Thank you for your sympathy over my poor sad pirate dog.
He usually looks like this
and he too is my best friend.
The money that I paid out was for an operation to lance, drain and stitch his toe plus anti-biotics and he is thankfully on the mend but the vets really do have you over a barrel with money don't they?
My siamese cat has stomach problems and they did lots of tests... The first ones showed up possible kidney problems. When the medication and prescription food didn't work further tests showed inflamatory bowel disease so we have antibiotics, a different prescription food and weekly vitamin B12 injections for the next 12 weeks... Poor soul is fed up of having tablets being forced down his throat and being carted off to the vets every week...
I've got to take them BOTH tonight.
I think my vet may retire on what he's had off me this time... £450 so far for the cat and another couple of hundred for the dog!!! Ouch!
FLEA problem... In Britain you can now get Frontline over the counter. If that is available over the counter in the USA that is the one to use. It definately works but you need a spray for the house too.... Animals eh! We love them but they are trying to bankrupt us!