BC_Mom is right about being concerned about the low-cost spay/neuter vets, at least in my opinion. At the time, I thought that since this was the operation they specialized in, they had a licensed vet performing the surgery, and they were offering it at a discount, what could go wrong?
We couldn't afford the 'real' vet's price for spaying our 2 dogs, and one ended up having an allergic reaction to the dissolving stitches, and it ended up costing the same, since she was then on prednisone (a steroid) for two weeks and an antibiotic to prevent secondary infection in that area. She had to go have another surgery (unrelated) and I mentioned the allergy to that vet (in case he would be using similar stitches), and he said that the cheap material used in the stitches at the low-cost clinics in our area were much more prone to cause that kind of reaction. I never had a problem with taking my male animals to the less expensive places, but that operation's less complex anyway, and they don't usually get stitched up. For a female spay, I will go to the 'real' vet from now on! Lesson learned!
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