Comments on: Expensive Cat…..Is Expensive http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/ (A figment of everyone's imagination gets back into the blogging thing) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mythago http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-64061 mythago Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:37:14 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/#comment-64061 The house is a little small for that. We're working on totally enclosing the yard. The house is a little small for that. We’re working on totally enclosing the yard.

]]> By: unseelie http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-64036 unseelie Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:42:45 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/#comment-64036 For what it's worth, Purple Pyrate seemed to think the charge for the teeth cleaning was quite reasonable and the rest seemed in the ballpark for our neck of the woods (once anesthesia is factored in). Painful but it doesn't sound like they gouged you. Glad he's doing better. Any chance of making him an indoor only cat? For what it’s worth, Purple Pyrate seemed to think the charge for the teeth cleaning was quite reasonable and the rest seemed in the ballpark for our neck of the woods (once anesthesia is factored in).

Painful but it doesn’t sound like they gouged you. Glad he’s doing better. Any chance of making him an indoor only cat?

]]> By: Ahunt http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-62890 Ahunt Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:52:22 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/#comment-62890 They never do. So just because they never learn, old-time country vets will often sell you the Clavamox? amoxicillan outright if you also care for the semi-ferals in the barn. Such vets are a vanishing breed. Luckily, our vet has an "apprentice" who is equally curmugeonly. They never do. So just because they never learn, old-time country vets will often sell you the Clavamox? amoxicillan outright if you also care for the semi-ferals in the barn. Such vets are a vanishing breed. Luckily, our vet has an “apprentice” who is equally curmugeonly.

]]> By: mythago http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-62888 mythago Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:20:02 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/#comment-62888 This was pretty severe. As I recall he had a similar abscess a few years back, but it was in his tail, and they just had to dope him up a little bit. This time it was the entire left side of his head and was a truly massive infection. I have no illusions that he will learn anything from this episode. This was pretty severe. As I recall he had a similar abscess a few years back, but it was in his tail, and they just had to dope him up a little bit. This time it was the entire left side of his head and was a truly massive infection.

I have no illusions that he will learn anything from this episode.

]]> By: Ahunt http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-62887 Ahunt Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:11:48 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/#comment-62887 Just heard back from my favorite pet message board that "anesthesia" may simply be the common numbing of the area, and also that there are indeed severe cases where putting the critter under is absolutely the way to go. Those cases are truly severe, and so I send "get wells" to your feline. Just heard back from my favorite pet message board that “anesthesia” may simply be the common numbing of the area, and also that there are indeed severe cases where putting the critter under is absolutely the way to go.

Those cases are truly severe, and so I send “get wells” to your feline.

]]> By: Ahunt http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-62796 Ahunt Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:38:08 +0000 http://www.mythago.com/blog/2008/01/19/expensive-catis-expensive/#comment-62796 Oh Good Lord, Myth... You need an irascible old country vet, and my best Bud, the psycho vet tech, C. L. Jablonsky. (Crazy Lady J.) Or me. We've been lancing massive abcesses for years, and then dosing with Amoxicillan (sp?) for roughly $10 a bottle. Haven't lost a critter yet. All you need is a stong stomach, as the smell is truly vile. The very few times that the abcesses (facial/genital areas) were best handled by our curmudgeon of a vet, the bill has never exceded $50. It must have been a whopper of an infection in a truly dangerous area, as I've never seen anesthesia used to lance an abscess. Oh Good Lord, Myth…

You need an irascible old country vet, and my best Bud, the psycho vet tech, C. L. Jablonsky. (Crazy Lady J.) Or me.

We’ve been lancing massive abcesses for years, and then dosing with Amoxicillan (sp?) for roughly $10 a bottle. Haven’t lost a critter yet.

All you need is a stong stomach, as the smell is truly vile.

The very few times that the abcesses (facial/genital areas) were best handled by our curmudgeon of a vet, the bill has never exceded $50.

It must have been a whopper of an infection in a truly dangerous area, as I’ve never seen anesthesia used to lance an abscess.

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