I had this on as background noise; it remains something I'll only watch if nothing better is on.
The Pol clinic continues to employ the most rudimentary treatments in veterinary medicine. (Which, again, is great for those who - given the dearth of services in the area - would otherwise have to choose between proper treatment and nothing. But damn; there doesn't have to be such a discrepancy.)
And Dr. Pol still doesn't know the sex of his patients; it's a seemingly little thing, but that would bug me as a client.
With treatment available for cheap at this factory farm of veterinary care, how do you let a growth form on your cat's face for months before bringing her (or him; I join Dr. Pol in not remembering the sex, but I don't have a file - or animal - in front of me) in? Waiting for a paycheck and/or day off even under those circumstances, sure. But she didn't notice how extensively the cat was scratching in order to realize something was going on in the ear, so that the scratching actually created a visible external wound and it still took months to seek veterinary attention.
At least Dr. Brenda doesn't rely on the "I can tell by feel/the animal's movements" test of whether a limb is broken and uses one of them newfangled x-ray machines to find out.
But, holy shit, the shove a cow in the chute, unsedated, and clamp off its balls to eventually shrivel up and fall off method never fails to make me cringe. That can't really be the best farm practice, given what goes on in the most basic mobile neuter clinics for cats and dogs.
Did she say that cattle farmer was two years shy of turning 90? He did not look 88!
Holly's transformation was lovely.
As was Diane and Jan's reaction to their latest grandchild. Charles and Beth both annoy me in several ways, and I think a man who's "a child at heart" is going to be a problematic co-parent at best, but they seem well suited and devoted to each other, and thrilled to be parents, so I wish them the best with little Abigail.
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