‘I am £3,000 out of pocket and my cat is in precisely the identical place’: Livid pet proprietor tells how she was pressured to pay 1000’s of kilos simply to be seen by a vet – solely to go away with a poorly animal when she could not afford the additional £4,000 therapy

A livid pet proprietor has advised how she was pressured to pay 1000’s of kilos to have her injured cat seen by a vet – solely to go away with a poorly animal when she could not afford the additional £4,000 therapy. 

Nicola Quin, of West Sussex, took her cat Wolfie to the vets after he arrived dwelling on Christmas Day with a limp in his entrance leg having been lacking for every week. 

When vets discovered a complicated break in Wolfie’s leg, Ms Quin claimed she was despatched a invoice of £786.00 earlier than being advised she would want to journey 50 miles to Southern Counties vets in Ringwood for therapy. 

In keeping with the pet proprietor, she then needed to pay £2,000 to be seen earlier than being advised she would want to cough up an additional £4,000 to deal with the damaged leg. 

Chatting with MailOnline, Ms Quin stated: ‘I am indignant and I do not know what to do. My cat is in precisely the identical place as he was when he walked in on Christmas Day.

‘If you happen to take the petrol and the lack of wages, it’s greater than £3,000, and my cat is in the identical place.’ 

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Ms Quin claimed that after she had paid the £2,000 invoice she was pressured to return dwelling with out treating Wolfie’s leg as she could not afford the £4,000 therapy. 

‘Sadly I used to be unable to [pay] it so I needed to stroll away with my cat and return dwelling,’ she stated. 

‘Thus far and three months later, I’m £2,786.00 out of pocket […] with a cat who’s in precisely the identical place [as] when he initially returned dwelling along with his harm. 

‘The one distinction now could be that he is again out working, climbing timber, looking and combating along with his brother.’ 

The ordeal comes as pet house owners are being pressured to pay 1000’s of kilos in vet payments whereas some are even going overseas to keep away from sky-high prices. 

The Competitors and Markets Authority (CMA) warned pet house owners could also be paying an excessive amount of on the vet for his or her animal’s drugs, prescriptions and care.

The CMA’s evaluation discovered that buyers is probably not given sufficient info – together with tariffs – to allow them to decide on the perfect follow and therapy for his or her pet. 

Caitlin Dolan, 25, advised how her cat, named Valuable, handed away as a result of she could not ‘even start to afford’ the £3,000 invoice she was quoted for checks and coverings.

Ms Dolan, who took her cat to the vet as a result of it appeared torpid, advised the BBC the ’emotional toll’ of not with the ability to afford the invoice was ‘unimaginable’.

‘We could not even start to afford it. The emotional toll was unimaginable,’ she stated. 

Ms Dolan added that the vets ‘weren’t actually keen’ to inform her what was improper together with her cat ‘with out going by means of £3,000 value of checks and therapy’.

‘It brought about numerous stress for just a few days whereas we had been deliberating on it earlier than she sadly handed away. I do not want anybody the identical expertise.’

In the meantime, canine proprietor Brian Flynn stated he had his beagle handled overseas to keep away from paying 1000’s of kilos in UK vet payments. 

Mr Flynn, 52, stated a UK vet quoted him £5,318 for surgical procedure and aftercare when eight-year-old Flash suffered a leg harm throughout a vacation in France. 

The proprietor was left ‘gobsmacked’ when he took Flash to an area vet within the alpine city of Bourg-Saint-Maurice, who stated the identical therapy would price simply £1,493.  

MailOnline has contacted Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists for remark. 

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