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How much does it cost to get my dog's anal glands expressed?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Male | unneutered | 3 years and 2 months old | 55 lbs

Ok so thanks for answering my questions. Do you know maybe around how much that would cost if that's the issue?.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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Published on April 17th, 2018

I'm glad to have helped you! Expressing the anal sacs can be done in the office visit, and that should not be an additional cost on top of the office visit cost itself. Those can be around $45-55 on average. Now if his anal sacs were infected, the antibiotics would be an additional cost on top of the office visit cost. Best of luck :-)

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