Dog and cat owners: Expensive changes are coming soon
Created: 07/25/2022, 15:52
By: Lea-Sophie Mollus
Anyone who owns a pet such as a dog or cat will pay more at the vet's from October - for the first time in more than 20 years.
Kassel – The fact that keeping a dog or a cat is not necessarily cheap is nothing new: food, visits to the vet, and a tax for dogs.
Everything is getting more expensive at the moment, including supermarket prices – and now a visit to the vet as well.
Why dog and cat owners pay more and how much more they have to dig into their pockets.
The veterinary fee schedule regulates how much money veterinarians are allowed to charge for which services.
For more than 20 years, since 1999, the costs have not changed.
The Federal Council has now approved a new version that will bring expensive changes for dog and cat owners from October.
In addition, according to
mdr
information, the German Animal Welfare Association fears that more animals will end up in animal shelters and that animal welfare in agriculture will also suffer from the higher costs.
Rising costs for the vet: Dog and cat owners will have to pay more from October.
(Iconic image) © Andreas Gebert/dpa
Attention dog and cat owners: From October, a visit to the veterinarian will be more expensive
According to information from the German Animal
Welfare Association ,
the medical care of livestock and pets is not guaranteed in some regions of Germany.
Many dog and cat owners are now suffering from these changes, because from October they will have to dig deeper into their pockets.
According to the Thuringia Chamber of Veterinarians, a visit to the veterinarian for a general examination of a dog should cost ten euros more - 23.60 euros instead of 13.60 euros,
reports
mdr.de.
Cat owners have to pay even more: while a general examination used to cost nine euros, it now also costs 23.60 euros.
Rising veterinary costs: In addition to dog and cat owners, farmers also have to pay more
If dogs and cats need a vaccination, the costs almost double: from 5.77 euros to 11.50 euros.
X-rays should cost 32.07 euros instead of 26.35 euros from October.
It is not possible to say in general terms how much the prices for individual treatments will increase.
It should also be considered that the costs for consultation, anesthesia and painkillers will be added.
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treatment | cost (old) | cost (new) |
general examination (dog) | 13.60 euros | 23.60 euros |
general examination (cat) | 9 euros | 23.60 euros |
general examination (pigs/cattle) | 12.80 euros | 20.50 euros |
vaccination | 5.77 euros | 11.50 euros |
roentgen | 26.35 euros | 32.07 euros |
Source: mdr.de |
As
focus.de
reports, farmers will soon have to spend significantly more money: Tests on cattle and pigs will cost 20.50 euros from October instead of the previous 12.80 euros.
Because many farmers already have financial worries due to the exploding costs for fertilizer and falling pig prices, animal rights activists fear that animal welfare will suffer as a result of the rising veterinary costs.
According to the farmers' association, however, it will not come to that, according to
focus.de
.
(Lea-Sophie Mollus)