Could someone pick my jaw up off the floor please? I cannot believe this vet's office and the prices. First off we are just going in for annual vaccinations and check up. For those of you who don't know, Miss Kitty is my parent's cat.
Okay I get there and while I'm in the lobby someone comes out with a list of test to try to sell them to me. I asked her what they were for and she didn't really know but said the vet tech could elaborate. Okay?! So then they take us back and before she even opens the carrier to take Miss Kitty out the vet tech starts asking if I'm getting the full work up today. I ask what that means because we are just here for her annual. She says that there are certain tests that MK will need. I asked why, she couldn't say exactly. Then comes in the "hard sale" vet tech with all the answers. She says that because MK is now 8 years old she need the senior bloodwork profile at $100. She also says that MK needs a Gluacoma test at $50 and an early renal failure blood test - no price was stated or else I had gone deaf at that point. Now keep in mind that so far no one has asked a single question about MK or even taken her out of the carrier yet.
To try to shorten this very long expensive tale I will tell you that I agreed to have her tested for FIV and FeLV since we had never done that before and thank goodness she was negative. I also let them do a fecal check which was negative but they insisted it can give a false positive and they talked me into giving her Drontal just in case since she hunts outside at night and does kill things.
When all was said and done it cost $150.34. I just about fell over because I can take my inside only cats in for their annual and it costs $35 at my vet. I need to get MK a new vet that isn't in it for a major profit. Good grief! I'd take her to mine but I don't think she could handle the 70 mile round trip ride.
Does all that sound crazy to you? I've never heard of a Gluacoma test for cats. I'm kind of from that thinking of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and "if there's not a problem don't go looking for one". Geez!
By the way, she got a clean bill of health but now my checkbook is sick!
Sorry I wrote a novel but I needed to rant.
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