450,000 for neutering a cat?

[saminoodle]

My kitten is 6 months old and so I asked my local vet how much for neutering and was quoted 450,000! Is this average? If not could anyone recommend a good place to go? I live just outside Seoul in Hanam.
Cheers!

[Wibidad]

450,000 is very steep. Rates seem to vary tremendously from vet to vet, but I think you should be able to find a good vet who can do it for under 100,000 won. I'm not in Seoul, but there should be plenty of choices.

I know a great vet in Daegu who I recommend because he uses a liquid adhesive instead of stitches, so the process is much faster and there is no painful recovery time/removal of stitches necessary. PM me if you are interested. Not necessarily the most convenient trip from Seoul, though.

[sarah24]

i dont knw for sure because i dont have a cat but i know of 2 excellet vets here in seoul. one is called mari animal hospital and there is a post about it somewere here on this site and the second is the chungwha animal hospital in itaewon.. both tese vets give a discount if you have rescude your littlle kitty.

[saminoodle]

She actually came from Chungwha as a rescue kitten so will try calling there. I emailed but had no response yet. Thanks!

[Wibidad]

It usually costs more to spay a female cat than it does to neuter a male, but 450,000 is ridiculous. Good luck!

[Ryan]

for a female cat, you should never pay more than $200. average is about 130-150 depending where you go. Dr. Kim at Chungwha I am sure would give you a nice discount if the rescue is from there. try calling Sohee there.

[luvadog]

.........I asked my local vet how much for neutering and was quoted 450,000! Is this average? .........

Too much! But I called another vet in Hanam and they quoted 300,000 won.

Here in Daejeon, it's 100,000 won for the spay and 30,000-50,000 for the pre-op blood test (to make sure the liver can handle the anesthetic.)

Castration is from 50,000 to 100,000 depending on the vet, and the blood test is extra.

[saminoodle]

Wow that's cheap - I ended up taking her to Chungwha Animal Hospital in Itaewon. It cost around 350k but they really took good care of her and were very thorough in post-op care.

[luvadog]

Wow that's cheap - I ended up taking her to Chungwha Animal Hospital in Itaewon. It cost around 350k but they really took good care of her and were very thorough in post-op care.


Did you have to leave her overnight in the hospital?

[saminoodle]

No - took her in at 10am and picked her up about 4pm when she woke up. She was groggy but fine after a day or so.

[luvadog]

Same here. Punky was fine right away and eating the first night. Chunsa wasn't eating until the next day. I brought them home right away and tooe them back every day for injections and did all the post-op care. I actually stayed at the vet all day during the surgery and did the technicians' work with him.

My friend said his dogs stayed in the hospital for 3-4 days so it was more expensive. Same doctor.

Next in line is Mega to get spayed and teeth scaled and polished.

[schatze_ist_geliebt]

spaying a cat cost that much?!? Why? Our 60 lb female dog cost 200,000 won on base to get fixed. I thought that was alot. Do cats just cost more than dogs?

[alibuch]

No, those are just incredibly expensive prices. The vet near my apartment charges 100,000 plus blood work for males and I think it's 130,000 plus blood work for females. Dogs were more expensive (I think with blood work for a female it was 300,000) but I went to Dr. Pet in Gangnam.