jes. cost me $700 for 4 stiches in the left rear fore arm of my cat.
Dont know how she got hurt. cut was down to the bone. very little blood maybe 2 tablespoons in all. she wasnt in any appearant pain or anything.
They quote me a low and high price and as I suspected came right smack in the middle.
yeah I know they have to make a living and have expenses and all but for 4 stiches and 3 hours i think this was a lot or bread.
I have to be thankful though that they rushed her right in and didnt leave her waiting around.
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My dad showed me what to do in a case like this. We had a dog hit by a car and split the dogs back leg open. Of course as kids we wanted him to go to the vet. Dad told us to give it a few days. Like he told us. They will clean it up themselves and it will be fine. It was. I have a lot of animals and do take them to the vet if the are sick but have never lost one because of an injury like that.. I think people go to the vet to easy. Vets love it.
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Yeah, but what can you do. I must have spent 5 times that last year. I like my pets and critters in general, a heck of a lot more than most people on this planet. My wife and I just adopted a cat that was abused and had a rough, rough life after being abandoned by people who moved. This cat is one of the most loving and happy animals I have ever meet. I am glad we brought her into our family, no matter the vet bill.
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1969 Sports Roof (SAG = Sports Appearance Group) 1 of 5k+
1966 Ranchero Deluxe 1 of only 10k made.
"what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." MOVIE: Billy Madison
I love our dogs, but it would come to a 22LR before I would pay $700 for anything animal related.
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My wife and I and our kids love animals even ones that aren't our pets. A couple years ago a bird flew into our glass door. We put it in a shoe box with a hand towel and my wife drove across town to the animal shelter. The bird survived. We paid the costs, not the taxpayers!
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Starting fluid into a rag, across nose of cat. Count to 5, take out sewing kit and get busy.
Same trick works if you haven't been dating for a while either.....
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Starting fluid into a rag, across nose of cat. Count to 5, take out sewing kit and get busy.
Same trick works if you haven't been dating for a while either.....
You just scared me. By any chance have you ever known or consorted with Casey Anthony. BAD JOKE.
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1969 Sports Roof (SAG = Sports Appearance Group) 1 of 5k+
1966 Ranchero Deluxe 1 of only 10k made.
"what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." MOVIE: Billy Madison
I've got one on my desk right now for over $1200 when the kid's cat
got hit by a car a few weeks back. Hospital stay for 4 days, wired jaw,
antibiotics, etc.
I think the OP's bill is really high though.....
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All of our animals have a different pot of dollars. My wife sent me to the vet with a cat I hate. They started talking about certain food to feed him and bring them back onnce a month to get hydrated. I had the cat put down. I had a ferret I liked so much I held her when she died. That ferret followed me everywhere. When I would sit down she would get next to me and curl up. She had a big pot of dollars.
It was three hours b/c of the anisthesia had to wear off. prob whole job was 8 minutes.
well maybe we did over react. I do bet youre right that she'd healed herself but animals are real good at hiding pain and although the thought did cross my mind I could not leave her to chance.
there was one guy there raising hell b/c he had to wait. he was already there for an hour waiting for a check up. when they rushied me in me in b4 him he has a *hit fit. I felt like busting him one in the nose for running his mouth like that.
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1993 GT 11,000 miles, Built 2-12-93 Auto, 3:27 Axle, cloth, sunroof. Untouched except for rubber and battery, Purchased new 8-3-93. still has the factory windshield fluid and new car smell.
Blues power.
Yet another reason why people suck, and animals deserve our admiration.
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1969 Sports Roof (SAG = Sports Appearance Group) 1 of 5k+
1966 Ranchero Deluxe 1 of only 10k made.
"what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul." MOVIE: Billy Madison
three hours to do 4 stitches is ridiculous...
My friend just had a brutal knee surgery to fix torn stuff in his knee, and it took like 1 1/2 hours....
so how does 4 stitches take 3 hours for a cat?
and I agree that pricing is waaaaay over priced...
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Our Yorkie got mangled by a pit bull, crushed his skull, lost a couple of teeth and some broken ribs. While I was at the vets office I was thinking I'd go as high as $1000. The vet said it was best to leave his skull heal naturally...shocked me I figured he would suggest putting him down. He kept him for 2 and a half days and charged me $275, go figure. The Pitbull didn't fare off as well, "That's all I got to say about that!"
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Vet bills are out of hand IMO
