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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Mark on May 15, 2007, 12:06:45 PM

Title: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Mark on May 15, 2007, 12:06:45 PM
I took Kylie for her 6-monthly today.

She had her weight checked (from 7.05kg 6 months ago - 6.90 today  ;D ) , heart & teeth checked. Milbemax tab,  4 free pouches of RC obesity wet food, vert asked about clapton and gave me a free syringe to try to get more fluid down him (he suggested adding glucose or sugar to get more cals)

The bill?

£5.41

(I still have some stronghold left as I had 6 month supplies for all 3 but sometimes leave it 5 or 6 weeks)
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) on May 15, 2007, 12:10:34 PM
mark thats fab  ;D ;D
 i wish my vet bill yesterday was like that  :rofl:
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Team Svartalfheims on May 15, 2007, 12:13:10 PM
Wow that's amazing! I get charged up to £25 just for their 6 monthly check ups!

That's fab the vet gave you some free pouches and things.
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Mark on May 15, 2007, 12:14:01 PM
Makes a change - I've spent about £700 in the last year
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Mark on May 15, 2007, 12:16:07 PM
Wow that's amazing! I get charged up to £25 just for their 6 monthly check ups!

That's fab the vet gave you some free pouches and things.

I didn't get any stronghold so that is why it was so cheap. I expected him to charge me for the consultation though (I thought he was going to charge me for the syringe and obesity food too!  :evillaugh: )
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on May 15, 2007, 13:26:51 PM
i had a good visit last week too, only cost £4.38 for 2 cats to be checked over, and that was just the cost of hte wormer. Yesterdays visit was just over £18 though, and last years bill was over £1200, this years total is about £300 so far. Good that he gave you the obesity food free, syringes normally are free, I tend to get about 6 in a go!!
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: JackSpratt on May 15, 2007, 13:36:09 PM
Syringes are free but not needles, right? Humph! :tired: Glad your trip to the vet didn't prove too costly, Mark. :)
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) on May 15, 2007, 13:51:00 PM
i was pretty lucky yesterday as my vet only charged me for 3 consultations and not 7
 :evillaugh:
but the bill was still pretty big  :(
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Mark on May 15, 2007, 14:39:31 PM
I meant to ask you Lisa,

How do you get 7 cats to the vet in one go?
I only take 2 max at a time
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) on May 15, 2007, 16:16:10 PM
I meant to ask you Lisa,

How do you get 7 cats to the vet in one go?
I only take 2 max at a time

i had 3 appointments
took
2
then
2
then
3

lol the whole thing was a nightmare
its no wonder i have grey hairs coming through  :rofl:
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: tammy on May 15, 2007, 16:32:15 PM
ok so its not just me with vet bills then!! In 8 months Ive spent close to £1500 on one cat!!
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on May 15, 2007, 17:50:15 PM
That is cheap!  I rarely go for little things like that or follow up appts so usually end up paying full consultation fee.  Although tbh I've not been that many times other than annual vaccinations/health check (for the first 8 years I had Jaffa and Mosi that's about all I went for) so consultation fee included.  I did pay out nearly £2000 for one visit with Magpie though!
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Mark on May 15, 2007, 18:50:52 PM
Last year was expensive as I had lapsed with appts so they all had to have a "catch up" with 3 lots of stronghold, it cost about £250 for the 3 of them.
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: tammy on May 15, 2007, 21:29:25 PM
susanne-you and me both!!! maybe we can go and see the bank manager together for moral support!!!!!  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Cheapest vet trip ever
Post by: Hippykitty on May 16, 2007, 12:18:56 PM
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How do you get 7 cats to the vet in one go?

Three in the front, four in the back!

Sorry, couldn't resist!  :rofl: