Any affordable vets in Cavan area

cavancow · 24-11-2017 01:02AM #1

Are you happy with your vet with the service quality of work and most importantly the price.
Feeling fed up pay €150 cash to our vet to put back in calf bed at 7pm?
What is the going rate in Cavan Longford Leitrim areas?

whelan2 · 24-11-2017 06:46AM

I assume that was to cover drugs aswell?

_Brian · 24-11-2017 11:30AM

I’ll take a good vet over a cheap vet anyway.

popa smurf · 24-11-2017 11:57AM

Whats this a Cavan man complaining about the price of a vet

Lady Haywire · 24-11-2017 11:59AM

^ what Brian said.

We've used the same vet practice for as long as I can remember. Different vets but we've still build up a solid working relationship with all of them. It works for them as they know us as farmers who know our cattle well so will listen to us if we say something isn't right & it works for us as if there's an ongoing case they'll drop in 'off the books' to check up on the animal in question.
Know a person who went through 4 vet practices in as many years and left debt at the last one cause he claimed they killed a calf by jacking it instead of sectioning it. He's going to be in trouble before long if he needs a vet in a hurry :rolleyes:

kerry cow · 24-11-2017 01:08PM

Agree , vets have been fleecing farmers for decades.
The call out is fine but the way they sock on the test .
Before you know about it you owe them 150 quid .
It's sad that it is sometimes cheaper to let a fr bull die than call the vet .says a lot really .

CloughCasey1 · 24-11-2017 01:17PM

kerry cow wrote: »

Agree , vets have been fleecing farmers for decades.
The call out is fine but the way they sock on the test .
Before you know about it you owe them 150 quid .
It's sad that it is sometimes cheaper to let a fr bull die than call the vet .says a lot really .

Says a lot about you ya mean.

Never wrestle with pigs · 24-11-2017 01:24PM

Lol it must be true what they say about Kerry men and Cavan men. The two tightest men to walk the country. How many years training do they do to get qualified? Would a dead cow have been cheaper?

Keepgrowing · 24-11-2017 01:43PM

Could've gotten a mechanic for prolapse, he'd only be €100 for the hour ffs

huey1975 · 24-11-2017 06:50PM

Are cavan cow and kerry cow related?

whelan2 · 24-11-2017 06:59PM

huey1975 wrote: »

Are cavan cow and kerry cow related?

They're both cows

_Brian · 24-11-2017 07:23PM

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Lol it must be true what they say about Kerry men and Cavan men. The two tightest men to walk the country. How many years training do they do to get qualified? Would a dead cow have been cheaper?

I don’t think there’s any number of years to qualify as a Cavan man. Well, I didn’t actually get a certificate or anything, but I’m sure I’m qualified.

popa smurf · 24-11-2017 07:45PM

Ya the poor ould Cavan man and kerry man are the bot of every joke in Ireland, met a good few Cavan people in my time and have yet to meet a tight one, kerry people like to act the fool like the Healy Raes but they are not that stupid.

Hard Knocks · 24-11-2017 08:49PM

If you’re not happy with vet service what can you do about it?
Lots of stories of malpractice, & farmer takes it on the chin as will have to use vet for TB ....

Willfarman · 24-11-2017 09:54PM

I must be lucky. Local practice is excellent and I could never say expensive..

for e.g. A year back a friesian cull cow I bought showed in calf. A good looking young cow and spins looked ok so wohoo says I calf and a dairy cow to sell.. when she came to calve she wasn't making progress and she was without doubt the wickedest maddest bitch ever in the place. Even worse than the ex girlfriend!

Long story short vet ,risked life and limb with us getting bitch into crush, (she had got out and tossed me across the yard between the phone call his arrival) and after sedating her and a difficult calving the bill was €70.

lab man · 24-11-2017 10:17PM

Willfarman wrote:

Long story short vet ,risked life and limb with us getting bitch into crush, (she had got out and tossed me across the yard between the phone call his arrival) and after sedating her and a difficult calving the bill was â‚¬70.

Unreal, are u sure ?

charolais0153 · 24-11-2017 10:22PM

Willfarman wrote: »

I must be lucky. Local practice is excellent and I could never say expensive..

for e.g. A year back a friesian cull cow I bought showed in calf. A good looking young cow and spins looked ok so wohoo says I calf and a dairy cow to sell.. when she came to calve she wasn't making progress and she was without doubt the wickedest maddest bitch ever in the place. Even worse than the ex girlfriend!

Long story short vet ,risked life and limb with us getting bitch into crush, (she had got out and tossed me across the yard between the phone call his arrival) and after sedating her and a difficult calving the bill was €70.

