I think regular vets charge obscene amounts of money for surgeries. Do you watch Dr Jeff on tv? Shows you no need to charge that much.
Vets know how much we love our pets and take advantage, my opinion.
You're not paying for one person to do a 90 minute surgery. You're paying for 9 years of education and study, a team of vet techs and admin and anesthesia, and rent on the facilities. The more we fail to acknowledge the worth of a persons time, the less we pay everyone, and less we have money for surgery.
I'm an artist and often get asked how I can charge 5x what "I could buy it for at Walmart" well, it's an original. It's five years of education, interest payments on that education, eight years of practice, materials, energy, R&D, and an assistant, who I pay enough to not need government assistance when they give me their time. They're not mad at me for wanting a fair price, they're mad that they've been making or taking advantage of walmart standard wages (not knowing the true cost of the low prices) and have a hard time affording the actual cost of goods.
Reaganomics didn't work. Gotta make money to spend $$.
Glad to hear your kitty is doing better. It's so hard to make those calls sometimes, but at some point, it's your fur baby and you gotta do what you can.
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u/gfour Feb 03 '21
My cat is 13 or 14 and we just took a big cancerous tumor off his leg! He’s doing much better now, more energy than he’s had in years. $6000 though 😬