Following on from the c-section price thread I am interested to know if there is a wide variation in standard consultation fees. Only a few years back it was £9.50 at our vets but is now £18. It varies at our vets depending on the animal - £16 for a cat and less I think for a rabbit, guinea pig etc.
I am in the North West.

£11 for the consultation fee. I am in Perth, Scotland

my vets is £25 we are in midlands.

my vets refer you to ' vets now' at another surgery on sundays only, their consultations after 7pm are a whopping £86 after 11pm  it is £120!!!!!!!

Last time I took one of mine to the vets, 3 years ago, it was £25 consultation For an elderly cat (final journey, cost extra)   and that's in one of the most deprived counties in Britain!!

6 months ago, £35.00 per consult.  SE England.

Current consultation price is £28-something (including VAT), in south Warwickshire.

The consultation fee is reduced or waived for routine claw-clipping or PTS, etc, and is less for follow-up consults for the same condition.

I use 2 vets - 1 charges £19.50 per consultation although this is waived for some routine procedures (I only pay £18.00 to have anal glands emptied). My other vet charges about £22.00. That's in West Yorkshire.

It really amazes me how much fees vary. I thought £18 having been only £9.50 a few years ago was quite steep, but clearly it isn't! Our vet charges cheaper consultation for subsequent visits with same complaint too.

Now, our vets only charge £22 for a vaccine booster, which when you consider £18 is the consultation fee(presumably), it is extremely cheap.

Depends on the animal but ours charges £5 to trim the rats teeth - can't remember what it is for the dog though - we are in Fife

I took Mason to our vet for a small skin complaint on his leg. I walked away with 1 small tube of cream and a £69 bill

I had to have my poor old moggy PTS 2 years ago, it was a Sunday and cost me £110

Consultation fee around £28

Had a retained puppy canine removed from one of my girls last year, £79, they did give her a scale/polish and veneer though, like she needed it at such a young age

>they did give her a scale/polish and veneer though

Scale and polish, yes, I can understand that, but you seriously mean a veneer? Those cost hundreds of pounds for people! I've never heard of vets doing them on dogs!

Ours has just increased to £18...i'm in the North West also.

Suffolk - £24 usually but took Zuma up today for vet to have quick look at patch he scraped on back edge of his lower lip, only got charged £14.95.
Chris

North Wales £14.95 there was a vet in our area that did not charge a consultation fee but a few months ago they implemented one which is also £14.95.

24.50 + vat in liverpool. and free for any follow ups!

however i have just returned from holiday and my girl needed a staple removing from their local vet. was charged 5.50. was pleasantly surprised although not a big job i thought i would be charged a consult.

Think its £25.00... I am in Essex. It should be free for follow ups as its the same condition, this is not the case at my vet! Grrrr

Mine is around £25 for each consultation and continuous consultations for the same condition is a little bit cheaper.
I'm also in the SE..

£18 for dogs £11 for small animals not sure about cats. I'm in Fife

I'm outstanded by the difference in prices and to think i would be on the same wage doing my job anywhere in the country.. So there are pluses to live in more remote areas of the UK.

> £11 for the consultation fee. I am in Perth, Scotland

20 miles down the road in Dundee I am about £20 for an initial consultation and slightly cheaper for follow ups.  It would work out cheaper for me to drive to the vet in Perth but time is more precious than money so I will stick where I am

Im in west mids, mine is £25 for dogs and cats and £15 for small animals, cost me £39 to get my canary put to sleep

Around £28 in Kent but seeing one of the nurses for things like claw clipping is free.

£27.47 for consult  £10 for nail clipping. I'm Kent/Surrey border.

£27 just over a year ago, thankfully haven't been since apart from boosters, we're in Aberdeenshire but the veterinary hospital is Aberdeen.

£18 here in South Manchester on average I would think.

£26.00 here in Liverpool

Mine seems to be in the region of £12.00 initially and check ups are free. out of hours around £70 including vat.
Thats Croydon not too bad I dont think mind I seem to have an awfull lot of out of hours recently!

Just under £20 at my vet, Lincolnshire.

Mmmmm - seems the best plan then is to marry a vet !!

My new vet in Norfolk (in the sticks) - £30+ (can't remember exactly) for first consultation, £24 for follow-up ! Was recommended to me, but too early to say whether he is worth it Otherwise I will have to pick someone out of the Yellow Pages

Daisy

>> they did give her a scale/polish and veneer though

That's what they told me when I picked her up, scale polish and veneer, I have the receipt, apparently standard practice at my vets when dental work is done.

