#vet staff

[saying-odd-shit]

genuinely how do some veterinary students and even veterinarians manage to remain so completely oblivious to anything that isnt Cat Dog Cow Horse. genuinely some professionals are so incurious

[pangur-and-grim]

Can we see what Grims parents looked like? if photos are available of course.

I have a couple photos of her mom!

the last one even has little Grimmy, on the lefthand side.

I used to have photos of her father, but I can't find them anymore. he was a brown classic tabby with heavily ticked fur, and looked like a Domestic Shorthair

[micromys]

The California Red-legged frog, at 5 months, a year and 5 months, and 2 years and five months.

The 5 month old frogs will be released next summer. The year and 5 month old frogs were released today — over 600 of them!

And the The Rock, the 2 year and 5 month old frog, was supposed to be released last year but then she decided a rock almost the size of herself was delicious and ate it. So after emergency surgery and a year of recovery, she is fat and happy and was also released today! (Please. Do not eat any more rocks. Yosemite contains many of them.)

[black-and-yellow]

Dadmic: Rising.

He is no longer allowed to play Anarchy In The UK in front of the child.

[release-the-hound]

Who has four paws, no cataracts, and a broken tooth? It's Whim!

[melting-sugar-cubes]

[ratatatastic]

"Battle of Alberta, right? It was my first game: Calgary, Edmonton. We would play them in the preseason, and you know—trying to make the team I'd always be asking him to fight in preseason, always. I'd be runnin' my mouth—like, tryna fight the biggest, baddest guys, tryna make an impression.

And he would never fight me. He'd always tell me, like If you make the team, I'll fight ya. You don't have to worry about that, but I'm not fightin' ya preseason. And I totally respect it, I'm not gonna chase him down. It is what it is. He's established—I'm looking for my chance.

So I get called up, we're playing Edmonton in Edmonton: Battle of Alberta. [He's] over there on the other side, and it's like the coolest thing ever... you know, the buildup was crazy 'cuz I knew if the opportunity presented itself—if the game went the way I hoped it would, I would get an opportunity to fight him.

I remembered in warmups tryna skate by the redline initially just kind-of gettin' a feel for it—to see if I have to say something or whatever... He's got no bucket on, his big, bald head is glarin' around, he skates by the redline with the biggest smile on his face, and just gives me the biggest wink...

At that moment I knew Okay, he remembers. It's gonna happen at some point.

We were up 1, I think it was 2-1 going into intermission or whatever—Oh, no, I think it was 1-1 and we had just scored so the position I'm like Yeah, I don't know if I can fight him now because we have the momentum and we're winning the game. I don't want to lose a fight, then we lose a game and now I'm, like, never getting a chance again.

You kind-of gotta play the game within the game like [...] there's an opportunity to fight, and there's an opportunities where you shouldn't fight. Things weren't looking good, then they score and now we need a spark. I'm like Fucking perfect.

I just skate by their bench and I'm like It's time, big boy! He jumps out, we line up, and he goes We squarin' up or we goin' right away?

I'm like I'm not fuckin' squarin' up with you right now! We're goin' right away!

Drop em, we go right away, grab each other. I know he's a lefty so he's gonna let go—let's go of my right arm before he throws one. I threw one. Big boy went down, he jumped back up pretty quick. I don't know, I tell people all the time, I'm like I would've been in the league fuckin' 2 years earlier if there was good footage of this fuckin' fight!

For some reason—For some reason, the cameras cut out. I don't know if [he] had his cousins working the cameras or something that night, or if they're in the video room or what happened.

That was my first NHL game.

It's funny 'cuz Chucky was there—Chucky's there and he knows, he saw, he always laugh when I say that I would've been in the league earlier 'cuz he knows how things like that go. You get a little bit of energy and buzz around ya, and then kind-of momentum takes you a little bit further but unfortunate[ly], I missed that opportunity but I don't regret a thing.

[...]

The opportunity was there, I just—unfortunately, for whatever reason, the Hockey Gods said not yet." (Ryan Lomberg reminiscing over his first NHL game/fight) (x)(x) (please go watch the second link to see lombos giant smile as he tells this story jfc)

and other genuinely bonkers things to say about a hockey player in your first fight... like why did this need to be said like that...what

[write-it-motherfuckers]

In all the fuss of the last two days, I completely forgot that I have an appointment this morning. 🙃Please bear with me just a little longer.

Thank you for all the well wishes and encouragement Darling ones, it means a lot 🖤

[zeromorph]

incomplete list of my favorite things about holding mice

when they wrap their tails around one of your fingers for balance. this is the thing prompting the post. tiny mouse handshake!

my favorite old lady mouse at the school likes to run up my sleeve and hang out on my shoulders. ime mice are mostly not all that affectionate but she likes to be held and I think she likes to look around from up high. photos of the school animals are technically off-limits but I also have treasured contraband photos of her in my hair

shockingly good at being upside-down if they can get good purchase on a sleeve

tiny little feet tiny little claws tiny little scritch-scratch...

sometimes they climb right into a pocket and hang out, which makes me slightly afraid of accidentally walking off with one but is also painfully charming. we should all be so comfy as a mouse in a soft dark lab coat pocket

[saying-odd-shit]

reasons i generally don't mention UVB when explaining care to a new leopard gecko keeper: in vet med ive had to beg too many people to stop feeding their dog a diet of strict fast food to have faith that the majority of reptile keepers even remotely are interested in learning the ins and outs of the electromagnetic spectrum

[stinkywrinkles]

At the vet today for a gross ear and itchy scaly feets :(

[zytes]

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me: hey what the fuck

[snarp]

me, texting: "Hey, I'm calling to see if Uncertainty the Cat is ready to go home?" "Hang on and let me check - oh you said UNCERTAINTY? That sweet sweet little boy? Oh my gosh let me tell you I love Uncertainty, I've been letting him run around the office with me and he is just"

thegeekgene: Good

thegeekgene: Correct reaction to Uncertainty

me: Waiting to pick him up, and they've visibly been moving him back in line every time someone else shows up to pick up an animal, presumably because he is Good And Quiet. I keep hearing them tell other customers like "he sure does have a personality" "she is READY to go home"

[fayeandknight]

Folks who have had their dog's OFAs done - how long did it take to get the results?

I had Forte's done on 11/24/23. It's currently 1/20/24 and I've heard nothing from the vet and don't see him listed on the OFA database.

I don't want to pester the vet staff unnecessarily as I'm sure they're busy. But in case a filing mistake was made I also don't want to wait too long.

Advice appreciated.