It was very useful when cat got a huge abcess rite at the base of his tail!
Had to open the hole and push anti-b glop [for want of a better word?] into the hole and push out the bad stuff and fill it in with the glop. There had been about 125cc's of bad stuff in the hole and putting good stuff in that amount [I think it was about 1/4 cup?] of the good stuff into the hole really needed a damp towell! AND no wounds on my part!
As for vets? My vet leaves his phone # requesting a message, he is the only vet in his practice but he does keep a 'sharing' relationship w/other vets for those Late Nite fun times.... A sort of tit-for-tat relation thing. But then I'm in a huge metro area, are you?
I would have to say that if your vet doesn't give you reasonable alternatives?
IF you like him/her, consider hard if not? Start asking ?????'s of anyone having a pet that you encounter!
BTW? Some folks can and DO willingly pay fortunes for their pets... Went to a 'specialist center' once for a diagnosis and there were dogs there waiting for dialysis and chemo! Some of us simply can't go to that extent, you know?
Good luck in the future!
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