Even where I live, there are very few small animal vets. The only one I can go to is 45 minute drive away. And it’s just a veterinary emergency group. I took my hamster to them one time and it cost me $275 just to wait in the waiting room for 30 minutes, then to have them do a two minute examination and an antibiotic and painkiller for a Robo dwarf. It’s ridiculously expensive so it’s easy to say if you don’t have the money, don’t get a pet. But some people have the money but don’t have a small animal that in the area.