Cost for spaying?

[Raika's Mom]

I just called the vet to get a cost for Raika to be spayed, and she quoted me $240 for everything (anesthesia, pain meds, hospital stay, etc). Is this a normal price or should I shop around? I like our vet, so I'd like to stay with her, but if that's outrageous than I'll go elsewhere.

[suzy_99]

That actually seems a little high to me. My puppy's bills, including her spay, overnight stay, meds, and her vaccinations will only comes to $239 Canadian and another vet quoted me $190. You could shop around a little, but if you really like and trust your vet sometimes it is worth the little extra money. I myself am going to go to the vet that charges $50 more, because I really trust them and they have a great rapport with my animals.

[chibul]

For neutering, is it usually about the same price? Do the animals stay overnight for that as well?

[Yellow Shepard]

It sounds a little high. When I got my dog neutered it only went a little over $100.

[showpug]

I know money is a realistic factor in this decision making progress, but if you can, focus more on finding a vet you trust and feel your dog would be safe with. Trust me, not all vets are good and they certainly don't all love animals

[Fran27]

It seems normal to me. Of course, it will cost more for a female than a dog. It was $150 or so for Boris.

[juliefurry]

I paid $109 for Mack and it's the same for Hannah. Our vet did a good job too. Mack didn't die so I'm assuming they did everything right.

[wildwings811]

I have two things to say

I feel that if you trust your vet and you really like them than pay what they charge

The other thing is this the clinic I work at charges $125 to spay a female and that includes surgery, anesthesia, pain meds, over night stay, and their last set of vaccinations

[skyhigh]

I got my dog sterilized for $50. It was because the council was giving half of the price back for spaying because they anted all dogs to get spayed. Overall it was about $60 dollors.

[Raika's Mom]

Wow. I'm going to be shopping around. If I can save over $100 that would be wonderful. I'm fresh out of college and still struggling.