they rip us off! i've been lucky to finally find a vet that makes it cheap, but most blow up the price to fill the lining in their pockets. and at the slightest sense of illness coming from your pet, they instantly give you anitibiotics (and side stuff if they can) for 2 weeks. most of the time they don't need it for that long, but you spend more. the bad side is that it weakens your pets immune system....i hate giving my pets antibiotics, so i try to keep it short. thankfully the new vet isn't spitting it up at every possible opportunity, and only prescribes how much they really need when they need.