Re: 15 year old poodle probably has cushings
In my experience, ACTH tests are rather expensive.. because of the darn cost of the cortrosyn (sp). At my vet, the ACTH is only $100... but, the cost of the cortrosyn is $150, so it totals out to $250 per test. If I was only paying that once, I'd be thinking it was no big deal.. .but, in the beginning, so many of these tests are needed, it adds up quickly!
$600 for all the work you had done does not sounds out of line to me. Just getting to the cushings diagnosis for my pug was over $1,500.
Reneé
Mom to Tobey, Ichiro & Skeeter. Foster mom for Polar Pug Rescue
“Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance…there is something so very dreadful…in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power.”—Cardinal John Henry Newman