Much the same here. One excellent vet who might be a bit dear but you get your moneysworth. Another lad who is younger but isnt as good but is cheaper. Theyre both miles better than the lad we had 5 or 6 years ago who is now working for the dept. :rolleyes:

Willfarman · 24-11-2017 10:52PM

lab man wrote: »

Willfarman wrote:

Long story short vet ,risked life and limb with us getting bitch into crush, (she had got out and tossed me across the yard between the phone call his arrival) and after sedating her and a difficult calving the bill was â‚¬70.

Unreal, are u sure ?

Yes. Only pay them once a year. Tb test and few antibiotics and maybe an odd Caesarean. We are lucky to have their expertise at the price. A lot easier and far better paid work in the small animals.

Who2 · 24-11-2017 11:32PM

The vets definitaly one person i cant understand people not paying or slow paying. they are only called when they are really needed and in fairness have the life of mongrels after years of studying. They have to land out at all hours dealing with some very awkward characters, working with extremely poor facilities in a lot of cases and that could be any hour of any day. The drug companies will have taken a fair share of the money, general overheads of running such a business will be rough enough, insurance will be ridiculous and after all thats sorted revenue will have pulled their claws across everything.A good vet is worth any money and will save you money long term, its only most people wont actually listen to them.

whelan2 · 24-11-2017 11:37PM

Was in vets the other day, got some tubes ,tail paint etc. Price was €220 or cash price €190. Big difference

_Brian · 25-11-2017 08:56AM

We pay regularly, bill never goes a month unpaid.

Remember being in a few years ago and girl on counter took out the book, page after page of accounts outstanding.
I made some flippant comment about how long the list was and she said it would scare you - bills gone years unpaid and still ring the vet when they are stuck !

Mooooo · 25-11-2017 08:57AM

Pay by direct debit here

whelan2 · 25-11-2017 09:02AM

Mooooo wrote: »

Pay by direct debit here

Do you get a discount for doing so?

Mooooo · 25-11-2017 09:03AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Do you get a discount for doing so?

10%

whelan2 · 25-11-2017 09:15AM

_Brian wrote: »

We pay regularly, bill never goes a month unpaid.

Remember being in a few years ago and girl on counter took out the book, page after page of accounts outstanding.
I made some flippant comment about how long the list was and she said it would scare you - bills gone years unpaid and still ring the vet when they are stuck !

Vets used to have a white board with a list of the top ten farners who owed them money up on it. They didn't have it up for long

Willfarman · 25-11-2017 10:19AM

What would an average dairy farmer say 70 cows be paying per annum?

_Brian · 25-11-2017 10:21AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Vets used to have a white board with a list of the top ten farners who owed them money up on it. They didn't have it up for long

Wow, brave move.
But I can understand it.

lakill Farm · 25-11-2017 10:36AM

_Brian wrote: »

Wow, brave move.
But I can understand it.

It’s always the ones who owe money ongoing that seem to think they have an entitlement to on the spot service

This country is crippled because accounts go unpaid for months upon months and years. No one minds if someone hits a hard times. It happens us all.

I truly admire the uk in the manner it deals with debt collection. Sooner it happens here the better.

Bass Reeves · 25-11-2017 11:36AM

I would not consider vets expensive. When you consider the points they need for the course most could choose any other career. However it is just there luck to work in a low income sector. How long it's sustainable for whom knows. The intake now is split at least 50/50 between boys and girls. Most practices now have small animals, contracted work to factory's and or equine work as well. All better paying and less expensive to carry on with rather than commercial work for us.

OP did you get a receipt. I hand virtually no one cash without one. If I did I might as well give up farming. A vet is virtually as well qualified as a doctor and they charge the same but you have to drag yourself to them. 150 might seem expensive to you but subtract off drugs and other materials as well as the call out charge and you are left with 70-80 euro. There a good chance it was unsocial hours as well and most vets charge the same for this service no matter the time of day or night or the day that is in it.

My biggest fear is that over the next 10-20 years the type vets we have at present will disappear. Small animal work is way easier and better paying. They call to you lots of routine work such as vacinating, minor complaints at 25-30/ pop. Then spaying neutering 50-70/procedure or maybe more. If you were based in a large town or city you could be full-time at it and have a pet shop attached.

White Clover · 25-11-2017 12:10PM

Have to agree with most people here in saying vets are really great people. We're very lucky here too, a great practise and outstanding service given. Not expensive and I don't keep them waiting for money either.

White Clover · 25-11-2017 12:10PM

Have to agree with most people here in saying vets are really great people. We're very lucky here too, a great practise and outstanding service given. Not expensive and I don't keep them waiting for money either.

Any affordable vets in Cavan area

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