The 10 states with the highest veterinarian costs!

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9. Well, this was timely... LOL! I just got back from the vets' with my darling kitteh boy.

I live in California (yeah, hear me groan!) and the bill was $142.00 to have them use a needle to drain a little abscess under his jaw and pump some long-acting antibiotics into his furry butt.

Jack is an indoor cat, but a couple of days ago, he and his sister got into a tussle over who owed the last patch of afternoon sunshine. She's half his size, but she's no scaredy cat, and I suspect she gave him a sharp right hook straight to his puss. I knew he was in some pain last night when he wouldn't let me scratch under his chin, his all time favorite spot, so it was off to see the vet this morning and get his booboo fixed.

My two cats own me, but I wouldn't change a thing. He feels much better and the swelling seems to be going down already, and my anxiety level is diminishing as I watch over him snoozing in his basket.