#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)

[college-posting]

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

[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

[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

[dreemwalker]

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

[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.

[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?

[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

[naamahdarling]

Kitty update:

Raleigh: We have done what diagnostics we can, and the results have been mostly inconclusive, somewhat positive, with only one negative confounding factor. That is a very mixed bag. We know that chemotherapy is likely to be ineffective. The only way to tell if the tumor is truly operable is exploratory surgery and removing anything that looks removable. If the vet answers a couple of follow-up questions positively and it is something we can afford, I would like to give him that chance. I don't love the debt that this will put us in, this is very stressful, but he is also a relatively young cat and otherwise good health. Incidentally, his eyes are doing much better. He is stepping over obstacles he cannot "see" with his whiskers and is jumping around with more confidence.

Dried Pickle Man: Smooch has historically been uncooperative but we changed the type of needle we used and did it in a different way and tonight he responded much more positively to the fluids. He was purring the whole time and didn't appear uncomfortable. If he continues to be cooperative like this, we should be able to get a little more meaningful time out of him provided we can get him to eat enough. It is possible fluids will help with his appetite. I monitor his quality of life extremely closely.

We don't have as much information as we would like about either of them, and that makes it harder to feel like we are choosing the option with the best chances of success. I do think we are doing as well as anyone could. Our veterinary team have been very direct and realistic about all of this, the conversations have not been awkward or uncomfortable. The vets at our home clinic care very, very much for our cats, and we love the vets very much as well. Even in a sad situation, it is a pleasure to work with them.

I cannot overstate my gratitude for everyone's support. I truly cannot. I wish that I had the energy and the ability to fully express to each one of you individually how much your words and material assistance have meant to us. It breaks my heart that I can't. Nothing is overlooked, nothing is unappreciated or taken for granted, everything is received with love, and that love is returned. I could not ask for better people to support us.

Thank you to those who have reached out with sympathy, advice, and pictures of your kitties to amuse and delight. It has made a confusing, frustrating, and very sad situation no less terrible, but much less lonely.

Knowing that my cats' presence on the internet has been meaningful to even a single one of you is something that I am grateful for, too. The idea that my trash tier shitposting about my crew of insufferable bastards has improved anybody's life is incredible to me, and wonderful, and frankly it is also deeply amusing. That I find love and meaning in Dried Pickle Man sneezing into my open mouth (today!) is funny enough on its own, knowing that you find it funny and meaningful when I tell you about it is actively hilarious.

Thank you for going on this absolutely terrible journey with us.

[doyoulikethisanimal]

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This a side blog dedicated to animals

All animals are beloved to me, but I want to see what peoples' opinions are on different little critters. Currently only doing by species, so subspecies or breeds will not be taken, but do feel free to add photos of their variation or submit photos of them. Maybe we’ll end up doing a bracket if I feel inspired enough/ people want one. Even though I'm asking about opinions, another goal of this is to educate people about animals and to hopefully create a better image for unfairly hated animals. If I forget to post for a while, feel free to just shoot me an ask or dm, I’m very forgetful and sometimes busy.  Very much inspired by the lovely @doyoulikethissong-poll

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Polls stay open for a week and new ones will be queued every four hours at the current moment 

You can submit as many animals as you’d like via the form (submission through ask will likely be ignored)

Propaganda/information about the animal is very much wanted, feel free to reblog with info or to submit an ask and I will add on to the post with additional information

Disliking or hating an animal is fine, but rudeness to people who like the animal will not be tolerated. 

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My name is Olli (they, she, he). I am studying to be a veterinary technician so animals are kinda my thing. @not12001ants is my main blog where I post about supernatural, jewish stuff, and mostly shitposts. I am vaguely working on making a blog for my art (mostly watercolours) but it’s empy right now so I’ll edit in a link to it later. 

Tagging system

They will be identified by both a large grouping (like mammals, fish, birds) and on an individual basis (house cats,  longnose velvet dogfish, ostrich). Also will give scientific name tags. If there are multiple names they are known by I will try to use all of the variants, but pls do let me know if I forgot one.