Lesson Learned, Unfortunately

There are certain things in life that I am probably better off not knowing. Last night I learned one of those things:

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Rabbit abscesses are quite different to dog and cat abscesses - the pus is a lot thicker and harder, and their abscesses tend to be firm and very hard to break open, often appearing like a tumour.

The stench is also very nasty. As I found out, it is one of the few smells that actually makes me feel sick to my stomach and I have an iron stomach. theWife called me while I was still at work and told me that theBunny had a lump on her dewlap burst. There was pus all over her fur and she could not take the smell. She had to get theDaughter to Girl Scouts, to boot, so she asked if I could get theBunny cleaned up.

This is where I find out the above lesson learned is one that would never have made my bucket list. After discovering there would not be a vet available to see theBunny until tonight, I attempted to clean the broken abscess myself. When I say I “attempted” to clean it, I mean that I did it, but I bitched, moaned and whined very loudly while I was doing it. I was so loud in my complaining that theElderSon came into the room to help and almost passed out from the stench of this Bunny Pus.

Regardless of the events of last night, I am now smarter because I know the difference between the pus in an abscess on a cat or dog and that of the pus in the abscess of a bunny.  Lucky me.