Cost of sedation for clipping

[Morrigan_Lady]

How much would you expect to pay, or have paid for this?

I was hit with an £89 bill from my vet this week and thought that seems rather alot!

 

[251libby]

I 'think' my vet charges £30 for sedation and a £15 injection fee and then a time fee and call out on top!

ETA my horse only needs a sniff off the stuff and shes away with the faries!

 

[Gooby]

My friends mare can rack it up to around £100 or over!

 

[BeckyD]

It was just under £80 when i had Ronnie sedated for clipping two years ago...

 

[sky1234]

That sounds about the norm for a vet visit though i'm afraid. Did the vet stay a while to make sure the horse was OK.

Have you tried a low level sadative like sedalin, which you can just buy from the vet for a few pounds, or twitching him? A twitch works wonders on my horse.

 

[Morrigan_Lady]

Sedaline doenst work and neither does a twitch. I wish they bloody did though, it would save me a fortune, I have two to do twice a year!

 

[soph21]

Jesus

Bear had a tiny amount of sedaline for the farrier once, he was doped to the eyeballs lol!

 

[bethyboox]

I paid £90 for mine, its a lot really.

 

[eggs]

Recently had one sedated for the dentist. Bill came to just under £100. £35 for the call out, £30 for the injection, £20 odd for the drugs and then VAT.

 

[soph21]

When Bear had his teeth done me and freind went halves on call out, he was sedated and teeth. It cost me about £80 I think.
Which was quite reasonable really, if you think teeth alone is about £40.

 

[toteymote]

I paid £53 this year because we were lucky enough to share the call out with the two others. It's normally a lot more!

 

[Coffee_Bean]

Wow, I love my vet!! She charges £30 call out and £18 sedation. Good job as it's for the farrier not clipping, wish it was the other way tbh. But hopefully moving away from that!!

 

[catymmh]

I took my boy to the vet last week and he had one injection then a top up and it was £26.00 but of course I travelled there. A call out would have been £30 plus time too i guess.

 

[Angelbones]

Im waiting on the bill but the estimate is approx £200 - started off with 15 ACP (didn't touch him at all), then two attempts at getting the IV thingy in (no luck), then IM injection which did work enough to get the IV thingy in, then the IV drugs, which were topped up once, and the vet stayed throughout which lasted about 2 hours, along with the £53 callout charge in the first place.

Needless to say when the coat grows back, it won't be getting clipped again this season.

Please send money, booze and valium....