Authors and review

Publisher and author

Djudi Asaad — publisher, researcher and author, based in Vienna, Austria.

Hi, I'm Djudi. I'm 25, I live in Vienna, and I share my home with a cat, so animals are a big part of my everyday life. I started this site because I care about pets and about people getting the right information. When a vet mentions surgery, most owners have no idea what it might cost or what to ask, and good answers are hard to find. Here I collect what can actually be checked, like published clinic prices and public data, and explain it as clearly as I can. I'm not a veterinarian, so for anything about your pet's health, your own vet always has the final word.

Relevant experience: Full-stack web developer based in Vienna, trained at CodeFactory Vienna (Full Stack Web Development, January–May 2025; Software Testing, September–December 2024). I built and maintain the site's calculators, cost model and data checks. My background is in software and data, not veterinary medicine.

Not a veterinarian. The publisher is not a veterinarian and writes about costs, not about diagnosis or treatment.

What the publisher does

• Collects and checks prices that U.S. clinics publish, and keeps the record of each one (link, what it includes, date checked) on the Sources page.
• Builds and maintains the cost model, the calibration rules and the location adjustments described on the Methodology page.
• Writes and updates the procedure guides, state and city pages, and money guides.
• Handles corrections sent through the Contact page.

What the publisher does not do

• Give medical advice, diagnose animals or recommend treatments.
• Say whether a specific clinic's quote is fair, or advise whether to delay care.
• Give individual financial, insurance or legal advice.

Use of AI tools

AI tools are used to help with research and writing: to gather published clinic prices from the web (for example, the November 2026 price snapshot listed on the Sources page), and to draft, edit and organize text. AI output is treated as a starting point, not as a source. Prices are kept only if they link to the clinic's own page, and medical background is checked against the veterinary organizations cited on each guide. The publisher is responsible for everything that is published. Details are in our Editorial standards.

How medical content is checked

No veterinarian has reviewed this site. The medical background in each guide is paraphrased from the veterinary organizations cited on that guide, and no page should be read as having professional veterinary approval.

We will name a veterinary reviewer only when all of the following are true:

• A licensed veterinarian has actually read the specific pages listed next to their name.
• They have agreed in writing to be named, with the credentials they choose to show.
• Their licence can be checked by readers (state and licence number, or a public profile).
• The review date is shown, and pages changed after that date are marked as such.

Editorial review (checking facts, sources, prices and clarity) is different from veterinary review (checking medical accuracy). The site currently has only the first; see how content is reviewed.

Other contributors

There are no other authors, editors or guest writers at present. If that changes, each person will be listed here with their real name and role.