my vet charges £1500 for an emergency section if its in the middle of the night... so im praying my pooch whelps well and everything goes as planned but of course preparing for the worst!! how much does your vet charge?

I paid £999 in 2009

Diane

I, like so many others these days, am not lucky enough to have a vet that does their own out of hours work. They are covered by Vets Now, and they are wellknown to be very expensive indeed.

Hi both my local vets charge £1000 for an emergency and £700 planned i live in northeast if your worrying ive heard a few people use dorwest rasberry apparently it can help the uterus through whelping ive never used it myself but a friend of mine swears by it for her pugs and bulldogs xx

Just shy of £2000 though its a giant breed

I paid around £1500 for a 3 am c-section at the beginning of last year.

ive heard a few people use dorwest rasberry apparently it can help the uterus through whelping ive never used it myself but a friend of mine swears by it for her pugs and bulldogs

I only ever tried that once....the bitch (A second whelping GSD bitch) had complete inertia resulting in a C-sect and then had bleeding complications. Might just be a one off but I would not try it again thanks.
£1500 sounds about right for my large breed.
Aileen

That is what I was quoted, practice hours £500ish, £1000 early evening, and £1500 after midnight. 

That was in 2010.  Thankfully it was a 5pm C section when things refused to get moving after first pup.

NE Scotland - 2009 Evening C section to deliver 2 live pups. Local village mixed practice vet and it cost £350.
The local farmers were horrified as that is twice as much as they would pay for one on a cow or a sheep lol

Ah but then you have the economic value of the sheep or cow, if the vet cost will be more than makes more sense to slaughter.

It was similar with the Rabbits, if one ailed, assuming it survived (they tend to die by the time anything is noticed), then it had it's neck stretched.

They also don't give cows and sheep GAs, just local

My vet charges £600 out of hours emergency. It's a brilliant practice, still does its own out of hours and as I always ask to see one of the practice partners there have been appointments when I haven't been charged.

wow!! £600 out of hours?? where do you live lol

It's a practice in Leighton Buzzard, Beds. It's used by lots of breeders because it's so good. I'm really lucky to be in it 's catchment area.

I paid just over £1,000 about 7 years ago for one after midnight.  For a toy breed.

My practice does their own out of hours, so at least I get a vet who I've met before.

The vet I use now does his own out of hours and I paid £350 for a C Section in 2010. The op was done at 6.30pm once all consultations had finished.

I paid £852 11pm on a Friday evening, this included spaying at the same time.

Thankfully not had a c section out of hours, if we did it's Vets Now, they charged £85 consultation fee at 8.15 pm 4 years ago, it goes up after 11 pm.

Vets Now around here charge £130 consult

I think so many vets using Vets Now has had a very bad side effect -far more people will now NOT go to the vet out of hours, and no wonder really. It's not just the cost but their poor reputation as well. I know I myself now think twice before rushing off out of hours, it would have to be very serious or I'd wait until my own vet opened as usually it is only a question of hours, unless it was a Saturday evening. (My vet is open Saturday mornings and opens at 8 am.) Before I'd just go and not think about it.

I shudder to think what they'd charge now, it was 4 years ago and before 11 pm.

"I think so many vets using Vets Now has had a very bad side effect -far more people will now NOT go to the vet out of hours, and no wonder really."  I agree entirely.

"It's not just the cost but their poor reputation as well".    There is not even a guarantee that an emergency admission case would see a Vet immediately anyway. Only one Vet and one Veterinary Nurse may be on duty to pick up emergencies from a large number of Practices. It would seem from the Vets Now website an animal may be admitted and given first aid by a Veterinary Nurse and in that situation the owner would not be allowed to remain with their pet. As an experienced dog owner and breeder that seriously disturbs me. For example I would not want to leave a bitch with a whelping problem unless I had had a consultation with a Vet and knew the course of action to be taken and how long the bitch would have to wait for attention.

From Vets Now website.  http://www.vets-now.com/pet-owners/pet-care-advice/what-to-expect-emergency-out-of-hours-vet/
At the clinic When you arrive at the out of hours veterinary clinic, you may have to wait before the vet sees you and your pet. Emergency work is by its nature unpredictable and it is difficult to schedule appointments. Emergency vets will always see and treat the sickest pet first......... If there is going to be any significant delay before your pet is going to be seen by the vet, a qualified veterinary nurse will perform a triage assessment to ensure there will be no risk to your pet from the delay. If the nurse has any concerns, she may admit your pet to the treatment area to provide first aid such as oxygen therapy and pain relief. You will be asked to wait in the waiting room in this situation.

We had an emergency c-section in December, at 10.30pm (of course) cost just over £800 of which £109 was the consult fee.

My last litter (October 13) for medium sized bitch was by emergency c-section on Saturday evening - although I was at my vets during surgery hours the operation was done after.  C-section plus spaying as the uterus fell apart .. 8 healthy pups delivered, total cost around £600 ... I am grateful for my vets doing their own cover.

> For example I would not want to leave a bitch with a whelping problem unless I had had a consultation with a Vet and knew the course of action to be taken and how long the bitch would have to wait for attention.

Too bloody right!  I feel that, as I pay highly for my vets consults, then it's my prerogative to talk with a vet.  To be fair, out of hours they will take me up to the room next to the operating theatre, so I can be close and get to see my bitch and litter very quickly.  I know the room well by now, where to find the coffee and kettle too.  :-)

Wow, Im a vet student and have done work experience in west Wales, where a recent bulldog c-section done after evening surgery was about £350. My own spaniel bitch had a c-section last year in another practice for £250 during the morning.