Treating a Ruptured Abscess! Not for the Squeamish!! 

Girl you’re right about that👍🏻. God bless you🙏🏻😇

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I used to stay on a farm in the summer and if you want to fall asleep in your supper plate this is the life for you.

@@updownstate So true. It is super long days and harder word than most people would ever know. They think its just walking around doing different things when in fact, its chasing the pigs and getting them back in the pen. Its baily hay and lifting those bails when you have already put in 8-10 hours that day. Then, you have to go home and do what you need to keep your life moving, such as laundry, dinner and children as well as the shopping and parent teacher conferences. Like i said...most people have no idea what it all entails....and yes, falling asleep in your dinner plate is a known side effect...lol

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That must be so awful painful how do you numb it up report animal

⁠@@LindaKing-lf8nkhave you ever had an abscess? Instant relief from the pain the second it is lanced! No need to numb it at all. I had one under my arm once! It squirted all over the doctors office

Brilliant!

@@kristilisakleiner9384 thank you! Mamma cow had her whole neck and head right in my face! I was sweating it ( knowing she could send me flying with one flip of her head) but she just wanted to see what we were doing to her baby😅! Did I mention babies leg heal well enough for her to sell at the auction .

Nurses are bad-asses! ❤

​@@castielsgranny4308They sure are. They put the MDs to shame.

I love Dr Pol!

My ragdoll cat has had a few abscesses, and I’m grateful I knew what to do to clean them up and get them to heal. She was so good for me, too. I must have saved a ton of money by doing it myself instead of taking her to the vet. A different cat we had years and years ago had an infection in her uterus, and that’s was pretty gross. We got her spayed and she was fine.

I'm a cat vet!

You sound just like me! I loved the farm, we had workers all the time, people in and out. All my siblings were home, mealtimes were nuts because you never knew how many or who might show up at your table. We fed anybody within an arm’s reach if they were hungry. I can’t remember not having chores, but they sure didn’t seem like chores. And I learned more stuff then than any kid does now, like respect, pride, work ethic, love, empathy…kids don’t always know these things anymore.

@@onebadpenny2138 I would love to go back to those days. You described my life to a tee and I even teared up at the memories. I don't fit in this world today.

I’m 78 and grew up on and around farms. It’s to the farmers best interest to be good to their animals as that is both money and also mistreated animals can be dangerous. I only know of one man that was abusive and he was elderly, and was turned in to state boys for it. They made sure he couldn’t have ANY animals after that.

I grew up on a horse ranch, that was one of the first things that my dad taught us and that was to be kind to all animals, they are our responsibility. This farmer is certainly a good example of kindness towards his livestock.

Thank you for being so caring of your cows, some cattle farmers are not.

Are these giant cow zits?

I got hooked on "skin repair" by watching Dr Pimple Popper followed up by Dr Enoch the Cow Vet. Between those two nothing grosses me out any more!

99.9% OF FARMERS CARE. ITS THEIR ENTIRE LIVELIHOOD!!! You wake up before the sun, sun down feeding & middle of the night sitting up with sick animals. The food industry that processes are the people who don't care. We raise rabbits for meat, baby all of them, give them treats, he'll I have sat up at 2 am giving a stuffy momma a breathing treatment. Most farmers do what they do out of pure love of the animal. We became farmers so the ONLY bad day our animals have is slaughter day... and they never even knew what happened. Farmers cherish their animals.

@@kelliintexas3575 Yes but we can always use more ;)

Thank you Peggy!

lol that’s how I got here too. Yeah us!

Haha!

@@farmertylerranch4399 👍🐂🐂 ⚓

Haha!

Is iodine better than hydrogen peroxide?

Yeah,I'm a small animal vet nurse, and abscesses are our favourite ;)

@@LSUTigerMom yup, hydrogen peroxide is less favoured as it is a lot more cytotoxic (causes cell death), even though it feels more effective by fizzing when it touches blood. The current recommendation in Australia atm is definitely iodine over peroxide :)

@@LSUTigerMom peroxide removes the good bacteria as well as the bad, iodine is a much better cleansing solution in these situations. It is the same with humans as well if you were to get a cut you would want to try using iodine instead of peroxide as well because it will remove the good bacteria from the cut leaving it more susceptible to infection.

@@Cook-hb2nf Thank you so much for explaining!