If one of my rats has a respiratory infection, I'm going straight off to the vet for a bottle of Baytril. Yes there are home solutions but I trust Baytril more. I have found two excellent, knowledgeable vets in my area. One of them also sees my reptiles! In my opinion, every small animal should be seen at least annually by a vet, because the vet may spot something you hadn't seen.

Believe it or not, many vets ARE very knowledgeable in the small animal field. If the main vet I go to doesn't know something I will call the other one. Between the two I have everything covered. It frustratesme that you say you wouldn't even take your small animals to the vet for something serious. What if one of them needed a tumor removed? A limb amputated? Euthanasia? Surely you wouldn't try to do something like that yourself....



A side note that I know is inappropriate but I can't help but bring up... You complain about not being taken seriously, but your posts are not written very well. There is a distinct lack of capitalization, and your spelling and grammar are not great. I know I'm coming off as insulting and I'm not trying to. It's just that if someone sent me an email with advice about my animals and it looked like something my little brother had written I would have a very hard time taking it seriously. Again, I apologize for coming off as rude/insulting....