# Fucking vet doesn't care about animals **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vet-doesnt-care-about-animals/655279 "2013-04-10T01:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vet-doesnt-care-about-animals/655279/41 "2013-04-12T17:47:30Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > I owned Leopard Geckos for years. The last one I had died when it was over 10 years old. They were always healthy and happy with normal eyes. > I never once washed their water bowl out with soap.(I’d be worried about residues). Every other month or so the bowl went through the dishwasher. Normal eyes in normal animals are quite resistant to infection. Are you sure you’re treating what you think you’re treating? I did think about the soap residue too, but the thing was SLIMY, it needed to be washed. I just used foaming hand soap, and rinsed it out really well of course. In the future I’ll put it in the dishwasher. But yeah, I really think he has an eye infection. > [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > There are quite a few small animal practitioners that like exotics and “pocket pets”. Unless you live in an extremely rural area, it shouldn’t be difficult at all to find a practice that has a large number of reptiles and guinea pigs as clients. There are a few “exotic” animal vets around here and that’s where I recently took him to the emergency vet (that’s the absolute only 24 hour exotic animal vet in the whole state, I hear) but as far as I know none have prepaid programs. And my boyfriend has pet insurance for his dog so I checked that out and could only find ones for cats and dogs. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vet-doesnt-care-about-animals/655279/42 "2013-04-12T17:50:32Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > But I just shouldn’t have pets at all because I can’t handle having them die, and I definitely can’t handle them dying when there was conceivably something that could have been done to maybe prevent it. I’m still sad about every pet I’ve ever had that died. I’m sad about every animal I’ve lost too, and considering I’ve always had many multiples of animals at a time, that’s a lot of loss. For me though the joy they give me during their all-too-short lives outweighs the pain of their going. Most have died of old age and age related ailments, and most I’ve had to help out of this world via euthanasia (which is another level of suckitude). But contemplating NOT having animals in my life makes me want to curl up and do nothing but cry - they are a mainstay in my world. Losing beings that you love should hurt, it means that you are a loving and caring person. Loving (and being loved) is wonderful, but it’s not always easy. For a general FYI, you can get Terramycin eye ointment at feed and livestock stores - [Tractor Supply](http://www.tractorsupply.com/) carries it OTC and reasonably cheap too. Also, I’m not a reptile expert, but I think the eye problem is more likely to have come from food or bedding or handling. A regularly rinsed and refilled water dish should not grow nasty things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-vet-doesnt-care-about-animals/655279.md?page=2)