Well it is a sad story but not shocking. Small animal vets are notoriously over priced and prey upon the fact that most people will spend whatever it takes to save their pet house dog or cat. The fees you quoted are insane..........why don't you write a letter of complaint to the Vet association and list the vets that refused to help you and the fees they quoted.
As a side note, I have always found that country vets, who deal mostly with livestock are a lot more reasonable to deal with and their prices are better. They know that a rancher will tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine if they tried to charge outrageous fees like the city small animal vets.
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