I was just wondering if anyone had an idea of vet fees for small animals...ie hamsters?

I have 7 hammies and one day one of them will be poorly...is pet insurance available for such small animals and where is best to go??

Thanks
Cheryl

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Felix
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I think you'll find that most places wont insure a hamster because insurers dont see it as worth it.

Vets fees differ. You'll be paying for a consultation fee as well as any treatment. For instance, when our hamster needed an abcess draining and a weeks worth of antibiotics, it cost us roughly £10 which included a check up a week later.
Another hamster who needed a giant abcess removed from it's face needed to be anethatised first, so that plus antibiotics and a post op check cost us £20-30.
The most expensive ive had for a small animal is for one of our chinchillas to need immediate surgery for a ruptured bowel, that cost £350 which didnt include a post op check or any antibiotics. We payed extra for them.

And its worth mentioning, that if your given an antibiotic called Baytril, you need to give pro biotics with it because Baytril uses up all the good bacteria in a animal. I personally done use Baytril were possible, i request another antibiotic.

when blossom got an eye infection it cost me £20 for antibiotics and eyedrops

£10 for cunsultion fee

and when albert broke his leg it was £30 for a mini cast !! rip off much!!

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omg...£30 for a cast for a tiny little leg?? That is shocking. I might ring around and get some quotes so I know where to go should something happen to my little hammies!

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i dont think £30 is that much of a rip off. Such a small leg makes a vets job even harder. Putting a plaster cast on a human leg can be tricky and stressful for a doctor let alone a vet. Also, that £30 would have included an injection of pain relief.
Getting quotes is a good idea, also check to see how experienced a vet is with your pet, some specialise is certain animals over others

yh i suppose , i would pay any amount really.

Well only if theyre is a chance of them living....

xx

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Most vets would just amputate on such a small animal. You're lucky that you found a vet who would be prepared to cast it

:O really!!

that vet was the hammie specialist....specialicing in(you guest it) hamsters...


he did it , it was on a robo aswell!! but he is gone now,now we have a crappy cat specialist TUT!!

xx

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why dont ppl set up aacccount fund just for there furry pets i do so if it comes to being sick you got money spare

We do. we put money aside every month for them

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