£202

Vets bill today for one of my cats who has been under the weather. (doh) </p>

Could have slipped one of the local kids a tenner to take him for a walk to the canal.</p>

&pound;202 ! Why do we do it ?</p>

 

Whats up with it? nt

 

Slow heart failure.

His breathing has been really fast and eratic; turns out he has had fluid building up on them, which they have drained.</p>

He'll be 14 this year. Fading fast, so I bet we have only bought him a few months.</p>

 

Interesting

Mine seems to be wheezing a bit - she's 15

 

RE: Interesting

His breathing got really fast and shallow. And it was hurting him to be picked up. And he lost weight

 

If it helps any

You can shop around for the medication and if you can find it cheaper anywhere else then the vet is legally bound to write you out a prescription

 

Really ? Thanks for that.

All I know is that one set of tablets we have got, he has got to have a quarter of a tablet twice a day. They are tiny in the first place; it's a bugger to cut em up.</p>

I'll look for the name and shop around.</p>

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Cheers</p>

 

Give him a whole one

And he'll be fine for two days (Y)

 

squirt ventolin in it's face, it'll be fine.

 

RE: Really ? Thanks for that.

Try Hyperdrug.co.uk or Hyperdrug.com. My dog as a long term problem and the vet use to charge me £30 per month for medication. But reading on the above site, the vet is obliged to give you a perscription by law. I now get a six month supply of medication from Hyperdrug for £40 saving £140. Talk about ripping people off.

 

I use these
http://www.petmeds.co.uk/homepage.html

 

Yes, I work in a vets

The fair competition act brought out new legislation which means you can ask your vet to write out a script so you can purchase your drugs anywhere. Most vets don't openly offer this information for obvious reasons. This doesn't mean avoiding regular check-ups that will cost. Most vets will request that your pet is seen at least once every 6 months if it's on regular medication.
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Did your vet not offer you a pill cutter? </p>

 

Blimey

So I've obviously been misunderstanding all the spam telling me "Pussy will never be happier with our cut price meds"!

 

No, just used my craft knife. Or

&quot;thumbcutter&quot; as I am calling it today.

 

should pay for insurance like most responsable owners nt

 

RE: Give him a whole one

</p>

Or give it the full pack, needn't worry for quite a while then (Y) soorted.</p>

 

G F Y nt

 

whats that supposed to mean ??? nt

 

Go **** Yourself

At a guess

 

thats not nice is it???? nt