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07-06-2007, 06:17 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: california
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| How much do you pay for stool analysis? My vet did the first stool testing a couple weeks ago when Luigi was having a small case of diarrhea, and I found out he had some hookworms. He got some medication for it this week and I turned in a 2nd stool specimen yesterday for them to recheck if he still has the worms (now i'm just waiting for the results). I had to pay $50 for EACH test, even the rechecking one. I'm just wondering if this price range is normal or if I should be outraged haha. How much do you all pay for the tests? (i hope that's not too rude to ask ) I just hope he doesn't have anything else wrong and that the worms are freaking gone, because I don't want to cough up ANOTHER $50 for them to recheck his stool again! Thanks again
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07-06-2007, 06:19 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | that's expensive! my vet charges $12 for the stool sample, but I always have to pay for the visit, so it's never just that |
07-06-2007, 06:20 PM | #3 |
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| $25.00 here.
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07-06-2007, 06:20 PM | #4 |
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| $28.50 (I am in California) It was done during a routine visit for puppy shots
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07-06-2007, 06:21 PM | #5 |
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| I go to two different vets and its 12 at one vet and 15 at the other. If my kids don't need to get seen for anything other than that, I can just drop a stool sample by the vet so he doesn't charge an office visit.
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07-06-2007, 06:24 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: california
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| WHAT THE CRAP? aw, i'm so upset now The vet is REALLY great, but should i just do future stool testing somewhere else? (like Vetco..maybe they're cheaper?) I'm in southern california, i thought maybe that had to do with pricing but i guess not? i can't believe i've dropped 100 bucks already for this crap (literally ) if i do testing somewhere else (although I hope I dont need to do anymore testing for awhile after this whole hookworms thing), do i just bring any records/results from the cheaper place to my vet's office and then they can give meds/take care of whatever problem (if there is one) that they found through my dog's stool? blahhh!!! kasfkljlaksdfd thanks for alerting me though, everyone =) now in the future, maybe i can save money.
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07-06-2007, 06:41 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | That does seem awfully hefty. I know Ozzie's test were half that. I'd have to dig up a bill to be sure, but it seems like it was $14 or $15 before he was admitted and when they checked again when we brought him in for a follow-up it was like $10. |
07-06-2007, 06:42 PM | #8 |
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| I doubt that your vet would accept stool analysis from another vet. What I do is I have one vet that does shots and anything minor like suspected worms since he is very cheap and doesnt charge anything for office visits (Slade got his 3 rounds of puppy shot for less than $100) then I got to another vet for anything more serious (he charges over $100 for each set of shots )
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07-06-2007, 06:49 PM | #9 |
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| I pay $14 for it at my Vet's office. It's called a "floating" sample? Yet I have a friend who is a Vet and she charges $50....she says they send them out to a Lab because the results are more accurate. hmmm...sounds like her clients pay her and the lab.
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07-06-2007, 06:54 PM | #10 |
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| YIKES!!!! Our samples are a flat $18.00 (re-checks, too).
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07-06-2007, 07:07 PM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: california
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| This is exactly why I think my vet's office charges $50. They send my puppy's stool samples to a lab. Maybe that's why I'm paying so much? For the accuracy?
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07-06-2007, 07:10 PM | #12 | |
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I'm definitely going to be calling up different clinics (including Vetco again..where I take my jack russell terrier) and start comparing prices in the next couple days so I can get the best deals! Thanks again for the wake up call
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07-06-2007, 07:19 PM | #13 | |
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The Vet School was over $100 EACH pup.... but I will do whatever it takes to get this over with.... 4 with the runs is NO FUN! My vet only charges $16 for normal samples but these were the "specialist" tests... . dont feel too bad....
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07-06-2007, 07:21 PM | #14 |
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| I haven't found yet that having two vets pose any major problem. I keep a folder myself of all their vet records just in case. If anything major, major like cancer were to happen I would have to go to a 3rd vet in Savannah cause I don't any of the ones in my immediate area would be capable to handle it.
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07-07-2007, 06:10 AM | #15 | |
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