thats overpriced.

for example, i know in Germany you can buy fecal exam kits for maybe 10-20 dollars depending on brand. they contain instructions on how to take a sample, an adressed envelope, something to put the sample in, and a coupon or something for the lab expense and a form to fill out. You buy the kit, take the sample, mail it to the lab, and they will do the testing and mail you the results back. real lab work. and the price of the package covers it all.

and thats exactly how vets do it, the racket is that vets get this stuff cheaper and often only vets have access to these products. many labs only deal with professionals and just dont produce such kits.

but with that in mind i know whats going on when a fecal exam costs 48 dollars: big time money making. and the injection and oral meds are also questionable. i mean, if there is no infection or something and you worry about vitamins and nutrients, just put a pill in the mouth of the next frozen thawed meal. or if you feed live, there are vitamin pills that rhodents will eat like candy. and a can of provent-a-mite deals with mites and lasts an eternity, pills or injections are unnecessary when its just mites.


-----that being said----

a while back the issue with the female deserts that you cannot breed got me wondering how much it costs to get a female BP sterilized. So i made a thread asking if someone knows how its done and what it costs, and the prices i got back were in the 4 digits, many significantly above 1000 dollars. turns out its a major surgery that is really difficult.