I took my cat to the vet to have him neutered and it cost almost $400. Is that normal? I did pay an extra $75 for the laser incision but still.
2006-09-12 09:10:04 · 15 answers · asked by allisonsmith6980 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
By the way, he is a small male cat.
2006-09-12 09:26:31 · update #1
That seems high. Neutering is a fairly easy procedure, as it is not truly invasive - just a matter of removing the testicles. It is almost always cheaper than spaying a female. I would say that with an office call, the surgery and the pain management meds for afterwards, you're probably looking at $200-$250 or so, even with the laser incision. Of course, it depends on what area of the country you live in as well. East/west coast is going to be more expensive.
Was he given vaccinations or deworming as well?
2006-09-12 09:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless your cat had an undescended testicle and they had to do a "spay" like procedure to retrieve it, in which they would have explained the extra cost and there would be a belly incision as well. Otherwise there is no way to justify a nueter bill like that. A normal nueter should never cost MORE than 150$.
2006-09-12 17:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by Jaded Ruby 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol. no that is not "normal." Infact, there is no normal.different vets will charge different amounts depending on many, many factors, one of which is weight. for my tiny toy poodle, I quoted 4 different vets in my area and got four very different prices for the cost of his neutering, it ranged anywhere from $100-470. If you really wanted to, there are clinics that will do it for free. They look at it as the Humane thing to do
2006-09-12 16:16:38 · answer #3 · answered by Chit P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the clinic, the vet, the size/gender/breed of your pet, where you live, and soooo many other factors. Some humane or rescue shelters will spay/neuter for free, and some clinics can go up to $600.
It REALLY varies from place to place, there is no DEFINITE price.
2006-09-12 16:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Eloise 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Was it almost $400 for just the nuetering or are you concidering anethesia, and did he have any shots or vaccinations? That does seem pretty costly. I had my female cat spayed and it cost I think $160 for everything. Office call, anesthesia, shots, vaccination, deworming, the whole nine.
2006-09-12 16:34:19 · answer #5 · answered by indigonipple 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where I live (which is a rather small community) we charge less than $100 for a cat to be nuetered. You must have gone to a pretty high class vet.
2006-09-12 16:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by LokiBuff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
back in feb I believe it was it cost me $150 per cat to do my 2 cats. I spent an extra $50 for the pre anestesia blood testing to make sure that they were healthy enough to go through with the surgery.
2006-09-12 16:14:24 · answer #7 · answered by macleod709 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For my kitten, it cost $95.00. Then we spent an extra $35.00 on the laser technique.
$95
+$35
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$150 total
$400 is really, really high!
2006-09-12 16:22:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea..you overpaid...I only paid $80 to have my male cat neutered...I would do some research before doing something like that again, you coulda saved yourself a few hundred bucks.
2006-09-12 16:30:48 · answer #9 · answered by spaceyinla 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You got ripped off. Plain and simple.Unless there were complications, that is way too much for a routine procedure!
2006-09-12 16:15:57 · answer #10 · answered by Jo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