Tooth Extraction Price!

[blackcat77]

Just wondered how much other vets charge for this operation (fortunately not my dog!) She's a fairly small terrier type, had a tooth abcess which has been treated with antibiotics and gone down. The vet thinks that the tooth ought to come out, cost of operation - £250!! Does this sound rather a lot to pet owners (or vets) out there?

[woofgang]

Not really if a general anaesthetic is involved which i think it would be.

[kita1]

I agree with woofgang.

As well as the tooth extraction they will probably clean the other teeth and give a total check up of all the teeth to make sure there are no other dental problems.

You could always phone around other vets in your area, or even get a second opinion but you will probably find that they all charge around the same.

[LoftyLottie]

It will probably involve a blood test too before having an anaesthetic ,which on it's own is about £70.00.

[lankeela]

Seems a lot to me, I would ring round. The smaller 'one man band' vets tend to be cheaper than the bigger practices with vet hospitals and loads of staff. A castration or hip scoring which involves an anesthetic would only be around £150 for most breeds, and I would expect a tooth extraction to be similar

[Sandy-Wroe]

I recently paid £70 to have a dogs teeth cleaned and one of them removed. £250 seems a bit steep.

[blackcat77]

Thank you all - I think it's a bit steep and my friend is ringing round some local vets to see how much the charges vary.

[lucifox]

My dog has just had some teeth out with cleaning, the letter they sent me after the operation said £400.38, i argued that they price thay gave me at the time of check up was about £300 so we agreed £320. so your amount seems very good..