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Re: spay/neuter and titles

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[i]Originally posted by Bijoupoodles
Pricing... my Vet went up in price this year...
Neuter $45.00 Vasectomy $90.00
Spay $65.00 Tubal $130.00 [/B]

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Wow, wonder why it's so expensive there?? Cost of living in my area is high, but vet costs seem to be (fairly) reasonable. Spaying our Angel at around 8 months ended up costing more like $350 because a certain person in my house thought that a whining boy in one room was fine to be with an in-heat girl who was in the other room (they had been crated and kept apart up until that point and it was going great) if she "watched them and made sure nothing was happening" when I was asleep. I think she learned how quickly it all happens! Pretty sure he just beelined it over to her as soon as the door opened (whining stopped in my room) and it was too late within another 30 seconds (heard yelling from the other room). We spayed her rather than risk it because she was pretty small at that point and because she was SO young, and because it was NOT a good time or situation for puppies. Simply put, neither she or any of us would have been ready for puppies. The spay/neuter clinic here would have done it (under 100, plus the extra fees for a pregnant dog or a dog in heat) but she went to our regular vet (over $200 for a spay, plus the extra fees). It was a stretch to pay for that and for a dog who WASN'T in heat or pregnant I probably wouldn't hesitate to take them to the clinic just because it really can be a stretch sometimes and they're great there, plus I'd probably offer to volunteer with anything they needed help with (new website, maybe, because theirs is OLD).

Hmmm, how old would a puppy have to be before a vasectomy? Since there are concerns about early spay/neuter causing problems (which I really don't know much about), I wonder if that's a better option for puppies going to pet homes? I'm not sure how many breeders insist that puppies are spayed/neutered before going home, not many from the few I've heard about and know well, unless they're older puppies/young adults by then. Thoughts?