Pet King - Chapter 92

Chapter 92
Sun Xiaomeng left in her car . Zhang Zian kept his promise and started cleaning .


Compared to the pet store, cleaning the clinic wasn’t bad at all, mainly because there weren’t too many customers . There was some dust and pet hair in the waiting room . The consulting room and surgery room were even more tidy . She might have cleaned the clinic last night after closing, so he only needed to disinfect the place .
Sun Xiaomeng was the only person running the small clinic; hence, there was not too much equipment . She mostly conducted sterilization and trauma fracture surgeries . A pet’s clinic is very expensive . Some were even more expensive than hospitals .
A sterilization surgery for a person might cost 200 Yuan, but the same surgery for a dog cost at least 400!
Conclusion: Damn singles were not being treated as well as pet dogs . That’s sad!
The equipment in a normal hospital was all paid for by the government . However, the equipment in a pet clinic was paid for by the clinic owner .
That’s why it cost so much to visit a vet .
An X-Ray machine for pets costs at least 50 thousand Yuan . The life span is about 3-5 years . All sorts of maintenance fees add up . Counting other equipment such as color Doppler ultrasound, one could not get back his/her investment if he/she does not charge a high price .
There are also overheads like rent, utility, wages and other expenses . Having a pet clinic is not easy . The vet has to make a living and also make their exudation worthwhile . If the profit is too low, they would be better off working for a large pet hospital .
Some people think that the vet is expensive because there is insurance to cover the cost for humans, but animals don’t have insurance .
Now it is popular to "adopt a pet instead of purchasing" . This was a great idea; however, when the pet gets sick, how many people would in fact spend the money and take them to the vet? Some people might, but most people won’t . This is to stop losing more money .
On the other hand, if someone spent 10 thousand Yuan on a Persian cat, it is very likely the owner would spend a few thousand Yuan to take care of their pet . This is also a way to stop losing more money .
The conclusion is that an ideal situation is always difficult to achieve .
Two doors were connected to the surgery room . One was the locker room and the other was connected to a short hallway which led to an observation room and a ward .
Zhang Zian opened the door of the observation room . There were two small beds inside the room with white sheets . An electrocardiogram monitor and an oxygen machine were sitting by the beds . Both beds were empty and some breathing masks were laying on the beds .
After a quick glance by the door of the observation room, Zhang Zian then opened the room to the ward .
There was one row of metal cages in two levels and four cages in each level, totaling eight cages . A small extraction fan was running on the roof and it was making a regular humming noise .


There were three pets in the ward, one young Golden Retriever, one adult Chinese cat and one adult Poodle .
As he opened the door, all three pets stood up . The Poodle even barked at him .

He walked in the ward . On the shelf, there sat some cat food and dog food . Also, there was a water dispenser and a half-full bottle .
Zhang Zian approached the cages . Both the golden retriever and the Poodle came towards him . Apparently, they were all hungry . The Chinese cat took a quick look at him and then laid back down .
The golden retriever and the poodle didn’t have scars . Some hair on the left front leg of the Chinese cat was cut off . New hair had not completely come out yet so the healing scar could easily be seen .
From his perspective, all three animals were quite healthy . They might be a bit weak, but staying in the cage all day might’ve caused that . He could tell that the Chinese cat’s surgery was at least 2 weeks ago from the newly grown hair . They could’ve left the clinic by now .
Then the question was, why are these pets still here?
Sun Xiaomeng had too much cat food and dog food? Of course not .


What is it then?
…
As Zhang Zian was exploring the Victoria’s secret…no, it was the pet clinic’s secret, Sun Xiaomeng went back to Pet’s Home breeding base .
Her father complained about the business in the breeding base being slow but she really could do nothing about it . She was a vet, not a marketing expert .
A few years ago, business at the breeding base was looking great; therefore, her father decided to take out a loan for expansion . It didn’t take long for all kinds of cat houses and dog houses to become popular . Comprehensive breeding bases were facing severe competitions . There were two reasons breeding bases could not get ahead of the competition First, the costs were too high . Expansions and seeking of integrity in breeds were all contributions to the high operation costs . Second, cat houses and dog houses had their own gimmicks . Some even claimed that their pets could be traced back five generations!
Five generations?! That was exaggerating!
From a vet’s perspective, the purer the breed is, the weaker they get . However, mixed breeds are always much healthier . The weaknesses of purebred pets usually do not show until they get old . All kinds of cardiovascular and neutral system problems are the biggest threats to their health .
The British people seemed the most delicate in pets’ breeds . She once read a report that 50% of the purebred dogs in the UK were related to each other . In other words, your dog might be related to your neighbor’s dog . It was crazy to even think about it .
A BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed discussed this problem in depth .
It was an open secret in the industry that in a middle-sized city, most of the purebred dogs or cats from the dog houses and cat houses were very likely to be related .
Due to all the above reasons, to get down the possibility of hereditary diseases, she recommended to bring in breeding cats, dogs and rabbits from another area . It increased the cost dramatically, but the pets were much healthier . Sometimes, their appearances were not good either . Most customers didn’t understand it and they all wanted good looking pets under the overwhelming marketing campaign from CFA and FCI .
Tricks could always bring customers yet honesty most of the time didn’t work .
Now she regretted it . The operational costs were high because of her insistence to provide healthy pets to their customers .
As she was being emotional, a few strangers came out from the rabbit barn with some cages . She recognized the rabbits in the cages . They were the new breeds being promoted by the base .
"Wait! Who are you guys? Why do you move our rabbits?" She thought they were thieves so she tried to scream hoping to stop them .
"That’s fine . I am selling them . We will not keep rabbits in the future," Sun Yinian came out following the guys .
"What?" she was shocked .