ehy dear @hetty-rowan, I'm so sorry for Rowen ... it's really quite a dilemma when patients are animals that can't talk. also a bad thing happened to me with my cat and in the end I decided to suppress her, so as not to make her suffer anymore, but it was horrible. the operation seems to me to be risky, I seem to understand instead that the drug has no counter indications: I mean, is it safe that the drug + cleaning of the glands is enough to make it feel good? if the answer is yes, I would take this option. you always have time to change your mind and decide to work. All the best for you .-))