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06-26-2009, 05:08 PM | #16 |
Luvs Lulu Donating Member | Zoey was a little over 2lbs..not 2 1/2 and she did well. Have you checked your local Humane Society. Thing were very tough after I got Toby (hubby had gotten laid off) and my vet wanted $450 to neuter him. I knew I needed it done but definitly couldn't spare it at the time. I contacted the ASPCA and they did it for $58 with pain meds and they do the iso, iv and the pre-op blood work.
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06-26-2009, 05:17 PM | #17 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Boston, MA, US
Posts: 50
| Thanks, the ASPCA is actually a great idea. I'll check into that.
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06-28-2009, 11:39 AM | #18 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland
Posts: 11
| SOME humane societys do it for free if you are low income. Some do it for 100$... IF you bought the "puppy" plan at petsmart, the spay is free! its only 40$ per month its kinda like health insurance. |
06-28-2009, 11:46 AM | #19 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 7,982
| Way too high. A full blood panel goes for $100 dollars around here, and the spay maybe 200 that includes IV fluids... |
06-28-2009, 12:26 PM | #20 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | $650 way too much... That's way too much for a spay or neuter. I'm sorry but if you can get the same thing for a fraction of the price why spend all that money? I spent thousands and thousands on my Mastiff but I didn't have a choice with the type of surgeries (plus xrays all the time) that she needed and she would have suffered if we didn't fix her problems...so, no questions asked...we took care of her. That's why I spent so much money on specialist bills BUT for something so common as a spay and neuter... Here is a Boston suggestion: Animal Rescue League of Boston: I spent $140.00 for my male rabbit to get neutered and that included pain meds afterwards and he was just fine!
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06-28-2009, 12:30 PM | #21 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Wow! Great price, you should post the name of the place just in case someone else in your area is interested...
__________________ I'm hoping God helps me be the person my dogs think I am.... Rebecca , Jonah & Ksena |
06-28-2009, 12:37 PM | #22 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Oops! I didn't realize you have to be lower income for the previous suggestion (I just read it)....not that they would ask but I'd save the other one for someone who really needs it... Here's another one that doesn't say anything about your income: City Of Somerville - Low cost spay/neuter Quote:
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06-28-2009, 12:54 PM | #23 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| I may be the only one that feels this way, but that is not too much. A lot of vets do lower cost spay/neuter just so owners get it done. That's great as long as they are following good protocol but not all vets offer such a great deal. Think of it this way. It is a major abdominal surgery...a hysterectomy. It is routine in that it is done all the time but it is not routine in that no abdominal surgery is that easy... If you can find a vet that you trust to do it cheaper, great. However, in my opinion, $600 for a major abdominal surgery with everything (blood work, IV, pain meds, etc.) is not unreasonable. There are some organizations that offer it cheaper and some of those do a great job. Then some of them do line surgeries, use cheap anesthesia, don't do IVs, etc. So getting it done cheap is not always a deal. That said, if my dog was under 3 pounds and had reacted to anesthesia before, I would go to a vet that I trusted and pay whatever they ask. If I questioned the vet's ability, I'd sooner skip the spay. Ellie's spay was about $135 and then blood work. The office offered low cost spay/neuter without cutting corners. Her oral surgery was about $600.
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06-28-2009, 01:05 PM | #24 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: new zealand
Posts: 1,039
| My George was fixed ,2 teeth out, micro chipped and nails cut for $160.00 New Zealand dollars, granted I did shop around for a vet who has experience with Yorkies,(he has 1) and I had to travel to the next town but only 15 minutes away, the vet here wanted $250.00 so there is a big difference, it wasn't so much the money but someone i felt comfortable leaving my baby with, even then it was a stressful time for me and George
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06-28-2009, 02:49 PM | #25 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Monson, MA USA
Posts: 105
| I paid $240 two years ago and was very happy with everything. I also included the microchip. |
06-28-2009, 03:16 PM | #26 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 101
| ...The only place I have found cheaper in SF is spay/neuter clinics that to me, seem scary for Kaia's (less than 3 lbs at almost 6 months.) I was quoted $950ish for the bloodwork, procedure and medications.
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