Couto Veterinary Consultant fee?

[Beachbum1]

Does anyone know what Dr. Couto is currently charging for his fee? Or recently?

[ramonaghan]

$150 in the past year.

I hope everything is ok with your boys.

Edited July 18, 2022 by ramonaghan

[gracegirl]

I hate when people ask this question but I can confirm that as of June 2022, his fee is $150 payable with PayPal. 

[Beachbum1]

Thanks for the info.

Jagger (13) who loves to run in the back yard, and dig in his sand pile, has been limping a little, on and off, for a couple of weeks.

His vet did an exam a week and a half ago; she elicited a little bit of discomfort in his front left shoulder; x-rays didn't show anything "bad", but they were not read by a radiologist.  Started him on Carprofen 75 mg, every 2 hours, and the limp "comes and goes".

Thought I might get Dr. Couto to review the office notes and x-rays.

 

[ramonaghan]

  Please keep us posted. 

[greysmom]

      

[HeyRunDog]

If it's a soft tissue problem it won't show on an x-ray so if he's pulled a muscle or has ligament damage you'll need a MRI scan or a cheaper alternative is a dog physio.

 

[FiveRoooooers]

Jagger 

[cleptogrey]

save your money. try the anti-inflammatories and maybe ask about gabapentin and/or meloxican. that's a lot of carprofen, quite often, i've always dosed it once a day.do check and make sure your dosage is correct. but your vet must have a reason when and if you proceed with x-rays make sure they are digital. 

https://www2.zoetisus.com/content/_assets/docs/Petcare/dosage-chart-rimadyl-link-out.pdf

[Beachbum1]

42 minutes ago, cleptogrey said:

save your money. try the anti-inflammatories and maybe ask about gabapentin and/or meloxican. that's a lot of carprofen, quite often, i've always dosed it once a day.do check and make sure your dosage is correct. but your vet must have a reason when and if you proceed with x-rays make sure they are digital. 

https://www2.zoetisus.com/content/_assets/docs/Petcare/dosage-chart-rimadyl-link-out.pdf

CORRETION: I meant to type Carprofen 75 mg every TWELVE hours, which is the dosage for his weight, 83 pounds.

Oooooopppppsssssss...... 

[Beachbum1]

9 hours ago, Beachbum1 said:

Thanks for the info.

Jagger (13) who loves to run in the back yard, and dig in his sand pile, has been limping a little, on and off, for a couple of weeks.

His vet did an exam a week and a half ago; she elicited a little bit of discomfort in his front left shoulder; x-rays didn't show anything "bad", but they were not read by a radiologist.  Started him on Carprofen 75 mg, every 2 hours, and the limp "comes and goes".

Thought I might get Dr. Couto to review the office notes and x-rays.

 

Correction: Carprofen 75 mg every TWELVE hours. 

[gracegirl]

Can you get a CT scan and have Dr. C look at that? Not sure if you have insurance, we do, so a CT would be next and then I’d have the X-rays read first by a radiologist and then by Dr C. 

[cleptogrey]

4 hours ago, gracegirl said:

Can you get a CT scan and have Dr. C look at that? Not sure if you have insurance, we do, so a CT would be next and then I’d have the X-rays read first by a radiologist and then by Dr C. 

if your vet doesn't feel comfortable reading the rads then you can ask to have the digital image sent to a ortho vet, or get a consult thru either Antech labs or another general vet. When annie broke her leg the young crew at the ER vet had never read a rad w/ cancer, especially a star configuration. that's how i know about the consult from Antech.

It sounds like your looking for a diagnosis. Symptoms of the dreaded C are often obvious before an x-ray gives one a firm diagnosis unfortunately. Think about it, if you can maintain a good comfort zone for your 13+ year old dog we are talking about quality of life decisions. I've been there. Comfort, love and good food make up quality of life at that age. 

Ask about meloxican it's a wonder drug- i swear by it for my arthritic knee and felix was on it for quite a while.  Gabapentin also helps immensely and both are more than affordable.