Re:PrePurchase Vet Exam

[Tara Wheeler <harpy@io.com>]

Woo!  $715 for the PrePurchase Vet Exam?

I had one done at the Elgin Vet Clinic in Elgin Texas (they do mainly
racehorses and big dollar roping horses) and it cost me about $400.

I took my ex-racehorse Ryk there just before I bought him.

They put a scope down his throat to check if he was a roarer, did flexion
tests, did three x-rays of each foot, and one of his knees and hocks,
trotted him out both directions, made him turn sharp circles and backed him
up, bloodwork, eyes, teeth, P&R before and after the lunging work.  Very
busy afternoon.

I felt pretty confident.  He screwed up his back six months later and the
same vet said it was a pre-existing condition.

Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin.

I believe in PrePurchase Vet Exams, but they're not infallible.