#veterinary shitposting

[veterinaryshitposting]

[mariekavanagh]

For your viewing pleasure, I present a screenshot of an interview with a veterinary surgeon featuring a whopper of a story about Dr. Donald Sinclair, the inspiration behind Siegfried Farnon in the James Herriot books and "All Creatures Great and Small" TV shows.

[lunar-goodness]

We had a cat that we put to sleep today at work and I guess I built up a bit of charge when I was opening up the body bag cause I shocked her when I went to put her in and I just got this very vivid mental image of like a Frankenstein cat that I brought back to life with my static electricity!

[veterinaryshitposting]

that would be Me

[bootleg-nessie]

Me when I’m a vet who also runs a barbecue (don’t ask what type of meat it is)

[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

[college-posting]

much like animals with rabies, i only have two forms. dumb and furious

[torchickentacos]

i should be allowed to call myself a full time content creator tbh

[arsonalice]

Me when I have to dissect a leg

your ligaments

[deus-ex-emily]

Carbon works part-time at a zoo while studying to be a veterinarian

[veterinaryshitposting]

hey guys heres half a cow

[mariekavanagh]

Fun fact: I possess a copy of a memoir written by a veterinary surgeon in the early 50s (very locally published I think) in which he remembers talking with his father, also a veterinary surgeon, in the early 1900s about how worried they were that the rise of the motor car would surely spell the end of the veterinary profession, due to a decline in the number of horses to care for. After all, what is a vet good for besides horse maintenance?

It's so interesting to remember that there was once a time when a veterinary surgeon wouldn't deem companion pets as worthy of their time and expertise. And it is for this reason that I am assured that my ancestral colleagues would disapprove of me. Not because I am a woman working in veterinary, but because I have given CPR to a cat.

[dreemwalker]

Bad and naughty contaminated pants go in the plastic bag for their horrid bacteria sins

[creampuffqueen]

thinking about the time my friend was like “hey dude you’re a vet assistant right? one of my dogs has a cut on her head what should i do for it?” and i told them to clean it with rubbing alcohol and talk to their vet if it started looking bad. then like three days later they’re like “i didn’t have rubbing alcohol so i used hydrogen peroxide (a totally different substance) and it got infected and i had to take her to the vet 😡”

no fucking shit dude really?

[lucky-fy]

Gotta say.

Going to class and getting an article entitled “the hidden benefits of sex” handed to me by the professor was definitely an experience.

[arsonalice]

I don’t wanna geek out here, but I had to do some kind of essay in uni about an animal of my choice. I saw a few ted talks on the intelligence of corvids and immediately chose them as my topic. And let me tell you how cool they are.

They can have the same level of intelligence as a 7-year-old which is pretty huge for an animal with that small of a brain. That is because their brain can fit in neurons more effectively than it is the case in mammals. This is also the case in parrots btw, except that corvids (specifically crows and ravens and magpies) are often more intelligent than some parrot species.

Like parrots, they can also learn to speak (please look up some videos on this because it is both scarily clear and fascinating). The most fascinating thing (in my opinion) is how they learn to use and make (!!!) tools to get stuff they want.

They can recognise peoples’ faces which is the reason you’ve probably heard of crows bringing humans gifts or attacking people that have hurt them.

I could probably write a lot more on this because they are such fascinating animals albeit often seen as a nuisance, but I would probably just end up writing a whole new essay on this.

But yeah, corvids are intelligent little fuckers

If you want to watch the Ted Talks look for Joshua Klein, John Marzluff, and Dr. Kaeli Swift

I love corvids. Please share with me your favourite corvids