Do you agree that veterinarian fees are getting out of hand?
I used to take my kitty to an old country veterinarian. He’d just listened to the lungs, heart and palpate the abdomen. Everything okay – $30. Now that he’s retired, I’ve started going to this new clinic with young vets. Take kitty in, wait 2 hours in reception area, taken in to exam room. Wait another hour. Vet comes in. Weights kitty, listens to heart and lungs, palpates abdomen, checks ears, checks for flea dirt, looks in mouth and under tail, takes rectal swab to check for parasites and draws blood for more tests. Now kitty, who seems perfectly healthy to I’m told needs: flea repellent, antibiotic solution for scratch on ear, some kind of medicine to put in ears for infection/mites, medicine for intestinal parasites, vaccinations for rabies, leukemia, distemper and feline enteritis. Gets teeth cleaned and claws trimmed. Bill now over $200. Is this the norm now or am I getting soaked by over-excessive and unnecessary tests and treatments?
It’s the norm and no, you’re not getting “soaked”.
Do you realize that vets go to vet school just like human docs go to medical school? This is a specialized, professional field, not unskilled labor. Do you realize that it’s harder to get into vet school than it is to get into medical school?
Try going to a human doctor and get the similar amount of work done on your yourself that you just had mentioned in your question. I guarantee you it will be way more than $200: I just went to the doc for a basic exam plus blood drawn for 2 different tests and the bill was nearly $500 to my insurance company.
This person is dealing with your cat’s health – this should be a serious, important matter for you. You do realize that in life, you get what you pay for and the cheap always because expensive?
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