Maximum Price For Desexing

[centitout]

I pay for all my pet puppies to be desexed,but just got a cert back from one that was desexed at 6 mths-and it is $585 for a simple female spey The most i have paid for an adult bitch was $310-i absolutely will not pay that .Does anyone else think that is a little high?

I calculate mine on the average of 3 different vets ,so max of $300 at the most.

[ness]

My 13kg BC bitch as an adult was $350 or thereabouts (and that was this time last year).

[W Sibs]

Umm... I don't think it should cost more than $300.

Charlie is a boy dog.. his cost around $230. I presume that female dogs will be more expensive?

[poodlefan]

I pay for all my pet puppies to be desexed,but just got a cert back from one that was desexed at 6 mths-and it is $585 for a simple female spey The most i have paid for an adult bitch was $310-i absolutely will not pay that .Does anyone else think that is a little high?

I calculate mine on the average of 3 different vets ,so max of $300 at the most.

Where is the quoting vet located Centitout. I'm pretty sure you'd not get a spey done many places around here for $300 these days.

[Bartok]

I pay for all my pet puppies to be desexed,but just got a cert back from one that was desexed at 6 mths-and it is $585 for a simple female spey The most i have paid for an adult bitch was $310-i absolutely will not pay that .Does anyone else think that is a little high?

I calculate mine on the average of 3 different vets ,so max of $300 at the most.

If your on a pension you can have it done through AWL for $90

[Whippetsmum]

Were there any bloods done or pathology? Were there complications? It's more than my boys op. and he had to have his testicles found in his abdomen, (bilaterally undescended) and very high up the tract, he had a special anaesthetic and an overnight stay. No aditional costs, post op meds were included, as was the follow up visit. I think his was more complex than a a spey, the total cost of the op was under $400, I had budgetted $600, (I think my vet is worth his weight in gold)

[Jaxx'sBuddy]

my vet gives options, each of which cost more. i tend to pay more for the GA as i have a brachy breed so for me it would cost about the same as the amount you quoted

[Dogsfevr]

Do you put a limit in your paperwork as to what you will pay ??

[centitout]

three vets-1 is the ones i use ,another is in the same town and the other i slocated closer to me here.

I dont mind paying for the actual op,but i am not paying for all the other things like pre-anaesthetic bloods etc.

Just one more reason why i am taking a break from breeding ,the costs for a litter are just getting too high.

[tara taylor]

I was quoted a couple of weeks ago for my mini schnauzer girl $230.

[t-time]

That sure is a fair whack!!

A friend just got her PREGNANT bitch desexed and it cost just under$500.......that's a totally over-the-top amount and you've gotta wonder if they put in gold stitching! ;)

[FHRP]

According to my vets 'Cost of keeping a dog' information sheet, speying with them costs $350 - $517 depending on weight. I'd say a 6 month Bloodhound would be in the 21-30kg range?? which is $395 from my local vet.

Edited April 20, 2010 by FHRP

[centitout]

I didnt say any amount unfortunately,just that i would send a rebate if done by 8 mths.The other girl that was done up there(different area) 6 weeks ago was only $285.

I will certainly be changing my contract to specify max of $300.I may as well of just given her the dog

If push comes to shove though,i will pay it,but she will have to wait a few weeks for the extra.

I think a $300 rebate is quite generous.

Edited April 20, 2010 by centitout

[Souff]

I pay for all my pet puppies to be desexed,but just got a cert back from one that was desexed at 6 mths-and it is $585 for a simple female spey

Uh-huh, so are you going to give a recommendation on DOL for this vet ......

[whippets]

Maybe you should offer a $100 reimbursement on the desexing instead of paying for the whole thing. Even $100 is good incentive for puppy buyers.

[~Shepherd~]

Whippet cost me $160, Shepherd $180-$200 at my clinic

[megan_]

It depends on what they do too. I opted for pre-blood tests and having a nurse in with the vet. Some vets are cheap because they don't have all the monitoring equipment

[centitout]

My vets go by weight ,as do most others,so if that is the case,they will have to be done earlier.Its little wonder so many people now wont get their females desexed,my emergency c-section at 2 in the morning +xrays,fluids,ABS etc was only $1200 all up and she was desexed at the same time,so added a further hr to the op time.

[centitout]

34 kg female spey at my vets(without my discount if i do the vet nursing) $260.Just rang them as it has been a few months.

[whippets]

Whippet cost me $160, Shepherd $180-$200 at my clinic

Yes I to have whippets desexed at around $120 -$150 each.

......and yes to the questions that are going to follow. The vet does do blood tests, give pain relief, has modern equipment, uses proper anaesthetic techniques (I won't use a vet that uses benzo's with sighthounds), has a return check up in a week plus is the only reproductive specialist in the state.

Be interesting to know that, as with other services, if demographics plays a part with fees. ie: richer areas v's working class areas and prices.

I think ACA did a segment on this a few weeks back.