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It is the extractions that run the cost up...you don't know til you are in the mouth what they will be. Especially when there are long waits between dentals. My dental cleaning with blood work in about $300 too. But after the previous owner never cleaned the teeth, it ended up at $1200. The question of is it normal is not a good one, because it so depends on where you live, the type of Vet, your faith in your vet...mine could charge 600 for the cleaning and I would still go. The fact that more Vets are taking payments is a good sign too. |
Thank you so much. These responses really helped me to get my arms around this. I don't actually think it was too much, in the end, as he had 17 extractions (poor little doggy), and we live in a very high cost of living area. But, I was very upset with how it was handled. I would have much preferred having a more accurate estimate to begin with; telling someone in the middle of a procedure that the amount will be twice as much as the high end of the estimate is extraordinarily upsetting and confusing. But, in the end, what needed to be done has been done. |
Also, I know I should have gotten his teeth cleaned much sooner, and I feel very bad about that. But, it is very hard to know here what is reasonable and what is unreasonable, as many of my neighbors pay $40-50 a day each day for doggy daycare, which I consider to be completely unreasonable. As a kid, we never had dental work for our dogs, but obviously I should have been doing so earlier. |
Extraction I am happier now that you are better accepting of the cost. 17 extractions are well above the norm! Poor baby, he must feel better now the bad and painful teeth are now gone. However, I do believe if the teeth were in that bad a shape the vet should have seen that in the initial exam and given you a realistic quote then. A lesson to all of us to get more accurate cost quotes in future. I would not have appreciated that huge escalation in cost!!! Hope he is doing well now and that he heals quickly. |
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Hopefully he will be good as new in no time. I usually see them doing well within 3 days ... |
my vet has aa certain price per teeth and more if it is a bigger tooth or one of his last ones, they had to dig out. I would not be comfortable with this vet and calling mid stream seems kind of fishey. Chester had blood work, pain meds, anitbiotics and several teeth removed and one had to be dug out , and it was around 420 or so |
In October I had both Azrael and Razael's teeth cleaned and two extractions each. Here is how the price played out. Azrael check up before surgery, blood tests and all came to $292.10, then cleaning and extractions $768.75 and follow-up $36.50. Razael's was $292.10, $768.75 and $36.50. That's a grand total of $2,293.70 we paid for in total. Now, am I paying too much for both of them? |
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