 Thought he was neutered, but he's not?!?!
Hi everyone,
As some of you may or may not know I adopted Trooper the begining of January from a rescue group. I was aware of his LS issues and was told that he was neutered and up to date on all shots except rabies due to the fact he just had surgery and they didn't want to give it to him until a year after surgery.
So I made an app't and took him to the vet to discuss BAT and other test to see if his liver was functioning properly and to talk about vaccines/heartworm since spring is approaching. To make a long story short the vet informed me that he isn't neutered. I was told by the rescue group that he was neutered and chipped by the humane society that picked him up. I called the humane society and they said that they did not have any records of them neutering him, only being chipped. The vet thinks that they assumed he was already neutered because his testis did not decend (and still haven't). They are up in his lower abdominal area.
So now I have to pay for a testosterone test to see if he is or not, which is $85. And if he's not I have to pay $450 +tx for the neuter. The neuter is more expensive than normal because the testis are in the abdonimal area. I paid $650 for Trooper thinking that I wouldn't have to incur any other bills of this type, and now I have to pay for all this and it doesn't even cover the regular stuff that we have to do in the spring (for either of my dogs).
I wrote the head of the rescue group an email explaining & asking for reimbursement or help with paying the bill. I was very nice about it, but just wanted to know if you think they should help me out with it, or am I wrong for asking. I don't think I am. I'm just surprised that the surgeon at Oakland that performed his liver shunt surgery didn't notice or check during an exam and the vet in our town for his after care didn't check/notice either??
I hope the rescue lady is nice about it and agrees to help me out. I'd be satisfied with $200...
But also I'm scared to put in under with his liver issues? They'll be doing blood work first BAT, etc to make sure everything is good beforehand, which is gonna be an additional $260, but I'll cover that - I was going to anyways.. Is there anything I should be aware of if does does get the neuter surgery?
What do you think? |