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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 :p ) 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! :thumbdown Thanks again ;) |
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 |
$25.00 here. |
$28.50 (I am in California) It was done during a routine visit for puppy shots |
:eek: 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. |
:eek: 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 :rolleyes: ) 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. |
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. |
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 :rolleyes: ) |
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. |
YIKES!!!! Our samples are a flat $18.00 (re-checks, too). |
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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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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.... |
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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