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The Cost of Vet Care - Add Your Responses

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Schtoffen

Mama Doe
Dear Guys,

I've had an idea for an on-going thread. I did try and have a look to see if such a thread already exists, but I can't make the search function work, so admin please delete this if the thread already exists!

What I thought we could do is, every time your rabbit goes to the vets we post the cost of the treatment and what was given, and what part of the country we are in.

Not to be a definitive guide to bunny parents (because prices obviously vary throughout the country) or anything but just to give a guide to people wanting to put money aside for emergency care, or to prepare people for what a particular procedure might cost.

I'll start:

Emergency Vet Consultation: £150
Gut Stimulant, fluids and 1 x tube Fibroplex: £30

Normal daytime consultation: £30
10ml Batrill: £14

Both were November/December 2012 in Poole

Hope this is useful!
 
rabbit care for one day, one gut stimulus injection and two painkillers - £93, november. doesn't seem too bad, actually.
 
Nails clipped(If it counts!) in South Dakota: $10 in September. I have to get them clipped again this month. I have really never had problems with Blacky so no Vet bills! As for checkups my Vet does them for free cause I can not afford them. So that's nice. Vet checkup: $0 in December.
 
Why not just take out insurance and have no worries? £8.90 per month, £50 excess payable to vet, and then vet claims direct and so nothing else needed to be paid by myself.
 
RogerRabbit999 said:
Why not just take out insurance and have no worries? £8.90 per month, £50 excess payable to vet, and then vet claims direct and so nothing else needed to be paid by myself.
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Obviously that's a sensible idea but the fact remains that not all of us have insurance when our bunny is taken ill (I don't) and are therefore dealing with costs. Hopefully this thread will help those out who are in this situation.
 
RogerRabbit999 said:
Why not just take out insurance and have no worries? £8.90 per month, £50 excess payable to vet, and then vet claims direct and so nothing else needed to be paid by myself.
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Not everyone can get their insurance bill down to that either. I certainly won't be insuring and over the past 4 years of bunny ownership have saved hundreds of pounds that way. I know some people do insure and it saves them money, and some don't insure and it saves them money. But I like the idea of this thread so non-insured people can see what prices they could potentially pay.

So, £33 for a combined vaccination in South East England. This entitles me to a money-off voucher for a 6-month health check too :)
 
RogerRabbit999 said:
Why not just take out insurance and have no worries? £8.90 per month, £50 excess payable to vet, and then vet claims direct and so nothing else needed to be paid by myself.
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It's not always that simple though. I don't think there is any insurer that will start insurance on a 5+ year old rabbit, so it might not be an option for some.

I too have my rabbits insured and insurance started at about £100 per rabbit (Pet Plan) and £78 with P@H. Insurance premiums have increased dramatically in the last three years and I now have one five year old rabbit with an annual premium of £148 with a £90 excess. I have ten rabbits insured so that's quite a chunk of money as they age (which hopefully they will!). Some insurers also on renewal tell you that you will have to pay 20% of the bill as your rabbit is now over X years old. Insurance is not the be all and end all and you have to know that there will still be bills to pay as the terms and conditions keep changing - sometimes in ways you weren't aware of when taking out the policies and with hindsight may have joined the "put money aside brigade" instead. I have to pay my vet bills at the time and claim it back, I think this will be something that will be expected more and more as time goes on.

I still very much believe in having insurance but there's no harm in weighing up the costs to make an informed decision.

Re costs:
Esme, stasis episode in May 2012: OOH admission (2.00 am) c £200, followed by five days treatment including x-rays, blood tests etc totalled £550. She's had two more since so another £300 this year for her alone.

Artie: Kidney stone removal (July 2011) c £800; Kidney removal (August 2011) c £600. (These costs include all consultation and inpatient care charges, not just the surgery itself).

Elijah: Admission and care for stasis episode which culminated in surgery for a blockage ... loads of x-rays, OOH admission, 24 hours monitoring before surgery, put on a drip after sugery: £900.

The above are my biggest bills. Stasis episodes have frequently run up bills of £200.
 
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Dentals for 2 rabbits - One for burring at £50 and the other burring and tooth removal at £70. (Including medication)

Medication (Baytril and Metacam) - £100.

Tear duct flushes x 3 - £120.

Vaccinations - 2 singles at £14.50 each for 2 rabbits so £58, 2 combination vacs for 2 rabbits at £19.50 each so £39.

Approx 8 check ups - £20.50 each time.
 
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Bunny Buddy said:
It's not always that simple though. I don't think there is any insurer that will start insurance on a 5+ year old rabbit, so it might not be an option for some.

