What do you expect surgery to cost? It's not like it was 1/10th the cost a while back and has suddenly became exploited by Big Veterinary or something. It was

What do you expect surgery to cost? It's not like it was 1/10th the cost a while back and has suddenly became exploited by Big Veterinary or something. It was always expensive and you just wouldn't even ask unless you were especially wealthy or were unusually willing to sacrifice. What's changed (perhaps for the better) is the sense that pets are worth the sacrifice. If you're younger or from a more wealthy background, you may not have a good intuition how much more accepted it was that pets (and people) simply don't get all the care that they might. The idea that intense medical intervention is a right for people, let alone animals, is actually pretty new. Vets are NOT being predatory just because their work continues to be expensive.