_silverfox ([info]_silverfox) wrote,
@ 2008-01-24 19:23:00
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Finally
I finally got an appointment with the vet for Gisha's vaccination and a look at her leg. That tendon she hurt years ago seems to be acting up again. At least it's always the same leg ... :(

Anyway, getting a hold of the vet is always difficult. Usually the first few times you call him he doesn't pick up and when he does he tells you to call again in 20 minutes ... when he doesn't pick up or tells you to call again in 15 minutes ...

This time I was lucky, though, as he was on holiday in upper Austria. (Yes, him being in another province is lucky. It means he's got time to answer the phone.) I caught him first try, but he told me to call again today for the exact time as he won't be back until tomorrow. I wish I wouldn't get all nervous and shaky every time I have to make a phone call, but at least this time it required only two calls. Now I just have to remember to detour to the bank on the way to the stables tomorrow. (Vaccine + tendon injury medicine + € 100,00 for just the consultation = more money than I carry around.)

Also spent € 350,00 for the bus card (for one year) this month. *wince* It wouldn't look like that much, if I paid monthly, but then it'd be € 360,00, except the price would go up the moment they raise the prices. Paying for a year in advance means I won't be hit by the next one until 2009. (Yes, they tend to be yearly things.)



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[info]nettle_mooneye
2008-01-24 06:34 pm UTC (link)
I hope Gisha's leg will be okay. And I didn't know vets were that expensive, as I haven't paid for them myself. No wonder mother doesn't want to take the cats to any yearly checkups.

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[info]_silverfox
2008-01-24 08:00 pm UTC (link)
I doubt Missi's vet visits cost that much. You've got to remember that Gisha's too big to fit into a normal waiting room. ;) With horses it's the vet that has to travel. Gisha also requires larger doses of medicine and the tendon medicine my vet uses is a special herbal mixture from China. (He prefers to avoid antibiotics and boost the animals' natural immune system instead.) All that aside he's still known for being expensive. (But he's also the only vet I've ever seen check a horse's general health before a vaccination. You can be sure he won't vaccine, if there's any risk the immune system can't take it.)

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[info]nettle_mooneye
2008-01-24 08:28 pm UTC (link)
Sounds like a good vet, then. And I'm sure you are right about a horse's health care costing more than a cat's. We do have two cats, though, and some time ago it was four... they add up.

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