Not anymore. Most antibiotics and anti-bacterials are no longer available for sale at feed stores. This has been a concern to those of us raising show poultry. Most local vets are not very familiar with avian diseases since the money is in dogs, cats and/or horses. For the average backyard chicken, it's not that big of a deal; most people aren't going to treat a chicken they bought for $10. For those that raise some of the rare breeds, it's a big added cost. Now you have to find a local vet to examine an animal they aren't familiar with in order for them to write you a prescription for the medicine you tell them you need. It's making a nice profit for vets at $40 or more per exam, but causing some hobby breeders to have to sell out. Fewer rare breed breeders=fewer rare breeds. I know. First world problems, but to those trying to keep some unique birds from dying out, it's a bit heart breaking.
I admit, this was 20+ years ago, and no doubt it was people like him who caused that source to be cut off. Sad to hear about the costs of raising show chickens and that fewer rare breeds will result from this. :(
A fine example of how American citizens are protected by their government. If you have the cash you can get your meds. If you can't pay, sorry folks you can't play. This is free market extortion.
Healthcare is the ticking fusion bomb that will crash the entire USA if something isn't changed.Corporate health insurance locks employees into jobs- they dare not be fired. Employers can fire at will, with no or little justification. This equals slavery, effectively, but as the US has always been a slave economy, there's nothing new in that. What is new is the endlessly increasing greed of the slave masters, which will eventually result in reform, or more likely, bloody revolution.
Absolutely - she's one of the greatest Speakers of the House in history... but she didn't enter Congress with those skills.
Not anymore. Most antibiotics and anti-bacterials are no longer available for sale at feed stores. This has been a concern to those of us raising show poultry. Most local vets are not very familiar with avian diseases since the money is in dogs, cats and/or horses. For the average backyard chicken, it's not that big of a deal; most people aren't going to treat a chicken they bought for $10. For those that raise some of the rare breeds, it's a big added cost. Now you have to find a local vet to examine an animal they aren't familiar with in order for them to write you a prescription for the medicine you tell them you need. It's making a nice profit for vets at $40 or more per exam, but causing some hobby breeders to have to sell out. Fewer rare breed breeders=fewer rare breeds. I know. First world problems, but to those trying to keep some unique birds from dying out, it's a bit heart breaking.
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I admit, this was 20+ years ago, and no doubt it was people like him who caused that source to be cut off. Sad to hear about the costs of raising show chickens and that fewer rare breeds will result from this. :(
We have a country of greedy money lovers who don't give a damn about people. But, let's not change that because, you know...Socialism!
Due to bad science, HRT got sidelined. Sorry, ladies...
My parents used to cross into Mexico for meds when they lived in Yuma. It was far less of a hassle than Tijuana.
Someone should write a song...
Oww. That should be done under the same anesthesia as a colonoscopy. A nice little 30 minute knockout.
Well that's fucked up.
Let's not forget the classic "there's a bathroom on the right."
(I miss Jon Carroll's columns.)
"healthcare", USA style. An extra slug of firewater whisky before the gangrenous leg amputation...
The state of Colorado is looking into getting some meds from Canada but has run into the same issue. Canada can't really be our drug dealer.
A fine example of how American citizens are protected by their government. If you have the cash you can get your meds. If you can't pay, sorry folks you can't play. This is free market extortion.
Ew.
Healthcare is the ticking fusion bomb that will crash the entire USA if something isn't changed.Corporate health insurance locks employees into jobs- they dare not be fired. Employers can fire at will, with no or little justification. This equals slavery, effectively, but as the US has always been a slave economy, there's nothing new in that. What is new is the endlessly increasing greed of the slave masters, which will eventually result in reform, or more likely, bloody revolution.