I am so upset!

I have to vent! My mare is off getting bred and I get a call that she is enroute to vet on Sat night because she cut her shoulder open and needed about 6 or 7 stitches. Okay, I'm upset, but I guess she'll survive. I tell her while she is there for the to do an ultrasound to see were we stand, etc.... they should be breeding her as of today. GREAT! Then I get my vet bill for almost $400!!!!!! 6 stitches and and unltrasound!!!! GEESH!!!

Gee....Around here and ultra-sound alone will cost more than $400!!!!! Glad to hear she'll be ok....

I have had the breeders just call the vet and never even mention it to me. Really makes me mad.. I know you want them taken care of. However, they should contact you first..

Ragdoll. You are getting ripped off if you pay that much for an ultra sound..

Unfortunately, all vet care here is a rip-off. A good portion of this community work in the gold mines. That's big money. They cash-in on it. The only 2 horse vets in this area refuse to make "farm calls" for horses anymore. Haven't done it for about 5 yrs. People who don't have a trailer, or can't borrow one are SOL.

I have 4 cats that I need to take for their yearly shots....Will cost me $200.00 per cat.

We really need a horse vet here!!!!!!

Cindy, welcome to the world of breeding! One reason why I always owned my own stud.

Kind of a pain in the arse, isn't it!!!!

Cindy wrote:

I have to vent! My mare is off getting bred and I get a call that she is enroute to vet on Sat night because she cut her shoulder open and needed about 6 or 7 stitches. Okay, I'm upset, but I guess she'll survive. I tell her while she is there for the to do an ultrasound to see were we stand, etc.... they should be breeding her as of today. GREAT! Then I get my vet bill for almost $400!!!!!! 6 stitches and and unltrasound!!!! GEESH!!!

GEEZZZZZZZZ $400.00 I'd be venting too.. Ultra sound cost here is 45.00

How did she do it? Id be asking what she did that on??? Dang, thats a Gash! A friend of mine, called and said, My mare was just bred, and the stallion is wearing shoes, they didn't cover the shoes up with anything.. I thought, Id said Ummm arent you going to put something over the shoes, I dont know about the rest of you, But I either pulled shoes when live covering, or covered them.

7cedars wrote:

Cindy, welcome to the world of breeding! One reason why I always owned my own stud.

Kind of a pain in the arse, isn't it!!!!

It is a big pain in butt! We are bringing her and the stallion home next weekend! I took her up there to be bred because I was hoping it would have happened when I took her! She was due to ovulate then! Now it's been almost 2 cycles later and the lady is like..... I guess we missed it! UGH!!!
The stallion is owned by a good friend who doesn't have time for him, so she has had him with this lady. Well, I worked a deal out with her to bring him home, fit him back up and show him. He started to show a long time ago and then they just stopped due to a divorce. He has been sitting ever since geting ridden here and there and this lady that has him now uses him for a kids lesson horse.
I am more upset because I think the vet or her, not sure is ripping me off! I asked for an itemized bill from the vet before I pay!

Oh heck yeah!

That is a load of bs - our vet is $35 on an ultra sound, drugs to knock one out cold (castration/etc) usually run about 110 or so...so 6 stitches?!?!?

Geeze - I feel for you!!!

This is Waller Equine, Dr Butros (SP?) It still sounds high even for them.

I would be terribly angry! even in our breeding contract we have someone who we are to call if issues arrise, and failing him/her any veterinarian. You definetly should have been called first...

I also have heard of vets ripping people off if they think they dont know much... dont think this is the case, but it sure sounds like a rip off.

Rectal is about $65 here, and an ultrasound about $90.

hmmm - i don't use him -

That is absurd!

AAE is high but not THAT high...