General Care Discussion :: Herp vet fees

[hdaisog]

I'm in the process of finding a new herp vet. In the last two cities I lived in I had one vets office that would take care of all my pets, mammal and reptile. I was referred to a local vet that has a Herp vet too. Their mammal prices and vets are really good, but just for a Herp visit it is $50. This doesn't include any xrays, shots, medicine, etc. At the last two Herp vets they rarely charged a general fee and when there was one it was like $35.

Does $50 sound high to anyone else?

Anyone in the Denver area have any referrals? Preferrably in the Westminster/Arvada area. I brought them to Alameda East before and liked them, but it is now about an hour away and I'd like to find something closer.

[Bumby's Mom]

It's not high for a specialist office call. For my birds the office call is $40-$60. My herp vet charges less since I am in there all the time with my birds or the turtles. He usually charges me $20 for an office call. Finding specialist vets is hard. My vet was only 15 minutes away and then she moved her office and is now 40 minutes away.

[megcornell]

If I lived in the greater Denver area, I'd be going to alameda east. When I lived out there I heard wonderful things about them.

The vets I have been to have charged around $50 for just the office visit for my turtles so I think you're in the right ballpark price-wise.

[scripta_elegans]

I would say that's reasonable for a good herp vet.

[marisa]

The last herp vet I went to charged $54 for the visit, with everything else extra.

[mikee]

ha-sog -- Fifty bucks for a good vet who knows what he is doing is a good price. Herp vets are highly specialized and demand and get that price. Hold on to your wallet when he does a culture, xray and or a shot. !!

[steve]

Mine charges $73 for 5 minutes or 50 minutes... but he does a good job. Most other vets will offer cheaper follow up visits and checkups... some will also charge you an "office fee" during your initial visit.

[Dein211]

mine charges 45 dollars but the last time i was there she only charged me 12 becasue it just to see if her condition had improved. the first visit was $83

[hdaisog]

I'll probably take them to Alameda East (they are on the Emergency Vets show on Animal Planet). I think they make so much money they don't worry about nickle and diming you. Most of what I have had to do so far at Herp vets is yearly check ups. For that I will drive the hour to go to Alameda East. Just for yearly check ups, Alameda East also does one fee for all three turtles plus the lizard, the last time I took them all in was November and for all 4 the total fee was ~$80. The new place I take my mammals to would charge $250 ($50 for each reptile). Oh well. Thanks for all your responses.