to ask a person to make that decision we all like to say that we will not put a price tag on our pets life......maybe the vet could do an unusually high dollar treatment for cost or something....... I'm sorry I know its not fair to blame the vet but these kind of things hit home very hard for me snip Brad Yes, it is absolutely fair to "blame the vet" for this type of price. It is outrageous under any circumstances. Pure greed. MaryL |
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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message nk.net... In article , Karen wrote: My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? You mean urinary tract blockage? I paid $800 in today's money, in Toronto at the time it happened. I missed the original post, so I'm piggybacking. Hodge's overnight stay at the emergency hospital for a fever, which included antibiotics delivered through a catheter, a series of X-rays, and I'm sure probably blood tests (I don't remember what all but I'm reasonably sure they did blood tests), etc., was between $500 and $600. There's also a premium in there somewhere for it being an emergency, i.e., it's the only emergency hospital I know of in Chicago, so they have to charge to stay open 24/7 since obviously volume is limited. Given how much neutering under anesthesia costs, I can't imagine that it would cost another $650 - $1,000 for unblocking and an extra night! So, yes, it seems high to me. -- http://www.slywy.com/ One of my fosters had trouble with labor and delivery. We ended up taking her to the emergency vet on a Sunday afternoon. They did x-rays, IV, tried inducing her, c-section and a spay, antibiotics and an overnight stay (we picked her up Monday night) and it cost us $1500. That was with a 25% discount because we are a rescue group. The kittens all died or the bill probably would have been even higher. W |
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"Shannon" wrote in message ... "animzmirot" wrote in message ... My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? A few months ago, my cat had blockage and ended up with a ruptured bladder. For anesthesia, cath, antibiotics, surgery, and 3 days at the vet, it cost me around $500. That was your regular vet who did the work? Take them to the emergency vet and you might as well turn over your children's inheritance. W |
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"Wendy" wrote in message ... "Shannon" wrote in message ... "animzmirot" wrote in message ... My 8 year old male cat was blocked when I woke up this morning. A trip to the emergency vet later, we got an estimate of between $1250 and $1650 to unblock him (with anesthesia), catheterize him, 2 overnights in the hospital, antibiotics, and an analysis of his urine to determine what kind of blockage it was. That seems to be VERY high but then again, it's our kitty, so I forked over a $600 deposit to get things started. What would your vet charge for similar circumstances and where do you live? A few months ago, my cat had blockage and ended up with a ruptured bladder. For anesthesia, cath, antibiotics, surgery, and 3 days at the vet, it cost me around $500. That was your regular vet who did the work? Take them to the emergency vet and you might as well turn over your children's inheritance. W Yep, regular vet. It's the only vet we have that's on call 24 hours and I had to take Tuffy in at 4 a.m. Shan |
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