Molly the Mutt ...
... was at the vets again today. You see programmes like The Yorkshire Vet when they remove various lumps & bumps from pets from ranging from hamsters to horses. They never say how much these operations cost though. Molly has just had a 'warty thing' removed from her cheek ...... £££££ ker ching. That'll be almost £1200 please!
I think she must still be a bit groggy due to the anaesthetic .... she doesn't know what to do with herself. 😢
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I'm sure she’s worth every penny. No doubt she'll be her old self very soon.👍🏻
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You did right by her ED👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻. One of mine found a peach stone, no one knew. She stopped eating we took her to the vets. . .£3,200+ later she’s still a greedy beggar who needs watching but we love her & would pay the same again if needed, admitted I’d grumble about it a darn sight more😂😂. Both you & I know they’re way more than pets they’re family. I’m proud to say I took lots of calls from family near & far asking after her until she got home. They affect us that way👍🏻
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You can't put a price on these things ED. The alternative just doesn't come into it.
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Yes some of those TV ops must be extremely eye watering. No wonder pet insurance is so expensive. However it does give us a good insight into how lucky we are to have an NHS system that is free at the point of delivery. I was very poorly in Singapore, treatment was fantastic - once they had my credit card, an insurance policy number was not sufficient! All this going on whilst I'm making a horrible mess on their floor 🤢🥵🥶🤮.
Anyway I expect Molly the mutt will repay your empty wallet with something far more precious, love devotion and gratitude. May she have a speedy recovery.
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a couple of years ago our pooch swallowed a very large fishing hook and i mean large, that was fortunately embedded in half a mackrel so going down no damage done, we cut the line, not the fishermans fault he was just baiting his hooks and of course the smell of fresh mackrel was just too much, we rushed him to vets, emergency op to cut him open including stomach and remove the hook, stitch up antibiotics etc £1500, i did ask the vet what would happen if we did not have insurance and could not pay, nice Eastern Eu lady vet said they would just have to put him down
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You learn to just grin and bear it ED, no matter the cost. Kind regards to Molly for a swift recovery.
We will be on a mission with our next dog, to find a vet not part of a group. The independent vets are a lot cheaper than those who are part of a big franchise. Eye ointment from our vets, £90 a tube please. Same Eye ointment from online vets? £30, thank you. Including postage🤷♀️0 -
It's only money .... 😯 I had it, so we don't need to live on Beanz on toast.
re independent vets. You're right, our vet retired the other year & a corporate group took it over, we changed to AN Other vet that had two practices but it seemed they spread themselves a bit to far ... we're now at another corporate group! 🤔
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Fingers crossed for Molly, ED, hopefully back to her old self sooner rather than later.
Interesting to read the comments about group vets; ours have gone through two changes over the past few years and are now part of a corporate group. Two things we notice are the fees shooting up and repeated email reminders when boosters are due (Lady next week when we get home.)
Last time we took Ralph they gave us an itemised invoice which included the total cumulative amount we'd spent with them over the years - think we could have paid the same for an all singing, all dancing MH! (But I know which we would have got most pleasure on!
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It’s becoming a bit of a money racket though. Our vets are now part of a huge group, specialising mainly in small animals, ie where the emotive money is. They supply their own brand medicines (which are formulas in corporate packaging), and even do Insurance cover. So you take out the insurance, you pay the higher than usual vet fees, and get supplied with over priced products. A win-win for the franchise. These franchises aren’t as interested in small town practices, or where the work involves a lot of large animal work, there isn’t enough in it for them. (I am quoting a lovely independent vet who looked after our dog in deepest Wales here).
We are currently using two vets for our Lab, our local, and a specialist looking after his eye problems, around 8 miles away. We now get the specialist practice to do the “routine” blood tests, as it usually comes in around £150 cheaper than our local vets.
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lol hope you get a discount, ps your dogs look lovely red setters ?
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