Sooo, I made the appointment saying I was coming in for titers for Bailey. They were like uhhh, ok hang on. Come back to the phone and say okay yes we see she is due for her yearly shots, is that what you mean? I said "Yes... I dont want the shots though, I would like to have titers done" She says uh ok well see you Wed.
So I got the impression she had no idea what I wanted. When I went in that day they said "so Baileys here for her yearly shots right." I said no I would like to just get the titers done and we'll see what she needs after that.
The vet tech comes out and is like "Well, why do you want to do that...?" AAAlllll this talking and her telling me about the rabies HAS to be done anyway and Im telling her yes, I know about the rabies. AHHH! What a PAIN!
I just tell the girl eventually that I will talk to the Dr about it thank you very much. This Dr knows me... she is the one who treated Kayla for the pancreatitis and I did really like her and the way she was with Kayla and how nice and patient she was with everything. She called me at 9pm one night after she heard about Kayla and talked with me for about an hour.
BUT... I went in fully prepared to not be detered from what I wanted and ready to change vets if need be.
After much discussion we do the titers and she says the parvo/distemper are one and the lepto is another and charged me separately for each, one at $65 and one at $100! I didnt find out until the end although I would have done it anyway but isint that outrageous? I mean, I was thinking like $100 for everything.
Anyway, Bailey got the rabies shot and she called me the next day saying Baileys titers were good and she didnt need anything else. Thats what I figured but man why to they have to charge you so much to NOT put crap into her body?
I also asked her to check Baileys levels since she hasnt been eating much and since Im a total worry wart since Kayla I needed to be sure.
So my total bill was $359. WOW!!!!!!!!!
] I have an itemized bill if anyone cares for me to post the individual costs... lordy though it was just rediculous.
Its only yearly so I will continue to go this route. Just sticker shocked. I will call around my area and see if this is normal charge. I also didnt like all the asking why and stuff only to tell me in the end that its the ideal way to go and she does have a few other clients that insist on it but its so costly most dont. I beg to differ that most dont because they dont know any better. I didnt know with Kayla but if I had I sure as heck wouldve done it! I almost said "No, its probably because no one tells them of that option!"
They were on my case about not brining her in for her last set of puppy shots which I decided she didnt need since she had gotten too many already... I eventually just told them I had it done at another vet. Sheesh.
And see... she STILL doesnt need anything.