When your pet is first diagnosed with diabetes mellitus this is a question
that comes up.
What will this cost?
Picture supplied by Jake's Mom Gill
This is what Jake uses every month!
This webpage will try to give you the basic costs of maintaining a diabetic
pet.
It will not take into consideration veterinarian bills or costs from
other
health problems that your pet might have. I have asked a few members
of the Muffin Pet Diabetes Email List to submit their costs for this
page.
Differences in Prices will reflect that some of us do not home
blood glucose test.
Some of the products used can be obtained for a lower price by shopping
around.
Queenie's Basic Cost for Treating Diabetes
Queenie lives in Leamington, Ontario, Canada
Queenie's costs includes needles, insulin and urine testing.
Queenie's Basic Cost for a day is $1.38
Less then a coffee & donut
monthly costs are about $42.00
for a year Basic Cost is $503.70
Prices quoted are in Canadian Dollars for Queenie's Costs.
A Breakdown of the Costs are:
Insulin used: Novolin ge 30/70 Penfill
Comes in a box of 5 x 3.0 ml cartridges
Cost: $39.99 No Tax
Queenie uses 11 units in the am and 8 units in the pm
But I inject 4 units a day into the air and all insulin can not be
used out of a cartridge.
This insulin lasts me for 60 days.
Though I feel I have less loss then when I was using a vial of insulin
as I went by the 30 day rule and threw the bottle out after 30 days
of use.
Cost for insulin is 67 cents a day.
Urine Testing Strips: Bayer Keto-Diastix Strips
Comes in a box of 100 strips.
Original Cost: 15.99 plus tax is 17.10
Shop around for pricing. I get a 20% discount as My Mom is a senior
and there is a senior discount at our pharmacy once a month and she
picks them up for Queenie on that day.
Final Discounted Cost is $13.71 including tax
I use two strips a day at 13.7 cents each
Cost for strips are 28 cents a day
Needles: B-D Ultra-Fine 29G x 1/2 inch pen needles (100 in a box)
Original Cost is $24.99 plust tax 26.73
Shop around for pricing. I get a 20% discount as My Mom is a senior
and there is a senior discount at our pharmacy once a month and she
picks them up for Queenie on that day.
Final Discounted Cost is $21.40
Each needle tip costs 21.4 cents
I use two of these needle tips a day at a cost of 43 cents
update...since Queenie's heart failure in April of 2002
she is on four shots a day increasing the costs by 43 cents more a
day.
Hope and Harley
We spend about $16 a month on insulin,
$13 on needles,
$26 on food, and
$10 on a blood sugar test.
$4 a month on needle containers to put the used needles in
$2 a month on alcohol pads we use to clean the top of the insulin
bottle with
We have one curve done a year at $80.
So we spend approx $65-70 a month and around $860-900 a yr.
We do not do at home testing, so sometimes we might spend $10 a wk on
tests.
But usually it is just once a month.
Sharon and Jeffy
| Jeffy's Costs in Toledo, Ohio |
Monthly Costs |
| 1 vial of Humulin ultralente |
$22.00 |
| 60-62 3/10 cc syringes |
$12.00 |
| test strips |
$25.00 |
| 240.00 every three months at OSU for evaluation |
$80.00 |
| food but he has to eat even if not diabetic |
$30.00 |
| eye drops |
$11.00 |
| Total Monthly Cost |
$180.00 |
Sharon and the Menagerie
Sometimes, the fingerprint of God is a paw......
Adopt a greyhound; everyone's a winner!
and the Bonfire glows in tribute..........
Gill and Jake
The picture at the top is Jake's Diabetic Supplies!
Jakes` Costs. In the UK
 
| Jakes` Costs. In the UK |
Monthly Costing: |
| Complete Food (none prescription 15 kg) |
£13.00 |
| Vegetables |
£ 8.00 |
| Insulin |
£18.75 |
| Syringes |
£ 4.00 |
| Vitamin E |
£1.00 |
Test Strips (Glucometer)
A box of 50 test strips is £26.00.
On average I use a box every 2 months
depending on how often I test Jake . |
£13.00 |
Vet Bill (for repeat prescription)
We visit the Vet Every 3-4 months for a repeat insulin prescription.(
3-4 months supply of insulin)
He charges me £4.60 to write out the script.
The discussion about Jakes general health,curves, his weight
check and any other information is free.
No treatment No charge..
Saves me a small fortune! |
£1.15 |
| Total Monthly Cost |
£ 58.90 |
This equates to £706.80 per year, £13.59 per week or
JUST £1.94 per day
Roy and Cookie
| Cookie's Costs in Denver, Colorado |
Monthly Costing |
| Insulin -(Novolin N from WalMart) |
$16.50 |
| Syringes -Also from Walmart( they last about 1 1/2 months) |
$13.00 |
| Urine Testing Sticks |
$10.00 |
| Total Monthly Cost |
$39.50 |
One-time costs for Cookie
Blood Curves -(anticipate 3 a year) $60.00 so this
will add $20.00 a month to the above total.
Opthamologist visit and tests
$100.00
Costs that may or may not be related to diabetes (also one-time)
for Cookie
Antibiotics for digestive tract $100.00
Digestive tract Xrays and Ultrasound $325.00
Bladder stone medicine $80.00 per month
Debra and Kyle
| Kyle's Costs from Quebec, Canada |
Monthly Costs |
| Humulin U Insulin |
$19.62 |
| Syringes Type U-100 29 Gauge 1/2 inch needle
3/10cc box of 100 29.99
cost per needle 30 cents ...60 needles per month |
$18.00 |
| Bayer Ketostix |
$11.99 |
| Total Monthly Cost |
$49.61 |
The cost of strips for my One Touch Ultra are 45.00 for 50.
A vet visit is 40.00
Urinalysis is 33.00
Blood Glucose 19.00
Goodness it does add up doesn't it.
Debra
If you would like your information added to this page and own a diabetic
pet
Send location where you live with estimated costs for the month
to queenie@mnsi.net |
