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2 days ago our Tia jumped up on the counter and knocked a hot cup of coffee over herself. It pretty much went over her back/spine area. I did my best to rinse it with cool water, and quickly called the vet to tell them I was on my way as she was in bit of pain. I sat in the waiting room with her for 30 minutes and the vet still did not take us in to look at her (too busy kenneling dogs to help us with what we thought was an emergency). I was upset with this and left and my husband thought it would be best to tend to it at home. We used cool water compresses on her back in the burn area. She is doing much better, but today we noticed she is licking her coat in the area of the burn. It appears to have some scabbing under her fur, like perhaps she blistered and it broke. There is no bleeding or blood that we can see, however she has several tiny scabs in the burn area. I don't want to go back to the vet (why is it so difficult to find a good, respectable veterinarian!) She seems to not be in pain at all, however is there something I can treat this area with at home that is safe to help prevent any infection? Dab a bit of peroxide?? I really do not want to go back to this vet. Should she be on an antibiotic while this is healing?