Why....Why......Why......

[Estelle]

I did wonder why last time Hobbes abscess was drained he was given Metacam for a week but this time there was no mention of it. Luckily I have some here and will give it to him until he starts to get better. His abscess looks very sore and he doesn't seem happy at all. I wish I could do something to make it go away

 

[Jack's-Jane]

I did wonder why last time Hobbes abscess was drained he was given Metacam for a week but this time there was no mention of it. Luckily I have some here and will give it to him until he starts to get better. His abscess looks very sore and he doesn't seem happy at all. I wish I could do something to make it go away

You are doing everything possible. Jaw abscesses are such
I really hope that Hobbes' infection will soon be back under control.

Janex

 

[Sooz]

Veterinary Medicine is viewed as the most prestigious academic course in the country. I have been very reliably informed that many students are heavily under the influence (emotional & financial) of their parents when they decide to become a vet and that many of them do not do it for their love of animals or to make a difference.

They want the letters after their name, the acclaim and the cold hard cash. Not all but more than you would imagine.

I wish I was being cynical.

 

[catswhiskas]

Veterinary Medicine is viewed as the most prestigious academic course in the country. I have been very reliably informed that many students are heavily under the influence (emotional & financial) of their parents when they decide to become a vet and that many of them do not do it for their love of animals or to make a difference.

They want the letters after their name, the acclaim and the cold hard cash. Not all but more than you would imagine.

I wish I was being cynical.

That is the unfortunate truth, they are often exceptionally cold and detached. I once heard a newly qualified female vet say " ugh rabbits, I can't be doing with them, awful creatures".

 

[Jayms_fallen_angel]

It upsets me sometimes the amount of posts on this forum attacking vets. Yes they make mistakes and some are plain incompetant when it comes to rabbits. At the end of the day the course content does not cover rabbits in the detail that it should. However please show them respect as they have managed to get onto the hardest course in the country, have studied for 5 years and done placements throughout most of the academic holidays. They are expected to be experts in every species and that is impossible. You will always get some vets that take the time to learn more about rabbits and develop their practical skills better than others. It is the general vet with no interest in rabbits that should refer ask for help from other vets before treating it wrong.

Yes, rabbits are a specialist animal, which means that it's not covered in basic training and to actually be able to treat a rabbit properly you take another course. But you see that vet I was talking about who didn't detect charms shredded mouth and didn't bother to perscribe pain killers was actually calling herself a small animals specialist which means she bloody should know about them.

And as rabbits are one of the most common pets out there today, I'm sorry but I think it should be covered in basic training just like dogs and cats.

 

[Estelle]

You are doing everything possible. Jaw abscesses are such
I really hope that Hobbes' infection will soon be back under control.

Janex

Thanks Jane x