Clare has had her first "surgery". During our 30 min walk at Sandy Creek Conservation Park ("No dogs allowed!") I discovered a swelling - which had the dimensions of a cherry - between anus and vulva. An abscess has occured, and some bloody discharge came from a fistula opening. I sedated the poor patient with 10 mg acepromazine and cut the swelling with a scalpel in the hope to find a foreign body - for example a grass seed. But nothing was in there so I filled the hole with some antibiotic oinment. Clare was sleeping for some time but recovered fine in the late afternoon.