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Originally Posted by Table 5
That, and you need to buy the anesthetic machine (easily 30-40k), operating table, tools and pay for a vet technician to assist, as well as the vet himself.
Remember that it's still a business and there has to be a profit margin (and from what I hear, spaying/neutering is not a really much of a profit generator). As I mentioned before, vets need don't get any medical subsidies like human doctors do, yet still need to be price competitive. When is the last time you had surgery, and it cost 200 bucks? Going to a regular human doctor in Canada costs considerably higher in monetary value, but people don't ever really see the bill. So I can understand why vet bills can sometimes be a shock, but at the end of the day, these are medical experts dealing with the life of your pet...pets that to a lot of people are as important as their own children (and sometimes treated even better, ha).
Btw, I'm not really sure what prices are these days for spaying/neutering, but I'm going to guess that $100 dog was male? As mentioned, males are a lot less complicated to do then females, thus are often a lot cheaper in terms of vet costs.
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Yes I understand that there are overhead costs and the vet is in business to make money and they went to school for a long time to learn what they know. I wasn't comparing vet costs to human costs, if anything I was comparing the cost to neutering my colt to neutering my dog.
I am just saying that I think the cost for some of these services is getting a little over the top. I am prepared to pay the costs because I knew there would be costs when I got the dogs, that doesn't mean I can't complain about it. Like I said above I agree with most of what you have said.