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Originally Posted by Jim Haseltine
Have you noticed how when the horse sneezes 'er in doors has the vet on speed-dial within seconds but her car can have every warning light burning for months before she mentions that there might be something wrong?
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Tell me about it - about £800 for a few visits and a few antibiotic injections to treat a suspected urinary infection in the spring. In my opinion (which counts for nothing if it involves the horse) there wasn't too much up with the animal in the first instance - certainly nothing that wouldn't have cured itself given a bit of time.
Horse vets are a disreputable bunch, (in the main) most see ailments as a blank cheque as often the bill is picked up by the insurance - many unnecessary visits are often arranged. We have a girl on our yard with 2 horses, she only insures one and the vets seem quite happy to treat the uninsured horse and provide falsified invoices appertaining to the other one - that's fraud in my book.