I have been quoted £3000- £3500 to have my dogs eye cataracts removed is this a good price ?
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I would be interested in you experiences of this surgery and any details of the place where it was done if you where happy with the quality and price Thanks
Seemed high to me have seem some people quoting £1400 -£1800. Thanks for your thoughts
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Answer by MamaBas
Sure is a good price – for the operating surgeons!! With respect, and depending on the age of the dog involved, unless you have this sort of money to burn, I’d not bother. The first sense, for a dog (other than maybe a sight-hound) is their sense of smell. I’ve had elderly dogs with cataracts and they have lived perfectly normal lives, obviously not seeing as well as before, but well enough that they weren’t bumping into things! Obviously their eyes were bluey, but looks aren’t everything. Personally I’d not put an older dog through this surgery, and certainly not for this sort of money, which is probably correct nevertheless.
Add – I’d always get a second opinion on the condition of your dog, in any case.
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December 14th, 2011 at 11:53 am
I think that’s an outrageous price. If this is from a specialist canine opthalmologist I would ask your vet to refer you to someone else.
My vet fiddled around with an eye problem in my rescue dog for 6 weeks until I got sick of paying with no improvement in the dog. We were seeing him twice a week. I asked to be referred to a specialist who fixed the problem in one procedure and hs fees were half the cost I’d already paid my vet while he was messing around and unable to fix it.
My vet costs were almost $ 1800 for no result and the specialist fees were $ 850 for a perfect result.