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    worrying incoming vet bills

    ok , just a quick on, my mrs has a rabbit, which yesterday was stone cold and trouble breathing, took it to the vets, who gave it 7 steroid jabs and kept it in..

    thing im worried about is how much is that going to cost.. i know a hamster cost her £80 and that just had a jab and was kept in and died in teh end..

    Worried about £200+ bills ,whats the score if you just tell them straight theres no chance you can afford that ?

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    You need to speak to the vet, they shouldnt give the animal any medication/treatment unless they have discussed prices/outcomes first.... you can set a max bill aswell...

    Never get a horse tho, myself and charlotte have had bills of over £5k (& thats after insurance has paid out!!) on more than one occassion in the last 18months...

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    think the vets play on it a bit,a mate of mine had a cat an it was given jabs etc an kept in to be 'monitored',but my mate was having none of it an took it home to monitor it himself,a risk maybe but turned out ok.......

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    ah nah , this vet just seems to do whatever.. and then give you a stonking bill, i just said to the mrs if its over £100 , then just argue the toss and tell them you cant afford it and that they should of informed you how stupidly much they were going to charge.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    are we on about a rabbit here surely £200 is way over the odds for a bill by far
    didnt they say what the bill would likely to be before they done anything

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Dude, you should of just done it a favor & pulled it's neck, sorry if that sounds harsh but jeez it's a bunny FFS.... an expensive one at that now

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Quote Originally Posted by raider_gtt View Post
    are we on about a rabbit here surely £200 is way over the odds for a bill by far
    didnt they say what the bill would likely to be before they done anything

    if you didnt have that money then whats the worst they can do pay what you can aford and work out a payment plan

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    unfortunatly it was the mrs that took it, and i don think at that time they really knew what they were gona do with it, i think shes gone up now anyway so ill soon know the bill.

    Unfortunatly its not any bunny, its an american giant one.

    que.. a photo of my mrs with her rabbit!!


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    Whooa, thats a lot of stew
    I can see why you took it to the vet now, hopefully it's not to painful.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    hehe yea , its nota small one,

    I bloody hate vets the piss takin barstards.. i always feel that they just play on the fact that the owners are very attached, and they just ramp up the bill without advising. Then at the end the little fat woman behind reception makes it sound like its a typical £15 check up , but instead says £358 or some silly figure.

    I guess we now just waittttt

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    thats a big bunny.....surely theres s'one inside that thing!!!!

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    thats a big rabbit hope all ends out ok as for the bill just say its christmas and wears ya good will or i can aford to pay you this much take it or leave it

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Quote Originally Posted by raider_gtt View Post
    its christmas and wears ya good will or i can afford to pay you this much take it or leave it
    Yeah then sell it for double!

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    On a sensible note, cool rabbit Damian, always wanted a house rabbit, but they make a mess of everything.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    having the same prob with one of me ferrets atm matey. spent nearly £400 on him was going to put him down then was informed that it may be something treatable like heart disease so spent the cash trying to fing out what it is he is all right now but not out of the woods yet, but when he was bad i had spent £300 and it looked like he was going to die anyway Hope it gets better soon matey thats some monster rabbit

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Just spoke to the missus about this, she's a nurse at our local vets. roughly your unto £80-100 hope the rabbits ok

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Quote Originally Posted by SCHWARTZ View Post
    having the same prob with one of me ferrets atm matey. spent nearly £400 on him was going to put him down then was informed that it may be something treatable like heart disease so spent the cash trying to fing out what it is he is all right now but not out of the woods yet, but when he was bad i had spent £300 and it looked like he was going to die anyway Hope it gets better soon matey thats some monster rabbit
    Is yours an indoor ferret mate ?
    I have 4 myself (outdoor I might add)

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    ....indoors..outdoors.up your trousers....

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    i have 3 all male 2 been done youngest hasnt yet but lives on his own. They all usually live out side (they arnt workers tho) but the one who is ill atm is indoors wot you got? sorry for the hijack

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    hehe yea its a wkd rabbit..

    well its been kept in again now , apparntly it was better this morning but then it went ill again 2nite, so in for another night and ona drip to feed it. I see these £££ rakin up now.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Ooooooh dat wabbit!

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Do you not have insurance? We have all our pets insured and have always done alright on the claims, you do still have to pay upfront but they are good about getting the money back quick, there is an excess but well worth it.
    You could just say we don't have the money to pay and offer what you can afford. If they are any kind of pet lover they will keep you out.
    Good luck.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    nope, not insured , silly really, i just dont do pets full stop, but the mrs has a few at hers, i guess we will see what the bills gona cost, if its silly will just see what they can do, surely being that its like 5 days from xmas you would think if it was going to be silly high they would maybe pre warn.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    bad news, the rabbit died

    gota go pickup a dead rabbit and a big bill most likely ..

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    Holy crap that rabbit was massive ! Sorry to hear about the bad news mate

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    sorry to hear that mate...

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    bad news bud. sorry to hear it

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    the bill wasnt to bad to be fair £130, gutted about the rabbit but i guess things happen.

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    Re: worrying incoming vet bills

    Quote Originally Posted by djinuk View Post
    the bill wasnt to bad to be fair £130, gutted about the rabbit but i guess things happen.

    aww dame bet the missis is guted sill there the £130 bill to soften the blow

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