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[quote=Anonymous]You might pay extra for services that you don't need if you come in without having done your due diligence, OR if you can't think on your feet once you're there. Your husband sounds clueless, and paired with a vet who doesn't care how much you spend... it's a bad combination for your wallet!

I have a mobile cat-and-dog vet that comes to my home and is very low-key and hands-off. He has an old school wait-and-see approach and doesn't push any services that aren't strictly necessary. Once he did recommend I see a surgical vet about a persistent UTI for my dog, and I paid $400 for a bladder ultrasoundthat was inconclusive. But that was after months of symptoms and urine samples that were borderline positive a UTI, even with antibiotics, so the cost was entirely warranted, given my dog was a puppy at the time, otherwise healthy and will hopefully live 10+ years.

For my "exotic" pets, I see a different vet practice that always explains clearly what my options are. Once my middle-aged, 2 year old, gerbil had a head tilt - very common in gerbils, and usually not a good sign (cancer). A diagnostic scan would have cost $1000, and the vet entirely expected me to refuse it, which I did! My gerbil was given steroids to reduce inflammation and died a month later. Do I regret not paying for a scan? No. Gerbils have a 3 year lifespan.

You've got to be honest with yourself, OP, apply the scientific method carefully, and avoid extrapolating things on discussion boards that DON'T look like your pet's symptoms. And then ask the right questions of the vet.

Maybe next time, go yourself and don't send your husband?[/quote]

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