Sitting targets.

[KateLMead]

Today I had reason to go along to the vets as Oscar my pup seemed a bit off colour.. The vet took his temperature, looked in his mouth, felt his stomach and said he was probably a bit off colour due to his second jab yesterday, but he was fine...We were not with the young vet for more than six minutes.. In and out...
I went to the desk to pay the £17.95 with VAT .."consultation fee". Talk about money for old rope.. I realise that animals have to be monitored along with their injections etc.
Our first visit last week with injections was £103.00 each for (Gus.for Louie and my pup Oscar) ... Talk about sitting targets.. Had I bought the glucosomin for Barney my older dog I would have been charged treble of what I paid for them in the chemist..

[Workingman]

And the government wants all dogs to be chipped from 2016 to prevent dog attacks. More expense!

[tonicha]

I can understand why people have insurance

When one of my half Siamese puss cats had asthma, the vet told me it was cheaper to use my steroids (for my asthma and UC) than it was to get them from her

An they really dfo have you over the barrel, because we love our furry family.

[Diflower]

But how much is a private consultation with a gp?
No, I don't know either, thank goodness for the NHS - although I see mine on average less than once a year

Actually we're not at all put out by the (rather large) vets bills we've been getting, except for the charges for the drugs, but the vets themselves aren't making the money out of those.
For what it's worth, if my dog seems 'a little off colour' I'd treat it just the same as a child or adult, wait and see how they were the next day. Of course with Minnie it was perfectly obvious something was very wrong, and it usually is obvious.