Cost of Veternarian for checkup

[Hill61086]

Hi...long time reader of board, but new to posting. I just moved and have 3 chins soon to be adopting 4 more babies in a seperate cage. I want to establish care with a local veternarian. I was wondering what you all pay for a regular checkup vet visit. I was told the cost was $73 for one chin and $57 for each additional chin. My last vet would see all three for one visit cost, but I don't think I will find this here. Do these costs seem reasonable to you all? Or should I search for another veternarian. Thanks!

 

[Stackie]

It depends on your area and the clinic, but that seems pretty expensive to me. The clinic I currently work at charges $49. When I lived in the boonies and had to drive an hour to a vet who would see chins, I paid around $60.

 

[ticklechin]

My vet is in a really affluent area with a multi-million dollar facility and they only charge 69.00.

 

[Snickers]

I think mine charges $59.00 for the 1st then afterwards $30.00 for additional ones. This price is only for exotics.

 

[akane]

Depends greatly. Bigger the city usually higher the cost. In this small university town it's $40 and then $10 each additional. In the nearby town of about 3000 people the vet charges $20 no matter how many animals if you bring them in and a fee by distance if he travels to your place.

 

[Hill61086]

Thanks for the input so far. Please feel free to keep posting. The other vet in the area that says they treat exotics didn't know how to handle a guinea pig according to my pet sitter. I don't have much faith they can treat chinchillas then. I may have to go with the expensive vet. At least chinchillas don't get sick or injured very often!

 

[jbcstratton]

Where I live, not many vets see exotics, and the ones that do you have to see if they actually know anything about them. The one that I found runs around $69 just for an office visit.

 

[Hill61086]

So we took the girls to the vet and they charged $65 to examine one and weight all three. She seemed pretty competent, but for after hours care and complex surgeries/diagnostics we will have to drive to Grand Rapids an hour away. At least our girl looked healthy!

 

[SarahMichelle]

For my chinchillas vet i think it was $65 for the first visit and the second one was $50 (I think). I do have to drive an hour though so add gas money on to that, lol. But for a vet that is qualified in exotics and is also a chinchilla owner himself its worth it.

 

[Dreamlite]

I would worry more about how educated the vet is on chins than the price. I have seen exotic vets charge 40-100 just for a visit but if they don't know anything about chins its all wasted money.

 

[Magyk]

Wow, so many cheap vets! The only vet I trust to see my chin is $86 a visit.

 

[ticklechin]

I just went in for a emergency vet visit and the cost was 160.00.