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Veterinary: Skill Gain

Get yourself a decent supply of bandages. If you want to GM Veterinary, you will need a lot of them. (100 bandages weigh 10 stones, so carrying a supply of 1000 at a time is not a problem.)

Next you will need two pets for training purposes, and which you pick depends whether you are training in Felucca or Trammel (and Ilshenar), and if you are guilded or not. A swamp dragon and a grizzly or polar bear, or two horses for example work well.

In Felucca it doesn't matter if you are guilded or not, your pets will damage each other either way. Just make sure you set the controller flag (by using the "all guard me" command) before commanding one of your pets to attack, or you and the attacking pet will be flagged as criminals and anyone can attack without penalty. Inside a guard zone this can get you and the aggressor pet guard whacked. Setting the controller flag on your pets if you are not guilded will not result in a visible difference, but it will allow you to have your pets attack each other without flagging criminal.

In Trammel and Ilshenar blue pets can not damage each other, even if the controller flag is set. You will either need to join a player guild or practice with one tame and one wild pet in order to gain skill. Either way works fine, but since pets no longer cast mass curse there is no benefit anymore at all for a Tamer to stay unguilded in Trammel.

From 0 to about 75 (this is not a fixed point, just an approximate mark!):
At this level, gains come easy. You can buy your skill up to about 25. Stablemasters at any stable or the Veterinarian at the Britain Animal Hospital will teach this skill. Then just tame yourself two pets and command them to attack each other. Apply bandages continuously, regardless of damage. Also simply hunting with your pet will get you good gains.

From around 75 to the 120.0:
Gain will slow down even more now. Just be patient and keep using those bandages, quantity over quality applies here. Movement is more important than ever, so you might want to consider a little cruise with your pets. Get yourself a boat and keep at it. I'm sure you won't have any trouble curing your pet's seasickness!

 

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