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Well, I want to take Dandie in to the vet to make sure there is nothing wrong with his ear/head. (it was tilting for a few days but the tilting disapeared) I was just wondering, does anyone have any idea of how much it will cost for the check up? Even just an estimate? And does anyone know around how much ear drops for an infection would cost? Just a general estimate? I just don't want to be totally surprised by the bill...:?I hope this isn't in the wrong section?
 
Nope it's a fine section. The vetI took Pepsi, it was around $25 for a check up. Not much, and it's in Canadian $$ so where you are would be much less.
 
You might want to phone around too. My vet knew rabbits, but not as rabbit savvy as I would have liked. He dealt mostly with cats and dogs but knew quite a bit about rabbits so it was fine. Especially if you find a vet that deals with exotics, it might cost a bit more. But it wouldn't be more then $50 for sure. If it is, I would look around some more because that's a rip off price.
 
My vet is an exotic vet, and all their vets are VERY rabbit savvy - it costs me $75 Canadianfor a check up. :shock: It seems high, but I know I am paying for the quality. Call ahead if you are worried about the cost - it can get up there.

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Nadia
 
i actually took cairo yesterday and for a check up and it was $45.90, but then they did a fecal so it went up $20 :shock:which i didn't have so they're letting me pay off the 13 dollars i owe. as long as you have half then it's fine, you can pay off the rest (where i went to atleast)
 
Our vet charges$40 for an office visit. Tests, procedures, medications, etc.....are all extra.

I wish there was a heath plan that accepted rabbits.

The last timeone needed antibiotics ........I paid $125 for liquid Baytril. OUCH!!

~Jim
 
JimD wrote:
Our vet charges$40 for an office visit. Tests, procedures, medications, etc.....are all extra.

I wish there was a heath plan that accepted rabbits.

The last timeone needed antibiotics ........I paid $125 for liquid Baytril. OUCH!!

~Jim
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Ilovemyvet Ilovemyvet Ilovemyvet!


He's an exotic specialist who is good with rabbits. Apparently the Milwaukee shelter referrs rabbits to him when their owners can't afford the pricey big city vets. An office visit is only $15, plus procedures, medications, etc. Price examples:
Spay with blood test: ~$130
Tank's abscess lance and liquid Baytril: about $35
Mocha's xray and Benebac for GI stasis: $100

Now my emergency vet, just walking in cost nearly $100!
 
My vet's normal office fee is $35, nail clippings are $10. Surprisingly, the emergency vet that we visited on Sunday was only $40. I was expecting to pay over $100!
 
Luckily the only vet within a 30 minute radius that will even look at a rabbit happens to be within walking distance. Not only that, she's always on call for emergencies as well and owns her own rabbits. The icing on the cake is her prices are VERY reasonable. A neuter for $79 and she would have done Zoey for $120 but she admitted she was not comfortable doing spays.

A vet check up with her is about $35 which is very reasonable for this area.
 
naturestee wrote:
JimD wrote:
Our vet charges$40 for an office visit. Tests, procedures, medications, etc.....are all extra.

I wish there was a heath plan that accepted rabbits.

The last timeone needed antibiotics ........I paid $125 for liquid Baytril. OUCH!!

~Jim
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Ilovemyvet Ilovemyvet Ilovemyvet!


He's an exotic specialist who is good with rabbits. Apparently the Milwaukee shelter referrs rabbits to him when their owners can't afford the pricey big city vets. An office visit is only $15, plus procedures, medications, etc. Price examples:
Spay with blood test: ~$130
Tank's abscess lance and liquid Baytril: about $35
Mocha's xray and Benebac for GI stasis: $100

Now my emergency vet, just walking in cost nearly $100!
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I keep begging my vet to go into private practice.
She works for Banfield and doesn't have a say in a lot of the billing. For instance, I took Binkie in for the wound she chewed in her dewlap and the vet looked it over and suggested just using an e-collar & neosporinuntil it healed. I had brought along the e-collar that the vet put on her after the surgery to remove an abcess from her dewlap. It still cost me $40 for the office visit!! All she did was look at it, put the collar on, and advise us that we may need a second opinion if Binkie continues this behavior. She wouldn't have charged me anything if it were up to her.

But, ilovemyvettoo,ilovemyvettoo,etc.

And the emergency facility is a whole nuther story....$150 to walk in the door.
 
I'm glad we don't have Banfield then. My vet doesn't charge anything for rechecks, even Fey's recheck and minor procedure for her wounds which were initially treated by an emergency vet an hour away.

Of course, it's a booming small practice (two regular vets and one dedicated surgeon). I don't think they've ever had a slow day, so they can afford not to charge for small stuff like Fey's recheck and and sterilizing one scalpel.
 
naturestee wrote:
I'm glad we don't have Banfield then. My vet doesn't charge anything for rechecks, even Fey's recheck and minor procedure for her wounds which were initially treated by an emergency vet an hour away.

Of course, it's a booming small practice (two regular vets and one dedicated surgeon). I don't think they've ever had a slow day, so they can afford not to charge for small stuff like Fey's recheck and and sterilizing one scalpel.
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I probably should have given a bit more detail about that last visit to Banfield.
Binkie had actualy recovered completely from her surgery and all of the followup visits were free...including when they had to restitch her after she pulled them all out.

We're not exactly sure why Binkie decided to chew a hole in the front of her dewlap. The surgery site was on the side and was not in the same place that she chewed on. The vet thinks it may be an issue of self-mutilation/obsessive grooming . Maybe some bunny-prozac would help her.:disgust:

~Jim
 
I know people who give their cats Prozac :lookaround

Or maybe some bunny yoga would do the trick :biggrin
 
I pay $60 for the visit with some tests and allmedication extra. However when Chloe was sick she needed injectionsever 2 days for 2 weeks. That would have added up to $420 for thevisits and $140 for the meds. He charged me for one visit and one shot,so it was only $80. My vet dose a tone of charity work and is a greatman.
 
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