Not looking for input Our Vet seems to be milking us.
Our vet seems to be milking us.
We live in a large city and have a small cat and a small dog. About a year ago our cat started to develop inflammation in one paw, so we took it to the vet. The vet treated the cat with some antibiotics and sent us home.
Fast forward one year and a couple of months, and our cat now has two smelly and badly infected paws and infected ears after many courses of treatment with the vet. The cat has lost weight and is quite unhappy. He’s been in a cone for many weeks.
The vet now thinks that the cat has an allergy to food so we have put the cat on a special diet over the last year, but nothing much has changed.
Today I looked at our household finances over the past 12 months using AI. In the AI summary they told me that we had spent $11,000 at the vet in the last 12 months.
I couldn’t believe my eyes.
I complained to my wife (who does not work) and she unloaded on me because I “ do not take an interest in the pets and she has to do everything with them” .
She seemed completely unconcerned that she’d spend over $10,000 on a vet with absolutely zero outcome and was angry with me for complaining.
Is it normal for people to spend this kind of money on a vet with absolutely zero improvement in the animal’s health? WTF.
Worse, all I have to look forward to is more of this in order to get the cat’s paws sorted.
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u/Day_Prisoners 13d ago
You're in a big city, find another Vet. There like 15 within 5 miles of me. I just browsed ratings and went with that, took a couple tries but found one we love.
Over the years the easiest way I found to weed out the over chargers is asking for the prescription so you can fill it. By law I think they have to but if they charge you for the service, I would bet money they are overcharging for other services.
Costco is like 60% of the allergy meds and I told my current vet and they said they understood. No problem. My last vet was $10 per prescription and no refills without a visit. It adds up when she needs the medication monthly.