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Originally Posted by ScarlettMW  Hello,
I live in NYC and the average cost for spaying here is $500-$600. (There are some free and low-cost options, but you have to be on public assistance to qualify.) My Yorkie's insurance will only pay 80% up to $191 for her spaying, so most of this is going to have to come out of my pocket.
In addition to the financial issue, I'm worried about how invasive spaying is and what the recovery would be like for a 3.5-lb, energetic Yorkie like Blake. We live in a complex where most people have dogs, and as she's now approaching the 9-month-old mark, I'm getting more and more concerned about her interactions with the non-neutered dogs she encounters.
Does anyone have any advice about (a) finding safe, but lower-cost spaying in NYC, and (b) whether I should even put her through this at all?
Many thanks!
Michele |
I'm not in NY so don't know what your options are for low cost but I would do it. If you do low cost, be very careful about the protocol that the vet is using. Sometimes these places use anesthesia that is not safe, they don't do preop blood work, they may cut corners and not use IVs or do surgery on a heated surface and sometimes vets that just graduated do internships at these types of places, so the vet(s) could have very little experience. It all depends on the place.
