Had a customer call the store today with a concern about her dog.
Apparently they've been monitoring it for the past couple of days.
But the Dog has blisters around it's mouth and by the ear and such.
And she just wanted my opinion on what I think could have caused that.
As her online research suggested that it was some sort of infection so she wanted to know if we carried anti-biotics.
Which we don't.
And like...even if we could diagnose issues with animals....it's usually easier to do so when you bring the animal into the store.
As the symptoms could be caused by anything from a bug bite, to an allergic reaction, to an infection....
So without seeing the animal it's hard to know what sort of treatment to recommend.
But besides that calling a PET STORE for a medical issue just....seems like a silly idea.
Like yes we deal with animals on a daily basis, but that by no means makes us qualified to tell you over the phone what to do to treat a health issue.
That's what Vets are for.
So I recommended they take the dog to the vet and I could even transfer them to one here in the store if they wanted me to.
They declined and ended the call.
*exhales*
Like I get wanting to not spend a lot of money on things.
But if it's a health issue definitely take the pet to the vet.
-Sarnic Dirchi
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