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daniellealberta · 05-30-2007, 01:28 PM

Since everyone I've spoken to told me to get a second opinion, I have done just that. I faxed to vet's estimate to another vet, who quoted me $850 (CDN). That's $600 less! Apparently, the first guy charges more because he considers it to be 'oral surgery' instead of extraction, he planned to take 8 xrays, and he is considered a 'dental specialist' who uses more state of the art equipment. I figured that even if I take Spike to the new vet, and they end up needing to do more than they estimated, it will still be cheaper!

The moral of this story -when faced with a large, non-urgent vet bill, GET A SECOND OPINION! I will let you all know how the surgery goes - poor little guy goes in on Tuesday!

05-30-2007, 01:28 PM	#8
daniellealberta Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta Posts: 186	The 'second opinion'... Since everyone I've spoken to told me to get a second opinion, I have done just that. I faxed to vet's estimate to another vet, who quoted me $850 (CDN). That's $600 less! Apparently, the first guy charges more because he considers it to be 'oral surgery' instead of extraction, he planned to take 8 xrays, and he is considered a 'dental specialist' who uses more state of the art equipment. I figured that even if I take Spike to the new vet, and they end up needing to do more than they estimated, it will still be cheaper! The moral of this story -when faced with a large, non-urgent vet bill, GET A SECOND OPINION! I will let you all know how the surgery goes - poor little guy goes in on Tuesday!