:wave: I hope you can help with my unease and concern.
We took Berts for VHD 2 weeks ago. The day before the jab, a small patch appeared on his back, where the fur wasen't missing, it was 1/2 the length it normally is, about 5mm round.
The vet gave the jab, and then had a look at this patch. She's brilliant with him, and I have complete confidence in her. She said she could feel a small raised patch on the skin, barely noticeable, asked if he'd been attacked or bitten, took him off & clipped it.She then said it may have been caught on something, keep an eye on it and we'll assess it when he comes for Myxi jab in 2 weeks.
She wasen't there yesterday, a new guy saw him. He seemed a bit scrared of handling him, so we held him, got the jab and then I mentioned that this thing was to be looked at, that it hadn't got any bigger or changed in any way. He had a feel, looked really blankly and said "well...........I dunno..............."
Paul looked at me a bit worried, the vet shrugged his shoulders, had another feel, then said "You know, this sort if raised bit can happen through parasites, but you'd normally see other skin problems, so it's unlikely to be that ..................................."
All these long pauses were getting a bit wierd.
Then he said "I'll treat him for parasites, and if it isn't that, then we'll know it isn't that.....................I wouldn't worry about it after that..........................I'll give you a product, read the label and it will tell you what to do......................"
I asked if it was drops or cream, or spray, he replied "it's all on the label.............."
If i didn't hope better, I'd have thought he was stoned. We went to reception and they gave us 'Xennex, Ultra spot on' 6 week course, drops every 2 weeks.
I really don't want to give unecessary chemicals to Bertie, I'm very certain of that. This raised patch is about 2mm round and 0.5mm raised.
I would appreciate any imput and information about the problem and this treatment, to help me decide what to do . I can't believe that I'm sat here with a treatment prescribed by my vet, and not giving it to him, because I don't trust the vet.........how mad is that?
The impression he gave was that that he didn't know much about buns, wasn't that interested, and wanted to sell me something for the sake of it.
I don't have much dealings with them, as Berts is blessed with very good health, and they have been nothing but brilliant with him before, is it Ok to ask for a second opionion, as i thought that may be an option, but then I don't want to stress him out with an unecessary journey.
I'll ask for appointments with the lady vet in future, so we won't have this again.
Thanks for reading
We took Berts for VHD 2 weeks ago. The day before the jab, a small patch appeared on his back, where the fur wasen't missing, it was 1/2 the length it normally is, about 5mm round.
The vet gave the jab, and then had a look at this patch. She's brilliant with him, and I have complete confidence in her. She said she could feel a small raised patch on the skin, barely noticeable, asked if he'd been attacked or bitten, took him off & clipped it.She then said it may have been caught on something, keep an eye on it and we'll assess it when he comes for Myxi jab in 2 weeks.
She wasen't there yesterday, a new guy saw him. He seemed a bit scrared of handling him, so we held him, got the jab and then I mentioned that this thing was to be looked at, that it hadn't got any bigger or changed in any way. He had a feel, looked really blankly and said "well...........I dunno..............."
Paul looked at me a bit worried, the vet shrugged his shoulders, had another feel, then said "You know, this sort if raised bit can happen through parasites, but you'd normally see other skin problems, so it's unlikely to be that ..................................."
All these long pauses were getting a bit wierd.
Then he said "I'll treat him for parasites, and if it isn't that, then we'll know it isn't that.....................I wouldn't worry about it after that..........................I'll give you a product, read the label and it will tell you what to do......................"
I asked if it was drops or cream, or spray, he replied "it's all on the label.............."
If i didn't hope better, I'd have thought he was stoned. We went to reception and they gave us 'Xennex, Ultra spot on' 6 week course, drops every 2 weeks.
I really don't want to give unecessary chemicals to Bertie, I'm very certain of that. This raised patch is about 2mm round and 0.5mm raised.
I would appreciate any imput and information about the problem and this treatment, to help me decide what to do . I can't believe that I'm sat here with a treatment prescribed by my vet, and not giving it to him, because I don't trust the vet.........how mad is that?
The impression he gave was that that he didn't know much about buns, wasn't that interested, and wanted to sell me something for the sake of it.
I don't have much dealings with them, as Berts is blessed with very good health, and they have been nothing but brilliant with him before, is it Ok to ask for a second opionion, as i thought that may be an option, but then I don't want to stress him out with an unecessary journey.
I'll ask for appointments with the lady vet in future, so we won't have this again.
Thanks for reading
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