Anal glad again cost £91 for a consultation, antibiotic injection and some pribiotic stuff to add to his meal. I think its £25 consultation.

Our vets charge £27.50 for the first consultaion (cheaper for follow ups), but there are plenty of free consultaions with a nurse (fully qualified nurses) such as post-op check, puppy/kitten first health check, weight/diet clinic, senior pet check-ups.
There is a cheaper local vet to us, but I know the standard of service form the vets we use is fantastic, they trully care about the animals they treat and really are worth every penny, whats more is they are an animal hospital, so have all the facilities for emergency & out of hours treatment at the clinic, covered by thier own vets that always work at the practice.

I do believe that the standard of care & service is much more important than the price (& I am FAR from being rich or even well off!!!).

"I do believe that the standard of care & service is much more important than the price (& I am FAR from being rich or even well off!!!). "

But nobody wants to be ripped off either and there is nothing to suggest that those of us who pay less are settling for a sub-standard service compared to those on these boards who pay an awful lot more. We all want the best for our dogs/other pets after all.

£30 for my vet, we're in north London. I can't wait to move to Suffolk!!!

> But nobody wants to be ripped off either and there is nothing to suggest that those of us who pay less are settling for a sub-standard service compared to those on these boards who pay an awful lot more. We all want the best for our dogs/other pets after all.

I am not suggesting that a cheaper vet is sub-standard in or vice-versa it's just that I personally have cheaper alternatives to the vets I use, however, I  prefer the standard & range of service and the fantastic compasion & understanding I get from my vets, so have no feeling of being ripped off atall, in fact I feel lucky to have such a good vets so close (1 mile away, & they run an animal ambulance for emergencies)

As I said, the price isn't important, it' sthe standard of service, this works boths ways, if you have a fantastic vet that is 'cheap as chips' who offers a good range of services - great stuff

£17.50 in northern ireland. Thats just for the consultation.

Im in the south west. I pay £28.99 for a consultation and £23 for a follow up consultation.
I cant argue with paying the prices - i know im paying for the vets knowledge and is one of the main costs of pet ownership that we take into account when getting an animal BUT i object to paying a consultation fee when i go in telling the vet roughly what the problem is,or to tell him what he diagnosed first is no better AND even more so (much like the NHS) you pay for the medicine and find it is the tiniest tube of ointment/lotion/cream EVER!!!!!

Well today I paid £25 plus the medication (anti-inflammatory injection and 15 AB tablets.) came to just over £40

When did you last see a vet or a dentist on a push bike

£27.00 at our vets, oh edit to say im in London,

Haven't had a dog at the vet's for treatment since Kaycee went to the Bridge last year. When he went for his check up's I was charged less than a fiver for the vet's time & the meds he was on. If the pet has no treatment they don't charge, even when I took Wu when he had a grass seed in his paw, I was only charged the full consultation fee for the first visit(well I think it was the full fee)plus the meds & that only came to £25 !! his other two visits I was charged less than a fiver for the vets time & the cost of the meds.

I know one of the vets doesn't have a posh car, when I took a cat(not mine)out of hours he turned up in a W reg hatch back. The practice does have a couple of vehicles that belong to the practice-not flashy just customised vans for collecting any pets that the vet might have to bring to the surgery.

there are no vehicles outside our vets so he must live nearby lol  i know his kids are in private education as i groom a dog for his kids teacher ,nosey arnt i lol

one of my dogs had a blood test last week, he couldnt tell me how much it would be cos it was a ' special one' (its prior to mating) and there would be a lab fee. went into day for results and it was £39 i thought it was going to be about £120!!! i came out smiling

sorry i meant prior to breeding not actual mating

its about 19 pounds at my vets in notts.13 for follow ups.the v a t enrages me though!

£35 for initial consultation, follow up £22 (last week - Kent.)

Must say I was surprised being charged for the follow up, my old vets never charged it.

T

Now that is a bugbear to me to,.

It would be illegal to not treat our animals yet we have to pay VAT as if it were a luxury.

Owning a pet IS a luxury - it is not one of life's necessities and they shouldn't be owned unless the owner can afford ALL the expenses If an animal is owned by a business, then the VAT can be reclaimed.

Daisy

The animal may be a luxury, but the Vet treatment is not, adn what about workign dogs as in the Vat on working dog food?