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Cryptorchidectomy & what did you pay?

silverrabbit

Mama Doe
Baloo (formally Blue) is the bunny who I took in from the people who kept him with a female continuously :evil: Anyway, he went for his castration on Wednesday and I was expecting things to be straightforward. He is almost impossible to handle and bum check so I didn't check too closely before taking him down.

Had a phonecall from the vet to say he was under GA but they could only locate 1 testicle and his left side didn't have a developed scrotum, and that they would need to do a more complicated op to locate the missing testicle. He said the cost would be more and a normal castrate is £57/ spay £62 so I was perhaps expecting £200ish. Nope, the bill was £460 :cry: :? only had him 2 weeks at that point :roll:

Is this normal or is the price above average? My vet nurse friend was shocked but then she's in Scotland and i'm in London so prices are prob a bit different anyway.

Poor Baloo :( luckily he's recovering well now, but had to syringe feed him up until last night
 
I've had two cryptorchid dogs and neither cost that much to castrate - that's extortionate :censored:

Yeah, I thought it was a bit mad.. :evil: I think when i'm a bit more settled after all my recent issues I will write a letter to head office. Will call around some local vets and see what they charge to back myself up a bit
 
Medivet are extremely expensive. I paid nearly £1000 for my bunny Daisy to have abscesses drained and teeth burred, it was a very touch and go op as the abscess was in her cheek and sadly i lost her two weeks later.
 
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