UP Vet Med

[minnie99]

Hi mga sis! I would just like to know who here brings their babies to UP Vet Med hospital (Diliman)? I'm interested in bringing my babies there na lang instead of the vet just a few streets away... Mas mura yata dito kasi sa UP? Though kasi they sell the meds/vaccines separately, parang bahala ka bumili, I'm not even sure if they have it in their store there. Yun yung dating sakin when my friend explained. Parang you just have to pay 150 for the first time you bring your pet, then parang purely meds/lab tests/vaccines na lang babayaran mo thereafter?

Can somebody clarify this? Syempre, our current vet is much more accessible and close naman na namin yung vets there, but UP still is only at most 10 minutes away from us. So if mas makakatipid dun, I'd rather go there.

I'm particularly interested in:
1. deworming for a 10kg (or heavier) puppy
2. 5-in-1 vaccines

TIA!

[abuanddiego]

hi sis. diliman area din kami pero never ko pa natry ang vet hospital nila. may nagsabi kasi sakin na ang titingin daw sa dogs dun ay yung vet students kaya takot ako baka magkamali sa diagnosis. pero yung boy namin dun nagpabakuna ng puppy nya, parang di naman nagkakalayo yung price kasi ang binayad ata nya is 500. iniisip ko baka 350 sa vaccines then yung 150 for the initial fee. tanungin ko sya ulit pag nagkita kami.

yung sa deworming naman, okay lang kahit ikaw na magdeworm. alamin mo lang ang weight nila tapos bili ka ng dewormer. mahal kasi pag vet ang gumawa, nasa 150 ata ang fee per 10kg. check mo to and the next page, napagusapan namin dyan yung deworming:
http://www.femalenetwork.com/girltalk/index.php/topic,252416.220.html

[minnie99]

Ooohhh oo nga! Baka nga ganun sis, 350 + 150. Pero mukhang may regular clients naman sila...

I think nga din students to... Mali nga diagnosis nung unang punta namin dun nung naghihingalo ang 2-week-old Bonbon namin. Sabi samin sa tyan daw ang masakit, eh yun pala nahihirapan huminga! Buti na lang eh worried talaga kami, dinala na namin dun sa original vet namin, ayun inoxygen overnight, ngayon super taba na nya at 3 months! Nasobrahan yata sa vitamins, super kulit...

Anyway, mukhang for tests, okay dito kasi mas mura... What do you think? Sobrang mahal kasi ng tests sa vet namin! :| CBC yata nasa 300 lang dito... Sa vet mo ba sis?

Thanks sa info sis! Hay naku, pwede naman pala yun... Kaya pala binebenta sa pet supplies... Right now 250 deworm nila at that weight eh. :| Meron yata dewormer dun sa UP Vet, baka mas mura, check ko na rin. :|

[abuanddiego]

^buti okay na sya ngayon. mura nga sa UP Vet pero nakakatakot kasi pag magkamali, doble stress at gastos pa yun.

sa vet namin nasa 600 ang cbc. sa inyo how much? di ko masabi kung okay talaga sa UP vet kasi wala akong kilala na regular client. pero may isa tayong sis dito si chirochan sa UP vet daw sila, pm mo na lang sis baka masagot nya mga questions mo.

as long as tama naman daw ang dosage ng dewormer, magiging effective sya sa dog. tinanong ko na rin kasi noon sa vet namin kung pwede ako na lang magdeworm at sabi nya okay lang daw. di ko nga rin maintindihan bakit ang mahal ng charge ng vets eh nabibili naman sya kahit tingi sa pet shops.

[chirochan]

I love up vet. They saved my dogs lalo na yun husky at chow ko na dumudumi na ng dugo maya maya. Right diagnosis naman sila amoebiasis at gastro lang kung sa vet hala swero agad yan at distemper agad ang sasabihin kahit hindi naman. My aunt is a regular client dun niya pdinadala yun dog niya for many years na.

Nagpacbc kami sa upvet nun nasa 200 lang . Yun parvo test kit nasa 600 sa vet  nasa 1000 pataas siya. Pero di kami hinikayat na magpaparvo test kit kasi nga mahal at di naman kelangan talaga . Yun deworm sa  chow ko nun mga 14kg yata sya nun 150 kahit sa husky namin 150 lang fin singil. 5in1 is 350 yata or cheaper pa

Yun isang sis natin nirecommend ko sakanya up vet kasi tinanggihan na ng ibang vet dog niya dahil sa distemper ayun nagrecover naman daw at naging hyper na at hindi din naconfine

May mga vets din talaga sa upvet hindi lahat ay student ng nagpacheckup kami nun vet naghandle samin. Tinanong kasi ni hubs kaya alam ko hehe

[abuanddiego]

^I agree sa swero agad at sakin okay lang to lalo kung hindi kumakain ang dog para di sila madehydrate. Hindi rin kasi nakakapagsalita ang dogs at di natin sila mapipilit kumain kaya mas okay ng may first aid than hayaan silang di kumakain at nanghihina. remember may dogs na mabilis bumaba ang blood sugar like small breeds kaya sila yung delikado pag hindi kumakain. so dapat iswero agad sila pag may sakit.

usually tinatanong naman kung may appetite or wala, pag wala yun ang madalas iswero. pero pag kumakain pa rin, di naman agad isweswero pero iaadvice na pakainin paunti-unti tapos ireport agad pag ayaw kumain. madami na rin ako nasubukang vets at kahit may edad na sila, kahit papano nagaadjust sila sa gusto ko at hindi basta ipipilit ang gusto nila.

