littleredsquirrel Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 One of my ladies is at the vets. She was taken in yesterday, had a consultation and an overnight stay and then will need antibiotics for myco. Any idea roughly how much this should cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Not sure but I paid £16 for a consultation and antibiotics. Not much help sorry No overnight stay Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 At local vet, consultation + antibiotics cost approx £20. When I had to go to out of hours, PDSA it cost £60 !! (Once you have a pet, you 'have' to pay for treatment or have them PTS - in my view) H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 My vet charges small animal rate - approx £25 for consult and Metacam. Having ex-batt Agatha PTS was an eye-watering (and not just because I was crying ) £43! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Its about £20 without the overnight stay at my vets I dont know why they kept your hen in over night - there is absolutely no need to do that with a Myco case - that will probably be the bit that costs you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 JS1 Think your vet is taking the you know what. When I had to have Raquel pts in September vet charged £20. Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 JS1 Think your vet is taking the you know what. When I had to have Raquel pts in September vet charged £20. Sage I would agree - I paid £15 to have a chicken put to sleep last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Mine was a £120 for overnight stay and antibiotics this is the reason i try and treat my birds myself now and dont bother with the vets leanne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 £120 for a chook to be PTS, and body to be "disposed of". They saw me coming a mile away - but was late at night, was the only vets open (would have gone to another one I've seen recomended on here otherwise) and could not have left her to suffer. But OUCH I was taken advantage of in a big way and will not go back there again if I can help it at all! Another reason to go on a course to learn how to "cull" a chicken myself if needs absolutely must - save the stress of travelling etc too. Sometimes you know when nothing can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 The cheapest I've paid was about £3.50 when I took Scary Spice in with the cats. The most expensive has been about £60 and that wasn't even my chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Around £50 here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthelad Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I took Lily to the vets week before chrimbo, consultation and antibiotics cost me £15. But poor Lily died an hour later wish I had known I wouldn't have put her through the journey........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 sage wrote:JS1 Think your vet is taking the you know what. When I had to have Raquel pts in September vet charged £20. Sage Hmm, yes - it did include 'disposal'..... It was my first loss and I was generally in a bit of a state anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Just paid £23 for consultation and antibiotics for one chicken then £21 for antibiotics for 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleredsquirrel Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 It was £38 for consultation, injection of antibiotics and overnight stay. Plus we have to take her back tomorrow for another injection which I'm anticipating will be another £20 or so........ Not cheeep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Sounds fair to me though not sure why she was kept overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickanne Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I think the moral of this thread is to research local vets BEFORE you need one! We all live busy lives and need contingency plans. Several of us in our village keep chickens as pets (all with or ). We do have help and advice from local farm-types but most of them would just get the death-gadget out if a chook looked really sickly! When I did a bit of research, one place that advertised on some web-site that it was "chicken friendly" was v. expensive. By complete luck, our nearest vet does not specifically mention chickens BUT he does keep them himself. When I took Louise in because of a bad cough he seemed more worried that I'd bought her from some dodgy source (never heard of Omlet!) and ranted on about unscrupulous breeders off-loading sub-standard stock on novice pet-lovers at markets! I found him quite frightning but he gave Louise a squirt of worming juice and an antibiotic jab of some sort and only charged me £7.50. His parting shot was "If they go broody on you I'll give you some eggs for them to hatch - it's the only way you should get new birds!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Bruno had myco, not so long ago. He went to the vets, had tylan injection and check over, then went back in 2 days had another tylan injection, it costed £50, but he didn't stay overnight... I also try and treat my birds myself now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
