www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6dw3r09x0o
Interesting article, this kinda raised its head (to me anyway) about a year ago and it was only then I discovered the independent chain of vets we had used for the last 10 years was now actually owned by Mars.
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Indeed, its becoming a bit of a stitchup, if vets chains are not owned by pet food mfrs, the other lot are owned by insurance chains.
Have much vets bill experience, having wracked up £18k bills in the last 5 years with the youngster. happily I have only paid £3k in insurance premiums, and only forked out about 1k in excess.
I am lucky, I have a chain of 6 vets, independently owned, but have leased/share their primary surgery with a big chain - Vets now. That means the main surgery is amazingly equiped, with a large x-ray and CT scanner suite. ( I know from experience that a k9 ct scan starts at £5k)
It means I get good well priced local care, and access to specialist/out of hours care.
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But why does that scan start at £5k - just because they can?
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>> I know from experience that a k9 ct scan starts at £5k
We paid for SWMBO to have a private CT scan (to move things along quicker), that was less than £500.
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>> We paid for SWMBO to have a private CT scan (to move things along quicker),
>> that was less than £500.
Thats a 1 body part CT scan, full body with contrast is about £1500 with screening (which these days is AI)
Ok considerably less than a vetinary one (same kit) I could get 3 new breed goldie pups for that*
Why do they cost so much? little more involved with an animal, they need to be heavily sedated, but because they can charge that, they do. And people pay it.
*was in the vet once, and a young boy comes out with his hamster, receptionist says" that willl be £25 please". I muttered under my breath that I could buy a box of them for that price.
Last edited by: Zero on Wed 11 Mar 26 at 15:10
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Much the same seems to happens when human healthcare is paid for by insurance, judging by what happens in the USA.
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>>the other lot are owned by insurance chains....
Yep, along with credit hire companies - then they complain about the cost of credit hire and some car repair centres.
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My 11 year-olde English Pointer has never been to a vet, apart from his initial jabs.
He is as strong as an Ox, and as fast as a Greyhound.
My late Rhodesian Ridgeback never went to a vet either, and he lived to be 15.
Same with me, the last time a visited a GP was in 1992.
Luck?
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Same with me, the last time a visited a GP was in 1992.
Luck?
Pretty much. Good genes have a lot to do with it. The important thing is realising when you SHOULD see a Doctor.
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>>Good genes have a lot to do with it
Mum lived to 88 :)
Dad went at 54 - massive cerebral haemorrhage :(
>>The important thing is realising when you SHOULD see a Doctor
Coming up most likely (HBP)
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>> >>The important thing is realising when you SHOULD see a Doctor
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>> Coming up most likely (HBP)
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I think that was more a matter of the forum realising you should see a doctor. ;-)
Reference your earlier post, I had a friendly encounter with a 12 year-old English Pointer out on my walk in the Peak District today. Very attractive and companionable dog, his owner describing the breed generally and him specifically as "as mad as a box of frogs".
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>>Very attractive and companionable dog, his owner describing the breed generally and him specifically as "as mad as a box of frogs"
I think most dogs are a bit 'Bodmin' for the first 3 or 4 years. Most if not all dogs (maybe not the Doberman - I've had one) are working dogs in one way or another, and if they aren't given something to do, they can become a bit crazy ... like us :)
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Owner describing the breed generally and him specifically as "as mad as a box of frogs.
Blodwen will be 10 in a couple of months and needs to be kept occupied.
Otherwise she lets us know..
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Vets bills - Zero