Nung may sakit mga alaga ko, inadvice akong iconfine sila pero never ako pumayag. Yung isa tyinaga ko sa pagbigay ng small but frequent meals, at round the clock meds pero naghohome service pa rin ang vet para sa ibang meds and antibiotics. Yung isa naman inuwi ko ng nakaswero at ako lang nagpainom ng mga meds for 2 weeks. Alam ko kasi na malulungkot sila pag nalayo sakin at di ko kayang di sila nababantayan lalo pag may sakit kaya di ko sila iniiwan sa clinic.

sa experience ko, hindi rin lahat distemper or parvo agad ang sasabihin. may iba naman kahit obvious na distemper or parvo na, worms pa rin daw ang dahilan actually dito makikita kung magaling talaga ang vet, kasi kung alam nila by heart ang symptoms, madali ang diagnosis and magiisip sila ng tamang ways to clarify the disease. Madalas naman mga incompetent vets or namemera lang yung biglang magsusuggest ng kits and medications kahit may iba pa namang ways or obvious na iba ang sakit. Kaya importante rin na alamin natin yung ibat ibang sakit para kahit papano, may idea tayo sa symptoms at hindi tayo maloloko.

[minnie99]

Oh, that's great! I think for tests mas okay na nga dun... May cremation din sila dun (though I hope I dont have to avail of that service yet...)

Thank God i have no need to go to a vet right now aside from their scheduled shots... So baka dun muna ako sa vet namin... I hope there won't come a day na kailangan ko dalhin sa vet hospital.

Anyway thanks mga sis! It's good to hear that UP vet med is a place I can trust

[xxmiakaxx]

meron din kayang spayed and neutering  sa cats ang  UP vet Med

[minnie99]

^alam ko meron sis!!!

[tomatopunch]

We've been bringing our pets to the UP Vet Med for years now. Your pet is going to be seen by a resident in training (a licensed vet) or an intern (vet student) or both, but they always have their charts/cases checked by a consultant (senior vet) before they sign them out. However the consultant rarely sees your pet, unless warranted. On follow up, your pet will most likely be seen by a different vet/intern also, unlike in private clinic, so there's a little problem with the continuity of care. Parang gaya lang din sa public hospitals for humans.

The last time I brought a pet there (June of this year) I think they'd already privatized some labs. CBCs cost 400 pesos(!) already. I'm not so sure about this, pero iba kasi yung OR na binigay sa akin for the blood labs at iba yung for consultation fee and xray fee, na nasa official OR ng UP. This hasn't happened before, isa lang ang OR na binibigay,and mura lang ang CBC dati, mga 50 lang. Their xrays (chest) still cost the usual 350 though. But other labs besides CBC, like blood chemistry, have been privatized too, and cost as much if not higher than in the private labs. (I was going to write someone about it, because really, 400 pesos for a CBC is too much, but I kept on putting it off. ;P)

Otherwise the management of cases there is always competent. It's UP, what can I say. They're the biggest vet training center in the country I think, and they definitely see all sorts of cases so gamay na gamay na nila ang mga cases. However I notice they're not as strict with infection control because I've never seen them wipe down their exam tables with disinfectant after each patient. And you have to see their sinks; they don't have soaps or detergent there, or alcohol even. I just hope the clinicians actually disinfect their hands before they see a new patient. But one can't really say. Wala rin silang separate area for infectious cases kaya nakakatakot baka mahawa ang pet. But in my experience, wala namang nahawahan sa pets namin. Medyo scary pa rin, pero gusto ko kasi UP people ang tumingin sa pets ko.

[aubergine]

Hi, regular client ako ng UP Vet Med. Affordable yung mga services nila.. PF nila Php 150 lang compared sa ibang vet clinic/hospital. Reasonable din ang prices ng mga laboratory services nila like urinalysis that costs Php 75, CBC-Php 350, X-ray- Php 350, Ultrasound abdomen- Php 500 (includes interpretation).
wag lang kayo magpapconsult ng pets nyo ng Friday kc puro interns ang naka duty. I usually go there on Mondays kc wala masyadong clients as well as puro Senior vets ang mga nakaduty.

[minnie99]

Mukha naman palang okay dito Magkano kaya neutering dito? I'm thinking of getting my boys neutered. They are big dogs, after all. Ayoko ma-hassle sa mga pagkalalaki nila. Lol. And we have 2 female dogs, so I don't want to put up with the howling every time they're in heat. :|

[minnie99]

UPveterinary Teaching Hospital New Consult Schedule:

Diliman - SAT/SUN/MON 8:00AM-5:00PM (Cut-off time is 3:00PM.)
TUE to FRI 8:00AM-8:00PM (Cut-off time is 6:00PM.)
(Please call 9285436 for schedule of other services.)

Los Banos - MON to SAT 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Consultation fee: Php 150

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Got the info from http://lifeofavetpinoy.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-first-visit-to-up-veterinary.html

So glad to know that they have Saturday and Sunday operations! Sana pala nalaman ko agad para nakapag 2nd opinion ako dito last weekend. :| AND! Extended na hours nila up to 8PM (cutoff at 6PM).

Hmm! Will definitely be visiting next time (pero syempre ayaw kong pumuntang vet cause I want my puppies to be healthy hehe)

[cassidy02]

meron ba silang executive checkup for dogs?

[minnie99]

@cassidy02 baka meron naman since it's a teaching hospital You can call the number 9285436 to ask Excited ako there's another vet aside from our clinic in the village na malapit lang. And what's better, it's in UP!

[chichi143]

i brought my 2mos old puppy here today!
i really felt like a mom having her kid checked up you know! hahaha
friendly ang staffs, the vet sounded very professional and mura din ang consultation fee (150) :-) finally, mapapanatag na loob ko sa mga future visits namin...