After Sun Xiaomeng's car drove away, Zhang Zian kept his promise and started cleaning.
In fact, the cleaning here was not that heavy compared to the pet shop, which might be the reason why there were not many customers. There was only some dust and cat hair in the waiting room, but the consultation room and the operating room were even cleaner. She had probably cleaned them last night, and today she only needed to spray disinfectant to disinfect them.
Sun Xiaomeng was the only one in the clinic, and she did not have enough equipment. She probably could not perform major surgeries, at most sterilization and fracture treatment.
Pet hospitals and pet clinics were very expensive, even more expensive than seeing a doctor for a human. This was a fact.
A human ligation was about 200 yuan, and a dog ligation was 400 yuan!
Conclusion: Single dogs were not as good as pet dogs! No problem!
The expensive equipment in public hospitals was heavily subsidized by the state, but pet clinics and pet hospitals had to pay for the equipment themselves.
This was the main reason why it was so expensive to see a doctor for a pet.
An X-ray machine for pets cost at least 50,000 yuan, and it had a service life of 3 to 5 years. It would be even more expensive if maintenance and repair fees were included. What about other equipment such as color ultrasound? If the treatment fees were low, the cost could not be recovered at all.
In addition, there were rent, utilities, labor, and other miscellaneous expenses. Opening a pet clinic was not charity. Practicing veterinarians had to earn money to support their families, or at least earn back their college tuition. Medical tuition was expensive. If the profit from opening a pet clinic was too little, it would be better to just close down and work in a large pet hospital.
Another reason why pet doctors were so expensive was that humans had health insurance, but pets did not.
Nowadays, it was popular to adopt instead of buy, which meant that instead of buying a pet, people could adopt one. The slogan was good, but once adopted pets got sick, would the owners be willing to spend a lot of money to treat them? Some people would, but most people probably would not — this was a way to stop losses.
On the contrary, if a Persian cat was bought for 10,000 yuan, the owner would be more likely to spend thousands of yuan to treat it when it got sick, instead of leaving it to die. This was also a way to stop losses.
That was why it was said that dreams were plentiful, but reality was harsh.
The operating room led to two rooms, one of which was a changing room, and the other door was connected to a very short corridor. There were two other doors in the corridor, with the signs "Observation Room" and "Ward."
Zhang Zian opened the door of the observation room. There were two small beds with white sheets, and a pet ECG monitor and oxygen supply device were placed at the head of the bed. The two beds were currently empty, and the breathing mask was casually placed on the beds.
Standing at the door of the observation room, Zhang Zian opened the door of the ward.
There was a row of iron cages in the ward, with two floors, with four cages on each floor. Close to the roof, a small exhaust fan was whirling rhythmically.
There were currently three guests in the cage: a young golden retriever, an adult Mongolian cat, and an adult poodle.
When they heard him open the door, all three animals stood up. The poodle even barked twice.
He walked into the pet ward. There was cat food and dog food on the shelf at the door — real dog food, not spiritual food for single dogs. There was also a water dispenser in the room, and the bucket was half full.
Zhang Zian walked closer to the iron cage. The half-grown golden retriever and the VIP both leaned over. They were obviously hungry and maybe thirsty. San Xian glanced at him lazily and lay down again.
There were no wounds on the golden retriever and VIP, but part of the fur on the left front leg of San Xian had been cut off. New fur had not completely grown out yet, and the wound that had already healed could be vaguely seen.
From his point of view, the three animals were currently very healthy. Perhaps they were a little weak, but this could be caused by being kept in cages for a long time. Their physical conditions should be good. This was especially so for this mongrel cat. Judging from the growth of its fur, the operation on its left front leg had been done at least half a month ago. Logically speaking, it should have been able to leave the clinic long ago.
So the question was, why were these three healthy pets still here?
Of course, it was not because Sun Xiaomeng had too much dog food to eat.
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While Zhang Zian was exploring Victoria's Secret … No, he was exploring the secrets of the pet clinic, Sun Xiaomeng had already driven back to the breeding base of Pets' Home.
Her father had never complained about the current situation of the farm. She also knew that the recent business situation was not good, but what could she do? She was a vet, not an advertising planner or a marketing expert.
A few years ago, the situation of the breeding base was very good, so her father had decided to expand the scale with a loan from the bank. However, the good times did not last long. With the rise of various cat and dog houses in recent years, comprehensive pet breeding bases were in a disadvantageous position. There were two reasons. One was that the scale of the breeding base was too big, and it was too big to be complete. The other was that cat and dog houses were full of gimmicks. They often claimed, "Our pets are show level, and their bloodlines can be traced back five generations!"
Traced back five generations, and even ten countries!
From the point of view of a veterinarian, the purer the bloodline of an animal was, the more fragile it was. On the contrary, all kinds of mixed breeds were extremely healthy. This kind of fragility could not be seen on the surface, but when the pets got older, various hidden dangers of the cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and nervous system would be exposed.
The British people were the most fanatical about the bloodline of pet dogs. She had seen a survey report that more than 50% of the purebred dogs in the United Kingdom were related by blood. In other words, when you went on a blind date, there was a 50% chance that you would meet your seven aunts and eight aunts. The picture was too beautiful to imagine.
The BBC, which had always been good at self-deprecating, filmed a documentary, "The Sorrows of Purebred Dogs", which was about this problem.
Everyone in the industry knew that in a medium-sized city, the number of competition level cats and dogs produced by a cat and dog house could be counted on one hand.
In order to dilute the bloodline and reduce the hidden dangers of hereditary diseases, under her suggestion, the breeding cats, dogs, and rabbits in the breeding base of Pets' Home were all imported from other places at a high price. This would exchange for better health, but the price was that the quality would not be stable. But which customer could understand this painstaking effort? Everyone was pursuing the perfect quality under the advertising campaign of CFA and FCI.
How did that saying go again? Since ancient times, true love could not be kept, and tricks could always win people's hearts.
Now she was a little regretful. Maybe it was her stubbornness that had led to the high cost of the breeding base.
When she was secretly lamenting, she saw a few strangers coming out of the rabbit house, carrying the rabbit cage outside. She knew the rabbits in the cage. They were the main breeding rabbits of the breeding base.
"Wait a minute! Who are you? Why are you carrying our rabbits! "She thought that they had seen thieves in broad daylight, and couldn't help but shout to stop them.
"It's okay, I sold them. I won't raise rabbits in the future." Sun Yinian followed them out.
"Ah?" She was stunned.
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