How much do vets charge if your cat or dog has been in an accident?
More often than you’d like your beloved pet can be involved in an accident, most likely on the road. This can unsurprisingly cause massive damage and serious injury. The costs of trying to get your pet better at the vet can be large. Below are some examples of what others have paid in vet fees after requiring emergency care.
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| Treatment | Description | Price | Region | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency Care for a Cat | Pain relief and antibiotics | £250.00 | East of England | Jan 2025 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Induced vomit ate Christmas pudding | £311 | South East | Jan 2025 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Dog examination, anti sickness injection and probiotic paste | £217 | South West | Jan 2025 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Urine test and antibiotic for UTI | £180 | London | Dec 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Cat couldn’t get surgery due to liver failure and was euthanised instead | £210 | London | Dec 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Cat hit by car & taken by stranger to nearest vet at night.Emergency appointment ,pain relief & monitoring overnight | £800 | North East | Nov 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Bloods fluid | £500 | South West | Nov 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Stitches | £300 | East Midlands | Nov 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Amputation of tip of tail and spay of cat | £439 | South East | Oct 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | 2 nights at vet and surgery on paw | £2500 | Cymru Wales | Oct 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Jaw reconstruction after car accident | £10000 | East Midlands | Sep 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | examination | £120 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Aug 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Tail amputation after injury in a reclining sofa with one overnight hospital stay. | £840 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Aug 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Examination, light sedation and removal of grass seed in ear canal | £550 | South East | Jul 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Examination, light sedation and removal of grass seed in ear canal. Included pain relief and follow up appointment. | £380 | South West | Jul 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Tail amputation | £1000 | London | Jul 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Broken leg | £2500 | South West | Jun 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Kidney failure resulting in 7 days ICU and the dog then died. | £10000 | South West | Jun 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Rottweiler tail damaged by slamming door lost tip but ripped her tail out from door. Amputation back to short stump | £1400 | East Midlands | Jun 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Overnight stay | £4000 | South East | May 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Part tail amputation stitches antibiotics pain relief overnight hospital stay | £3376 | North West | Apr 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Injured cat taken to vet, limping on hind leg. To confirm broken leg: Blood work, fluids, sedation , X-rays, one day stay at the clinic. Leg to be fixed at other practice – price of fix TBC | £995 | West Midlands | Apr 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Intervertebral Disc Herniation operation on back | £8500 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Mar 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Eye test, 1 antibiotic injection, 1 pain relief injection, antibiotic pills for 5 days and Metacam 3ml bottle | £140 | London | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | He was playing in garden and broke his leg | £500 | West Midlands | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Glucose, insulin anti biotics drip, bloods taken a few times through night, over night stay | £2000 | Cymru Wales | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Dog | Out of house consutlation | £220.39 | North East | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Broken jaw that was wired, two xrays, emergency call-out fee, two night stay, anti-biotics and pain killers. | £1452 | Scotland | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Cat hit by cat, hind leg amputation, X-ray, meds, overnight stay. This was an emergency vets as late at night. | £1320 | South West | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Broken jaw without surgery and emergency overnight care plus 2 injections | £720 | South West | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Cat went missing overnight and my daughter mentioned it in school the next day when a boy said that him and his mum saw a cat knocked down by car and they took it to the vet.We phoned the vet and found it was our cat and she was still alive with nothing broken but very bruised and unable to walk.We collected her the next day all she had was Xrays and medicine. | £1035 | South East | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | cat struck by car. anaesthetic, x-ray, 3 night stay. no surgery or cast. metacam 15ml | £640 | Scotland | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | cat broke his jaw had to get it wired, x-ray,sedation, medication, overnight stay, tooth extraction and emergency night time call out. | £340 | Northern Ireland | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Cat tail amputation after being run over. | £225 | East Midlands | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Kitten got run over, emergency vet, 2 nights in hospital, x-ray and IV, may also need op to repair bone fracture in left rear leg and lip | £850 | South East | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Vet consultation, 1 night hospitalisation, IV fluids, pain relief and use of a heat pad | £425 | East of England | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Cat involved in a car accident. No obvious broken bones. Emergency call out, overnight stay and pain killers. | £325 | West Midlands | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Our cat got hit by a car. Both his hips were broken. He had two replacement hips, a catheter fitted, a shock injection, a drip, emergency callout and xrays done. | £1330 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | front leg amputation after 6 weeks (at home) in a cage after which time the leg had not healed. So recurring x rays and sedation before the actual leg amputation. | £1478 | London | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | RTA prolapsed eye overnight stay in emergency hospital/scan/painkillers transferred to pets own vet surgery to remove eye | £1195 | East Midlands | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | cat with a broken back leg that needed a pin and wired in 3 places. plus 7 nights in vets and antibiotics. also we had him spayed at same time. which i really recommend. | £610 | North West | Feb 2024 |
Emergency Care for a Cat | Broken hind leg of cat, xrayed and surgery to plate, painkillers, antibiotics and overnight stay in hospital | £1100 | South East | Feb 2024 |