Actual vet charges for Animal Health Certificates across UK

[maz]

Now that vets are beginning to announce their charges for issuing Animal Health Certificates, I thought it would be interesting to start doing a little online research. Most vets’ websites I’ve found are remarkably coy about what they intend to charge for an AHC, even those vets who happily list their prices for a range of other services.

Two vets whose websites do include prices for AHCs are worth commenting on:

1. Mansion Hill Vets, nr Banbury

They reckon that it will take them 45 minutes to complete an AHC, for which their charge is £124.

https://www.mansionhillvets.co.uk/2020/12/16/travel-to-the-eu-after-brexit/

2. St Anne’s Veterinary Group, Eastbourne

Hold the record so far for most expensive AHC at £136.06 for the first animal plus £91.43 for each subsequent animal on the same AHC.

https://stannesvets.co.uk/current-pricelist.html

In various other threads, a couple of Funsters have mentioned what their local vets propose to charge:

Jaws in Norfolk £50

weekenders in Leicestershire £54

Can I ask for the names and addresses (or websites) of these vets, please.

If anyone else has details of or links to other vets with known charges for AHCs, please post them in this thread. It could become a useful resource for many pet owners. Thank you.

 

[TCG]

Martin Carr - Evesham and Pershore - £120

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Is this for a yearly AHC or does it need one for every visit?

With 2 dogs it could be expensive time you also pay the £40 per pet charge on the tunnel!!

 

[TCG]

Is this for a yearly AHC or does it need one for every visit?

With 2 dogs it could be expensive time you also pay the £40 per pet charge on the tunnel!!

Just asked the vet the same question.... it is for every visit.. So cost of passport, rabbis jab, then £120 AHC, £40 tunnel fee and then €40 for the worming tablet to come home....
thank goodness i only have one dog

 

[Jaws]

Can I ask for the names and addresses (or websites) of these vets, please.

Paul Jarman.. Seem really nice folk.. friendly informed young lady on the phone and all in all helpful

Paul Jarman Veterinary Surgeries

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[Phill D]

We will all be travelling via Norfolk then...

 

[Jaws]

then €40 for the worming tablet to come home....

That varies depending mon where you go..
In Germany we was charged € 8... and he even clipped Dillons nails for that too !!
Average in France seems to be € 30, same as Spain

 

[John Barrett]

Royal Vet College 'recommends' a fee of £106 per pet! I make no apologies for calling it legalised theft...

Information about taking your pet to the European Union and the Animal Health Certificate

Taking your pet to the European Union and the Animal Health Certificate

www.rvc.ac.uk

 

[Spriddler]

TBH the cost is irrelevant if you want to take a dog abroad as you must have the cert. I doubt any owners will travel miles out of their area to save a few quid at a cheaper vet.

 

[maz]

Paul Jarman.. Seem really nice folk.. friendly informed young lady on the phone and all in all helpful

Paul Jarman Veterinary Surgeries

Thanks for that, John - duly bookmarked.

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[maz]

In Germany we was charged € 8... and he even clipped Dillons nails for that too !!

Would be interested to know the name of that German vet too, please.

 

[maz]

Royal Vet College 'recommends' a fee of £106 per pet! I make no apologies for calling it legalised theft...

Information about taking your pet to the European Union and the Animal Health Certificate

Taking your pet to the European Union and the Animal Health Certificate

www.rvc.ac.uk

Yes, I’d seen that link before. It’s interesting to find out what individual vets are actually charging. I don’t believe in encouraging those who are out to profiteer.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Just asked the vet the same question.... it is for every visit.. So cost of passport, rabbis jab, then £120 AHC, £40 tunnel fee and then €40 for the worming tablet to come home....
thank goodness i only have one dog

Be interesting to see what my vet charges.

 

[TCG]

Yes, I’d seen that link before. It’s interesting to find out what individual vets are actually charging. I don’t believe in encouraging those who are out to profiteer.

that's all of them then. including the Royal Vet College for recommending a fee of £106 per pet!

