Vet Costs price

Different areas will charge different prices but for my Marshmallow to be treated for his URI, it was; $50/exam (I pay per animal no matter what), $65 for medication for one pig at a cavvy savvy vet. Treating for mites was $50 for the vet visit for my Chocolate, and was $45 for the medication (they charged the full price of the Revolution since they had to open the container even though they only used 3 drops - literally) but they also gave me a 2nd set for my Marshmallow for free since they had it open anyway and would throw it away.

Seems kind of high for the medication. If they prescribe Bactrim have them send it in to your own human pharmacy--it's much cheaper that way.

My vet usually charges around $40-$45 and doesnt charge for nail trims or things like that
When I had to get antibiotics for Lucy, it was like $120 for both of the antibiotics.

Wow, that seems really expensive to me. Maybe I just have a super awesome vet. (I mean, I know she is super awesome lol but maybe she is rare). I pay $36 for a well visit. Meds are nowhere near that much. They weren't that much even at the vet hospital for an emergency visit. I paid $150 for a neuter and all the follow up visits (one has an abscess) are free and I just pay for the meds. I really do love her and all the staff. SHe is a piggy owner herself, and she had tears in her eyes when we watched one of my piggies pass away on her exam table.

I'm sorry I was not clear the medicine they said was $30 making the full treatment $110. @T_Liscious wow $35 well visit would be nice.

I think I will look at more vets around me tomorrow. My problem is I am around people of the mentality of if its not as big as a dog its not worth a vet. Luckily for my sons and my piggies I control my money lol.

I think I am really lucky. I pay 26 for an exam and 33 for multiple pet exam instead of 26 each. The baytril is $8 an oz and the Bactrim is 3.50 an oz. She doesn't always charge me for the meds either when I had to treat all three for a uri that was persistant and required four visits to the vet and changes of meds and doses until it worked.

I literally just went to the vet yesterday for a URI. It was 40 bucks for the exam and 53 for exam and meds total. Come to find out I got antibiotics that are toxic to guinea pigs and have spent another 100 getting to another vet..

Before you go in print out the list of medications of of Guinea Lynx that are deadly and bring it with you to save you time AND money.

Hope everything goes well with your pig!

I used to pay $80 for a vet visit, now since I am a regular costumer and I am there almost every week I only pay $50.

2198lindsey said:

I literally just went to the vet yesterday for a URI. It was 40 bucks for the exam and 53 for exam and meds total. Come to find out I got antibiotics that are toxic to guinea pigs and have spent another 100 getting to another vet..

Before you go in print out the list of medications of of Guinea Lynx that are deadly and bring it with you to save you time AND money.

Hope everything goes well with your pig!

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Can't stress this enough too, great advice! Just because people claim to be "cavvy savvy" it doesn't mean they are. I've ran into a few vets that had no idea what they were talking about who were the "guinea pig" vet.

What I did was send the list to my phone, so I had it there, on hand to double check the medication they were giving me.

@Carissa6729 I know. I found out AFTER they had given her a dose and AFTER I paid and came home and posted about it on a thread.

Crazy stressful on my pig that she had to switch medications, too.

I paid $58 for the examination.$7 for an office visit plus tax...for a total of $73.45 for her to say he was fine...to wish I figured out on my own I am pretty sure he is allergic to the timothy hay! I switched him to this orchard grass stuff and he has not done it anymore.

I am new to the vets and they know what they are doing, I do not mind paying for there experience. I mean a haircut and dye costs more then that and I love my buddy stew way more then my hair lol

Bactrim was 12 dollars for a round of treatment when I had it ages ago. I think my vet charges 65 for exams.

80+ dollars does not sound unusual for exam costs.