looking for a vet for facial abcess - halifax/dartmouth area

al has a facial abcess that needs tending, i'm trying to find a vet that would be good for that in my area. facial abcesses are a bugger and al is nearly 2 but in good health otherwise. i read about dr cargney and i'm not confident in taking a rat in for surgery there, is there another rat experienced vet anywhere in the area?

I really don't know who to recommend. I have been doing a bit of reasearch into it but I haven't found anyone that I feel overly confident with....

Twitch, Dr Carnegy is the one who did your boy's neuter .... remember?
I don't know of any vets there I would recommend .... but if you could get him here, I would highly recommend the vet that treats my rats.

yes, i do remember. there wasn't any problems with the neuter after the hematoma other then it looked bad which is why i looked him up here. but after reading other people's experiences with him and seeing that he seems to be hit or miss a lot on complications, i don't feel confident in taking a facial abscess to him; they're tricky enough on their own. now that i live in dartmouth though i would not be able to get al all the way down to fredericton, i need to find someone closer to home.

Any way you could get to Bridgewater or Moncton?

i could probably get to bridgewater. al would have to stay overnight though

nevermind. i tried vetwise animal hospital here in dartmouth. i had made an appointment there to have bron pts but he went on his own, so i took al in nad asked a bunch of questions until i felt comfortable with their knowledge base to let them operate on him. the facial abscess was actaully cancer, likely malignant and heavily involved with his jaw. i decided to not let al wake up then have to deal with the pain of the surgery and the evenutal pain of the cancer.

I am very sorry Twitch....

I'm so sorry Twitch

I'm so sorry. :hugs:

I'm so sorry Twitch. Hugs.

aww so sorry!!
for future companion animal hosp is also good or you can come visit my clinic in sackville!!

I'm so sorry Twitch... ((hugs))

I'm so sorry. It's a good thing you found somewhere good to take him. RIP little al.