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| First of all.. to all of you who've had to have this done, my heart goes out to you.
Is a very difficult and painful decision . I know for I had to have it done to my dear dog recently. However, after it's all said and done... I would like to ask you all what you had to pay to have your pet put to sleep ? I thought what I had to pay was kind of high, IMHO. It included sedation and the vet's office taking care of the body disposal and cost right at $ 150.00. This dog weighed about 65 pounds , I guess size would have a bit to do with the cost also. Thank you ! |
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| We live in the country, so we have the space and can legally bury our pets on our own ground. I just paid $75 to have a kitten put to sleep, and paid $65 last year to have a dog put to sleep. On both bills were office consults, because I wanted to run it by the vets both times, to be sure I wasn't jumping the gun and to get a prognosis. Had I just brought them in for the procedure, it would have been less. I suspect if I need to have the vets assume the after care, it would have been close to what you paid. They take them to a local crematory. As far as the procedure, there isn't a big difference in cost for small or large, as the drug is cheap and only a small charge for more of it.........but sedation and handling would probably would probably be higher for a large animal. |
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- Posted by krycek1984 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 6, 10 at 0:31
| That's about typical. We had ours beagle, Felix, put to sleep, and we had him cremated and then returned to us so that we could keep him in an urn. It cost more money but was worth it. I think it ran us almost $200 due to requesting our ashes back. When I was 19 my Mom put one of our dogs to sleep and we brought it back to bury it in the yard. Personally, I will NEVER EVER do that again. It was so hard to have her dead body in my car on the way home. And then having to hoist her dead body into a huge hole we had to dig. It was actually much more traumatic to me than actually putting her down! The whole thing is very personal - some want to bury their dearly beloved, some want ashes, some don't have a preference. Shorta nswer is taht no you were not ripped off. |
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| Costs are going to vary wildly. It depends on if you want the dog to have a sedative first, it depends on if you want a solo cremation or not. It depends on if the vet is mobile or not and how big the overhead the vet is paying to run the practice. If you want the askes back or not....so it is hard to set down a specific or even a general price.. |
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- Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on Mon, Dec 6, 10 at 17:29
| I had my dog put down last December. The vet came to my house. She sedated him and then gave him the final injection. He was going to be cremated anyway, so i opted to take his ashes. I think the whole thing cost about $250. I'm sure it depends on what area of the country you live, the size of the animal and what you want done afterwards. To me, it was worth having her come to the house so that my dog was not freaked out as he would have been if I had taken him in to their office. He always hated going to the vet, and this was one thing I could do for him in his final days. |
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| $75.00, but not a subject I like to dwell on for obvious reasons. |
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| On the other end of the spectrum, the emergency vet here charged me about $150-200 (can't remember) to euthanize my cat (she had FIP) at their office (it was a weekend, but during the day). They actually charged me extra to be in the room. No disposal was included (we buried her at home). |
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- Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on Wed, Dec 8, 10 at 11:21
| Yikes. We had to take my mom's cat to the emergency vets for euthanasia and they charged $65, I think. We didn't stay with him. She just couldn't do it. It's so hard no matter how you do it. |
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| I am amazed by these stories. Is there a difference between dogs and cats? Our 16 year old cat was put down by our vet and there was no charge. We were allowed to be alone with her before the drugs were administered and also after she died. She had been their patient for all of her life. There was a $75 fee for having her individually cremated at the SPCA and her remains returned to us via the vet; I wrote the check to the SPCA, not the vet. |
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| It irritates me! My old vet (long retired) never charged the 'regulars' for euthanasia, his feeling was that it was the least he could do for a lifetime of care. But I guess that type of attitude doesn't exist any longer. Our new vet came to the house to euthanize our 21 year old cat, Tiffany. She charged $50. |
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| My old vet (long retired) never charged the 'regulars' for euthanasia, his feeling was that it was the least he could do for a lifetime of care. But I guess that type of attitude doesn't exist any longer I sort of agree with you...We do have occasional vets like that around here, but not many. |
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- Posted by toomuchglass (My Page) on Fri, Dec 10, 10 at 17:57
| Anna was less than 20 lbs ..... I was charged $75 - and that included everything. I don't think that was bad. |
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- Posted by love2gardenn (My Page) on Thu, Dec 16, 10 at 7:14
| ok, thanks to everyone and again, sorry for all your losses. I do think we were way overcharged considering how much it actually cost the vet for the meds. to perform such an action. Would've buried her ourselves here on the farm but it was very cold and rainy here at the time. sable ca, I like the way your vet works with giving the $ to the SPCA, that's a wonderful idea . |
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