(Not sure if the post follows guidelines but it seemed like the best place to ask!)
As someone who’s owned a variety of small animals over their life (guinea pigs, rabbits, rats), why are vets who “specialize” in small animals so far and few between? Over the years myself and people I have known have had such a hard time getting our pets to vets that can properly treat them. When I was younger and my parents took my guinea pig to the vets for a bladder infection, I remember the first office we had gone to actually turned us away.
It’s not like small animals are uncommon- is it just more work than it’s worth or is it the strain of dealing with pets people don’t routinely take to the vet? I’m genuinely just so curious why vets more aren’t more equipped to treat fairly common pets.