[Bionic]

I called the vet out on 4th June, to see one of my pigs.  This was the first time I have called a vet out and I knew the bill would be horrendous as it was a house call on a bank holiday but it wasn't as bad as I expected.
It came to £83.51 which included a jab of Alamycin and of Metacam.
 
How do these costs compare to what other pay?
Sally

[P6te]

It compares very favourably, we recently called the vet at 6pm one weekday (not Bank Holiday) and the bill was:

Visit £52.45
Examination £43.86
Pen   Strep (Norbrook) 100 £12.30

Total £108.61

This includes VAT and a 25% surcharge for being 'out of hours'

Pete

[Tamsaddle]

Our vets costs are more than Pete's.  Always find it extraordinary that they charge separately for the "visit" and the "examination", considering they cannot do an examination without visiting.   These days I do my best to explain the symptoms over the phone, then drive over there to collect the medication and administer it myself, even though I dread having to do pig injections of any kind as pigs hate them so much.   Tamsaddle

[princesspiggy]

we callled th evet out on sunday to put an elderly sheep to sleep as itd given up. no treatment just a jag.  it cost £120 - ouch

[SallyintNorth]

Our vets costs are more than Pete's.  Always find it extraordinary that they charge separately for the "visit" and the "examination", considering they cannot do an examination without visiting.   

Errr... if you took the animal to the surgery, then they could examine without visiting.  Farmers often take a sick animal to the surgery in the livestock trailer for exactly this reason.

[Bionic]

It looks as though I got off lightly then 

[kaz]

I think you paid pretty much the going rate for where you are.

[omnipeasant]

princesspiggy, it seems you need to find a local chap who can come and do the deed for you. The hunt kennels can be very accomodating.

[Tamsaddle]

I am most surprised to learn you can take sick pigs to the vet - does one need to do any sort of eaml2 if you do that?  When they come home again are they then subject to a 21 day standstill?

[princesspiggy]

princesspiggy, it seems you need to find a local chap who can come and do the deed for you. The hunt kennels can be very accomodating.

our knackerman wont come on a sunday.
are there hunt kennels in scotland? our nearest  draghunt was 3 hrs drive.
maybe i should have had him shot but i didnt think it would have been that expensive. was v expensive i thought.

[Anke]

I am most surprised to learn you can take sick pigs to the vet - does one need to do any sort of eaml2 if you do that?  When they come home again are they then subject to a 21 day standstill?

Visits to the vet are an emergency and as such excempt from movement regulations. Also excludes standstill period, and you don't have a standstill after it either. And if too young your animal doesn't even have to be tagged. (Unless you do a bloodtest like CAE, where they need to check the eartag number to make sure it is the right one on the sample).

[SallyintNorth]

I am most surprised to learn you can take sick pigs to the vet - does one need to do any sort of eaml2 if you do that?  When they come home again are they then subject to a 21 day standstill?

You can take any animal to the vet without needing paperwork or standstills, I think.  The vets make sure there's no possibility of cross-contamination their end.

[princesspiggy]

you can also take them for a "ride out" as i found out when i asked the AH if i could take lambs/piglets to school. aslong as they dont leave the trailer there is no movement as such, an no standstill on return. and i didnt need a movement license with me, "just make a note at home".
that was from a fone call, but id rather have that in writing cos im sure theyd disappear like snaffled eggs if need be...

[robert waddell]

they are part right prior to e aml you wrote a paper movement out carried that with you  (if stopped ) then when back with no incident the movement was destroyed     we have been doing this for for the last 5 years  with there blessing       it was a struggle to get them on board  (AH) but it can be done

[Beewyched]

princesspiggy, it seems you need to find a local chap who can come and do the deed for you. The hunt kennels can be very accomodating.

our knackerman wont come on a sunday.
are there hunt kennels in scotland? our nearest  draghunt was 3 hrs drive.
maybe i should have had him shot but i didnt think it would have been that expensive. was v expensive i thought.

There's a hunt kennels in Houston Julia - they'll take cattle & sheep, but not pigs.  But I guess that's a bit far for you?