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Pet smarts
Posted on October 22nd, 2008 5 commentsI thought of one more tip for saving money on your pet that I would like to add to my commentary from last week. We saved several hundred dollars just by price checking before we had Butternut neutered. Since we had recently moved to the Beach in Toronto, we looked at a couple of vet clinics, both of whom quoted us between $500-$600 for the operation. That seemed excessive, and one of my friends recently told me that just by driving to a clinic in London (a smaller city a couple of hours away) they saved about $400. We called our former vet in the West end of Toronto, who agreed to waive the initial consultation since they had seen Butternut only a few months before, and gave us a rate that was somewhere around $250. Shop around - and don’t worry, price does not necessarily dictate quality, so you won’t sacrifice good care.
Who let the cat out of the bag?
My point, that cats do not need expensive toys, is proven.
*PS Don’t worry folks, that is a paper bag, not plastic, and I was keeping an eye on her the whole time. I’m much better with the supervision than I am with the discipline.
5 responses to “Pet smarts”
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Andrea October 22nd, 2008 at 12:32
Butternut is so cute! My two cats love playing/sleeping in a cardboard box. Their beds we bought them are always empty!
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Saver Queen October 22nd, 2008 at 20:04
Thanks Andrea! Isn’t that always the way? Butternut has slept in the bed I bought her all of one time, even though it is lined with fleece. How can it compare with a cardboard box or laundry basket full of clean clothes?
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Butternut is aDORable! What a face…
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This is awesome advice, as it is totally true. We did the same exact thing when spaying our two kitties a few years ago. In Toronto the clinics wanted $400 ish EACH, which included an overnight stay “for observation”. The overnight stay was mandatory everywhere I called. In London (at the Spay/Neuter clinic on Wellington St.) we payed around $130 per cat (it would have been even cheaper, but there were extra charges because both of them were in heat at the time), and it was a day procedure. The staff there were lovely and caring, but the clinic didn’t have all the frills that pet hospitals have - they spay and neuter, that’s it. *shrug* I’m just so glad we didn’t get suckered into paying the TO costs, and I wish more people knew that you can shop around!! Maybe now, a few more will.
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Christy October 26th, 2008 at 08:34
Wow - $600??? Where we are (about an hour and a quarter east of the city) we paid $200 to have our cat neutered AND declawed. I’m glad we don’t have to pay city prices.
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