Veterinarian Price Increases
 

Everything costs more today with inflation but my vet prices today for the exact services as last January are up 26% excluding the distemper Parvo vaccine which is up 46% over 3 years ago. The prices have skyrocketed since VCA corporation bought out Buffalo Ridge Animal Hospital. Basic 60 second exam now $70 and DAp2p vaccine now $67.75! Prices are now increased 2x yr to minimize the sticker shock.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a quality vet with more reasonable prices?

This is a little outside the box but we used to vaccinate our dogs ourselves, except for the Rabies vaccine. We still had the vet do annual examines but the other vaccines are easy to administer yourself. Our vet was OK with this.

I was curious to see if VCA is a private or public company. I was surprised to see that it is owned by candy maker Mars of M&M fame. They own over 1000 animal hospitals. Mars is a private company.

I advise spending a little time doing online research about veterinarian recommendations for dogs or cats and then search a little more for contrary opinions to those.

Bottom line: Most pets are waaayy over-vaccinated and medicated and it's been that way for a long time. You do not have to get every one that they tell you to particularly if your animal is mostly a house pet. The vets are hustling income as much as anything else in this era. Many of them subtly play the guilt card (doesn't work on me).

I've been giving my dog stripped-down, minimal vet care the last almost 7 years and she is cranking along fine at 14 yrs old.

Dr Amy Huff, leesburg 352-326-8940, get out of bubble

. 441 Hospital, rabies shots $5, but bait and switch on everything else.

Misfits in Tavares, neuter male dog, $75, dental prices high

i'd get as far away from a VCA vet as possible. just do some research on them, & you will see how your prices increase, & the quality of pet care. just my opinion.

I will never use a VCA clinic again. Orlando had one deny my dog who was dying of cancer of the soft pallet pain meds unless I did MORE blood work on their "care plan".

Buffalo Ridge, they wanted me to pay $900 for a "care plan" denying ANY care to my cat and charged $115 office visit for the denial.

I fought the $115 fee with BOA. Buffalo Ridge altered their records to attempt to win the dispute. I provided about 12 pages of docs and won the charge dispute.

VCA clinics put a human on a $$ wheel before providing pet care. 2/2 horrible practices. Never again.

I use Urgent Vet on 466 now. Hours are after 3:00 pm walkins welcome. No place is cheep anymore BUT at least they treat the animal with no mental weardown and up front $900 "care plans".

Btw, my cat... I bought otc homeopathic pet med and his issue was gone in 2 days!

We like Dr. Leah Girard. Takes care of our cat since she opened up.
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Hi, Live Oaks Animal. Prices are fair, or use the mobile clinics at Pet Smart. Look it up or call them they will give u information.

Wow, how times have changed. 40 years ago, my wife and I owned two veterinary clinics in Georgia. Our average transaction amount was $35 per visit. The most expensive procedure was $300 to pin a broken leg, including all follow-up visits. But, many clients would opt for euthanasia rather than pay it. Cancer treatment was virtually non-existent, except at the University of Georgia. Still, we made a lot of money. At that time, most veterinary clinics were privately owned, but my wife eventually sold her practice to PetSmart.

I left Mulberry Vet for the same reason. I moved to PAWS at Laurel Manor. Dr Johnson is very good.

A second vote for Live Oaks. When we were at Mulberry, the vet wanted over $1,000 to clean our dog's teeth. Live Oaks charged a little over $300. They have great reviews.

Paws
 

Dr Johnson at Paws diagnosed the wrong amount of ear meds for my small dog and in 3 days my pet was completely deaf.
She did apologize but didn’t help my pet and she never regained hearing.
Plus if a pet needs dental Paws charges twice what Live Oak charges.

Since I am not a veterinarian, I can't speak for dogs. But I will say that in a human, there is no possible way that the wrong amount of ear drops would result in deafness.

Great Vet
 

Dr Timothy Porter in Wildwood is the best vet I have ever used.