Bonquat

[Simpo Two]

Furbag doesn't like having bloods taken so I was recommended to give her Bonquat two hours before the appointment.

Now for the bit I didn't know at the time...

2ml bottle of Bonquat: £90. OK, we know prescriptions through vets are crazy money so I wasn't too surprised at that.

But... Dose: 0.3ml. The remaining 85% (= £76) will be probably be thrown away in six months.

Why isn't sold it in individual doses, or at least in 1 ml bottles for £45? It is just such a fantastic waste of money and product.

[craigjm]

Because they can get you to pay £90 for a £14 dose because you want your pet to be comfortable simple exploitation

[Landlubber]

We had a cat that needed a treatment for his eye that wasn't available for animals, the surgery would have it chill couriered from Moorfields. That, was fiscally interesting.

[Simpo Two]

Interestingly the vet I have at the moment is always keen for me to book the next consultation before I've left the first. Not known that before. Maybe I'm being cynical but have they had training from their new corporate masters on revenue maximisation?

The corporate takeovers of almost all vets practices should have stopped IMHO as it's against the public interest, and more pets will be abandoned or untreated as a result.