reggiegun Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Hi, Bit of advice about where to go from here. Yesterday my son's dog Oscar couldn't urinate and wouldn't eat also very quiet. Anyway after a worrying night took him to the vets first thing this morning. On examining him the vet felt something that shouldn't be there in his lower abdomen and for us to leave him for an x ray. 10.00am get a phone call saying the X-Ray has shown a soft tissue in the abdomen near the bladder and they would need to operate to see what it was, but the cost would be around £1800. I asked if this could be a tumour? Or is it a foreign body, they said not sure as x ray is two dimensional view, and an ultra sound would be needed. 2.00pm get a phone call ultra sound shows bladder as ok and they need to operate now as dog very poorly, ok it said. 5.00pm get a phone call that no operation was needed as the tried to put a catheter in to empty his bladder and his penis and tubes completely blocked with crystals. Now I asked surely the ultra sound would have shown full bladder and with since he came in with symptoms of not being able to urinate that this surely would have been done first thing. He is not out of the woods yet, my wife has gone to pick him up, the vet says he still might need surgery. My wife has gone to ask these questions. My priority at the moment is getting the dog back to being well. They flushed the crystals out. My question is why did they think there was a blockage? Why didn't they check the bladder first, instead of leaving a dog in pain all day? Would they let him out thinking there is still a blockage? Edited February 29, 2016 by reggiegun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 With best part of 2 k in the coffers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drut Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Your questions need straight answers or a different vet.These days it it seems difficult to find a vet,to me at least, with empathy rather than accountancy qualifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveboy Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 My Mams dog has this,you need to know if the crystals are strutvite or oxalate you can then alter the diet to stop them coming back. My mams dog had 14 oxalate bladder stones removed last year and is now on Hills U/D food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 It's gone mental. What's the difference in farm stock and pets besides being able to charge more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hope the little fella is OK Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowdie2013 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 hope dog is ok; youd like to think that the vet explored all logical avenues with dogs best interest as their primary concern, not how much he was going to make. that's the benefit of having insurance to cover large unforeseen vets bills like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 I've got an example of CRAZY vet prices and variations in prices for the same procedure. I've had a few people asking to use my dog as a stud, his eyes are clear, I had them checked first as they are the cheapest. Next step, hips and elbows, called my local vet for a quote, friends I know that have had them done said I am looking at around £250-300 tops for x-rays and BVA fees etc. The quote they gave me was £265, great, fair price I thought, I will go with it. Booked him in, took him down on the morning of the procedure the nurse informed me that the cost was £690. To which I just burst out laughing, I said no way on earth, showed them the original quote etc. Then asked how can there be such a difference. The reply was something along the lines of. "well we could be in there an hour or two getting the x-rays right, using our kits to take numerous x-rays etc" to which I replied "so basically you're charging me for the practices inexperience" lots of stuttering later and a re-quote of £600 I said there is no way on earth you are doing it and there is no way I am paying you that. I then contacted a vet my friends have used to do the same procedure, £255 all in!!!!!!!! I am in the middle of writing a letter to the practice as anyone that hadn't done a bit or research would probably have paid it, no questions asked. I am finding the vets I go to see over the last few years are not up to standards I would expect. A lot lack real life experience, one I went to see couldn't even fit a microchip properly to the point where I almost took it off them to do myself!!!! Above is a typical example of how they get away with over charging, putting the frighteners on people, diagnosing things that aren't there to worry us, or they genuinely lack experience and assume the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Fortunately our vet is pretty good, but if you tell them you are not insured so just put the dog down their pencils get sharpened pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Mrs Took our Bitch to the vet yesterday,off her food for couple of days,They do that sometimes. This time is was different,ultrasound showed there was a problem with her womb,Blood test confirmed it.. Said that if she didn't operate straight the way,she would be gone by the end of the day.. Get on with it we said,she had the operation,no fever and everything went well. Picked her up today,,We are both now very happy with the outcome. It did cost £360.00, But she is worth every penny,even though I do not shoot with her she is 12.. It did occur to me however that because we would never breed from her,We should have had her spayed.. A it would have been cheaper,and B she would not have had this problem later on in life.. Spaying would have cost £130.00. We have both learned a lesson today.. So,,if you are not going to breed from,,get them done.. Can now have a good nights sleep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Our rehome GSD bitch had pyometria too a number of years ago.. She was 4 at the time and we were planning to have her spayed after that season as we didn't intend to breed from her. A week or so after her season finished she became very ill. Had an emergency spay and overnight stay in the vets. £760 bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Fortunately our vet is pretty good, but if you tell them you are not insured so just put the dog down their pencils get sharpened pretty quickly. Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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