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fucking nothing because my mother is a self-employed vet

>>2374777
About $150 for removing two of my 13 year old dog's teeth and cutting out a benign skin growth. Never paid more.

>>2374798
Nice.
>>2374837
Also nice. Vet wanted $600+ to remove a tooth from our old dog who recently passed away a few days ago. We couldn't do it though since shortly after accessing her tooth she found that she had a bad heart murmur and could not be put under to take out the tooth. I have yet to find a vet who charged $300 and under for dental surgery.

>>2374777
$0 because fixing cats is free here. The last time I was at the vet for something other than that was when one of my GF's pets, "needed to go." I never take pets to the vet for any other reason. There's literally no point since I don't own genetically inferior pets and I know how to suture a wound and set bones.

>>2374845
I don't have dental insurance. My only tooth extraction cost me $220. But, they gave me a local only. I can see why it would cost $300+ for an animal that has to go under.

Most expensive visit was a little over $400. Dog had a sand impaction. That included x rays, pumping him full of meds and fluids, etc.

Last time I paid about $280 for a biopsy and some meds.

Usually I spend around $70 because we're usually in for something that requires meds to take home. General appointments are $55.

Mine was just over $1k, but that's what I get for taking him to the vet school. They do great work and the students and vets are awesome, but it's ridiculously over priced.

>>2374893
Forgot to mention that follow-up appointments are usually free, so I don't pay for recurring visits for the same problem.

I also just pay out of pocket. I have a large savings account and have no qualms about spending whatever I can to get to the bottom of a problem. I understand not everyone has that option.

>>2374879
>Live in city
>Vet pays rent, staff to clean office
>Yuppies willing to pay vet $$$ to sedate fluffy and cut her nails and clean her ears
>Emergency canine surgery cost thousands
OR...
>Live in agrarian community
>Veterinarian has office in old barbershop
>Works out of truck
>Makes bank on cattle and horses
>Do dogs cheaply

Pet health insurance for dogs has saved us thousands.Three athletic hounds.
Exotics?
I wouldn't know.

>Most expensive visit(in one visit or needing multiple visits for the same problem)?
Never really had to pay too much for my dog; she's had a few issues but as long as we've had her she's never needed surgery. She's got arthritis though so we'll likely need to buy pain meds for her next time we go to the vet. :/

Cat has easily cost 150+ in a visit due to an infection in her neck and needing to have it sutured.
>where you are from?
Scotland
>Do you pay out of pocket, carecredit or payment plans?
Out of pocket, if I couldn't afford simple vet bills I wouldn't have pets - though if any of my pets needed emergency surgery I'd use a payment plan if necessary.

>>2374945
What insurance? I can never really kind an exact company that has a solid pros and cons. I have yet to not be able to afford a visit but recently I've been trying to build credit just in case. Looking I to Care Credit but with no credit history it's going to take a year or so it seems.

do all my own vaccinations except rabies. costs about $8 year for each dog.
use ivermectin sheep drench for heartworm protection instead of heartguard/vet RX meds. costs probably less than $5/year.
$10/mo for flea drops bought online (12pk of advantage, frontline, etc. works out to about that.)

they aren't required to go for anything except that rabies shot every 3 years. out of the 7 dogs i've had over the past few years, they seldom needed vet care. probably spent 3k overall between them for various emergencies/major things. Divide that up, it is about $450 per dog for "emergencies" throughout each dog's life.

>>2374777
>enter thread eager to discuss land shrimp
>everyone's talking about health care like they're congress

Lame.

>>2375008
no one is stopping you

>>2374988
>sheep drench
What's the dosing table for dogs? The sheep one on the package warns about fatalities in dogs specifically.

>>2375311
Collie types have a sensitivity to ivermectin and it may be fatal to them. I've never had collies or any dog I suspected had any collie (border collie counts, too) in them.

Besides that, if you're using 0.08% ivermectin sheep drench, the dosage is 0.034 cc per 10 pounds.

>>2374987
Pets health iirc.
Doesn't cover regular visits, $500 deductible per animal per year; then they pay 90%.
So far they've covered two acl surgeries which don't come cheap.