People will do anything for their pets, but some owners are saying the costs at the vet are now outrageously high.
NEW YORK - 'It's gotten extremely high,' dog owner Taylor Calvoni said. 'I had to take her out of state to get her spayed because it was $2,500 just to get her spayed.' Calvoni's previous dog Jackie Brown was 13 when she spent two overnights in an animal hospital before dying. He was billed $7,000. 'You get this whopping bill,' Calvoni said. 'Again, you just go, say, go ahead, say, do it all, because you're just trying to make them better.
'Why vets are so expensive now and tips to saveSo why has veterinary care become so expensive?'There's a tremendous veterinary shortage right now,' Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA, said. 'Eighty percent of veterinarians are graduating with student loan debt, and that can be quite significant. And it can, in many instances, be larger than the first-year salary.
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