I too have my rabbits insured and insurance started at about £100 per rabbit (Pet Plan) and £78 with P@H. Insurance premiums have increased dramatically in the last three years and I now have one five year old rabbit with an annual premium of £148 with a £90 excess. I have ten rabbits insured so that's quite a chunk of money as they age (which hopefully they will!). Some insurers also on renewal tell you that you will have to pay 20% of the bill as your rabbit is now over X years old. Insurance is not the be all and end all and you have to know that there will still be bills to pay as the terms and conditions keep changing - sometimes in ways you weren't aware of when taking out the policies and with hindsight may have joined the "put money aside brigade" instead. I have to pay my vet bills at the time and claim it back, I think this will be something that will be expected more and more as time goes on.

I still very much believe in having insurance but there's no harm in weighing up the costs to make an informed decision.

Re costs:
Esme, stasis episode in May 2012: OOH admission (2.00 am) c £200, followed by five days treatment including x-rays, blood tests etc totalled £550. She's had two more since so another £300 this year for her alone.

Artie: Kidney stone removal (July 2011) c £800; Kidney removal (August 2011) c £600. (These costs include all consultation and inpatient care charges, not just the surgery itself).

Elijah: Admission and care for stasis episode which culminated in surgery for a blockage ... loads of x-rays, OOH admission, 24 hours monitoring before surgery, put on a drip after sugery: £900.

The above are my biggest bills. Stasis episodes have frequently run up bills of £200.
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Yes my bun is 8 or 9 years old.
 
Clifornia, San Francisco/Bay Area:

Exam: $66
X-ray: $110
Metacam: $34
Nails trim and butt cut: free

Total: $210

Diagnosis and treatment plan to keep my girl hoppy: priceless!

December 2012
 
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I think it might be better to ask your vet for a quote as price will vary from vet to vet depending upon the qualifications and experience of staff, equipment they have etc. A budget vet who has no qualified vet nurses, very little equipment and newly qualified vets is going to be cheaper than a vets who has experienced registered vet nurses, experienced vets and lots of equipment.
 
Staten Island ny

Nail trim -$25
Vet visit ( just to walk through the door) - $95
Gi stasis - $485 Medcam, fluids, overnight visit other meds to get the gut moving
Ear drops -$35
 
I can't add for anything recently as luckily Daisys stasis was under insurance.
But in July Poppy had impaction. Twice within a month. This is the break down
Consultation - £19.80
Hospitalisaztion - £23.96
IV Fluids - £87.73
Bloods - £57.76
Glucose test - £6.60
2 Xrays - £111.80
Meds - £47.79

1st stay - £355.44

Consultation - £19.80
Hospitalisation - £23.96
IV fluids - £90.45
Meds - £13.98

Second stay - £148.19

Altogether £503.63

The second time the meds were cheaper as I work at a vets (not bunny savvy though) so I was able to buy them cheaper where I work with my discount and the specialist vets agreed to use them for me to save me a few £'s which was good of them.

This was Norfolk UK
 
Luckily I thought ahead and got insurance before Barney had ever been ill, so in theory I only pay £50 per condition per year. But I generally have to pay the bill first and then claim back, which is a pain and doesn't always lead to getting all the money back. And dentals aren't really included.

Most recent vet bill:
Repeat Consultation: £27.26
Emeprid Oral suspension (metaclopramide, it's a gut stimulant) 125ml: £28.62
Bisolvon sachets 5g, 4 : £13.10

I have to take him in for a consultation every 2-4 weeks as his problems are ongoing. The Emeprid lasts about a month. I buy more bisolvon every 1-2 months. So the costs sure do add up! He is also on probiotics daily- I buy Protexin Profibre pellets online for £9.50. So it costs roughly £70-100 a month, depending on the month, to keep him going.

Vaccinations are £46.97 and normal consultations are £33.12.

To get the gut problem actually diagnosed was £665.06 this was back in September and done all in one day. They also flushed his tear ducts to check they weren't blocked.
This was broken down into:
hospital veterinary re-examination of in-patient: £31.40
Blood sample fee: £15.07
Ultrasound abdomen 20-40 mins- £201.00
Xray (first plate): £94.22
General Anesthetic for rabbit: £82.92
Dental whilst under GA: £103.51
Eye flush tear ducts: £38.82
Vetivex 100ml mini bag: £2.59
Vetergesic Amps: £12.56
Greenlab rabbit profile £62.05
and 100ml Emeprid to take home: £20.92


Location is West Sussex.
Only been in the area since the summer so the vet fees before were in Aberystywth (West Wales), where off the top of my head it was £7 for a repeat consult, and about £60 for a dental (meds and GA included) and about £25 for an xray if already under GA.
 
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