 

[maz]

TBH the cost is irrelevant if you want to take a dog abroad as you must have the cert. I doubt any owners will travel miles out of their area to save a few quid at a cheaper vet.

1. For those of us who are fulltimers, we can go to a vet in whatever area we happen to be in.

2. You don’t have to necessarily ‘travel miles out of your area’ - vets within a few miles radius could be charging widely differing amounts.

3. If the cost is irrelevant to you, fine - pay as much as you like. To others tho’ the cost will be relevant, hence this thread.

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[rb62]

Would be interested to know the name of that German vet too, please.

Sounds like Christian Marks in Bernkastle Kues,only €4 when we took our own tablets

Christian Marks | Tierarzt

 

[Phill D]

that's all of them then. including the Royal Vet College for recommending a fee of £106 per pet!

£106 for 15 minutes work nice if you can get it....
Daylight robbery.
If our dog was younger (14) then we would go down the EU vet passport route.

 

[maz]

Be interesting to see what my vet charges.

I wouldn’t tell him that you have a Morelo.

 

[maz]

Sounds like Christian Marks in Bernkastle Kues,only €4 when we took our own tablets

Christian Marks | Tierarzt

Excellent! Thank you.

 

[Jaws]

Would be interested to know the name of that German vet too, please.

Ahhhh... weeelllllllllllllll.. It was beside a river... LOL!!
We got the info off a funster and just followed the GPS
I will try and find it for you

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[maz]

Ahhhh... weeelllllllllllllll.. It was beside a river... LOL!!
We got the info off a funster and just followed the GPS
I will try and find it for you

Is it Christian Marks, as per rb62 above?

 

[rb62]

Excellent! Thank you.

His English is excellent,his humour can be a bit risky he'd be the one to see about the feasibility of a EU passport for a UK dog.

 

[maz]

His English is excellent,his humour can be a bit risky he'd be the one to see about the feasibility of a EU passport for a UK dog.

Sounds a goodie - I may well be seeking him out re the pet passport. The only potential issue is that German vets seem to insist on re-vaccinating the dog before issuing the PP. My dog still has 2.5 years to go before she’s due a booster, and I don’t like her to have any more vaccinations than strictly necessary.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

I wouldn’t tell him that you have a Morelo.

Good point, and also she is Scottish so will try to extract every penny from me

 

[OllyHughes]

Would be interested to know the name of that German vet too, please.

Hi, we came back through Germany albeit a few years ago and use a vets in Andel and was charged nothing, Just a small donation. Spoke very good english also

Tierarzt Dr. Neuberger Bernkastel-Andel - Bernkastel-Kues und Umgebung

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[rb62]

Sounds a goodie - I may well be seeking him out re the pet passport. The only potential issue is that German vets seem to insist on re-vaccinating the dog before issuing the PP. My dog still has 2.5 years to go before she’s due a booster, and I don’t like her to have any more vaccinations than strictly necessary.

 

[weekenders]

Ruddington Vets
2 Shaw Street
Ruddington
Nottingham
Tel 01159 212155
£54 quoted
We once used a vet in Holland for our return journey fir wormer and stamp, it was free, will look in my travel log for the name

 

[Jaws]

Excellent! Thank you.

BUT !!!
Be warned !!!!
As lovely ( and cheap ! ) as they are, do check the vet has actually signed and stamped any paper work !!!!
Maureen did not check when we left... got to the chunnel and the twit had forgotten to stamp ours.. Had to go to ANOTHER vert in Calais and start again !!!!!!

 

[csd4t]

My dog was in for mot last week so I asked about the AHC cost. He wasn't sure as they had not seen the form yet but said that a horsey one which was very complicated was £70 so thought it should be a bit less than that.
Parkhill Vets Wetherby

 

[Jim]

My experience with vets has been consistent. City/town vets that predominantly treat pets = Horrendous-Prices
Country vets who predominantly treat farm animals + reasonable prices.

Of course that is experience gained from only half a dozen or so vets, so your mileage may vary.

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