#is vetblr a thing

[drferox]

Two types of people

A dog comes into work wearing a harness with the brand name ‘PetPlay’ emblazoned on the side.

Me: You know, ‘PetPlay’ isn’t a great name for a dog harness.

Nurse 1: *starts laughing*

Nurse 2: I don’t get it

#veterinarian #vetblr #things said in a vet clinic

[great-and-small]

One of the hardest things about working in a veterinary ER is delivering bad news. I feel like at least once a shift someone is blindsided by their pet being diagnosed with a condition they’ve never heard of before. In many cases this is unavoidable but I really feel that some of the most common critical emergencies I see would be easier for owners to process if they had prior knowledge about the illness.

The following infographic is far from a comprehensive list and truthfully I have a LOT more to say about diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of each of these conditions. However, this image shows just a few of the major points that I wish owners had been able to prepare for prior to hearing about them in the ER. Some of these conditions are preventable and some are not but they all require an owner to make difficult decisions in a crisis situation. If your pet fits into one of these categories, please just do a quick google about the condition, and maybe discuss with your vet signs that you can watch for at home.

#vetblr #veterinary medicine #animals #pet death #illness #pets #petblr #it was hard to narrow down things to include #I could make so many of these #dogs #cats

[thehappyvet]

Just a reminder if you decide to illegally take a wild animal from the wild for yourself, even if you have the best interests at heart, you could be killing it.

If you feed it the wrong diet you can cause it's bones to break or other diseases associated with mineral imbalances. If you feed it too much you could cause issues associated with obesity including excessive fat stores.

If you aren't a trained wildlife rehabilitator you won't understand the importance of preventing imprinting or humanising. So you'll cuddle it, play with it, and let your pets play with it. So it will think it can only get food from humans, and that humans and domestic pets are part of its family.

If you take it while it's still young it won't learn the necessary foraging and social skills from its parents to survive in the wild. You might joke you don't even need a cage for it, but it isn't able to go anywhere because you've made it dependant on you.

If you aren't a wildlife carer or in the animal health industry you might not realise it's injured and needs treatment. This could lead to broken bones setting in ways that the animal can't perform normal functions and suffering from a life of chronic pain. Or it could lead to it suffering a slow and agonising death.

You might also not be aware that wildlife can contain diseases that can make you sick or even kill you. You could put yourself and your loved ones at risk of serious zoonotic diseases by bringing it home.

And, if you are found to be illegally holding a wild animal without the intention of rehabilitating and releasing it, the authorities are stuck. They can't release the animal because it thinks humans and domestic pets are friends. It can't forage for itself. It can't socialise with its own kind. It could have injuries or diet associated diseases that mean it can't perform normal functions, or is suffering from chronic pain. If they released it, it would die.

Is it fair for that animal that your choices have led to it not being able to experience its life in the wild as it should?

If you take something from the wild and intend to keep it, I hope this makes you think twice.

These kinds of stories are all over social media now, but none of them tell this side. They normalise putting a wild animal though an incredibly stressful experience purely for likes and engagement.

If you want to be a hero, get accredited to be a wildlife rehabilitator. Join an amazing network of compassionate humans just like you who understand that wild things should be wild, and do everything they can to get them back there.

If you find a wild animal and you're not sure what to do, call your local veterinary clinic or wildlife rehabilitation group. Trust that we have the knowledge to make the best choices for that animal. And if you want to make those choices, join us.

#vetblr #vetmed #veterinary #let wild things be wild

[sawkinator]

ok you know what some of y'all truly do not deserve vet clinics.

Not in the sense that your animal doesn't deserve care, but in the sense that some of you are just True Fucking Assholes to those of us in the vet med field and don't appreciate what we do.

All of us - vets, vet techs, vet assistants, etc. - bust our goddamn asses for not enough money every day for your pet's health. We get peed on, we get scratched, sometimes we get bit, all so your animal can get its annual shots or the medication it needs when it's sick (and then sometimes we can't because some of y'all are too stupid to give the sedatives the vet has prescribed to your aggressive animal so that we can actually do what we have to do. If we have to send your pet home without it getting its full nail trim or shots or whatever because we couldn't fucking touch it without it trying to bite our faces off, that is not our fault.)

We literally, legally cannot refill a medication if your pet hasn't been seen within the last year. We legally cannot prescribe anything for your sick animal if we haven't examined it yet.

And if your clinic tells you they require payment up front at the time of your appointment? THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. And that reason is that every clinic has experience getting screwed over by various people who promised to pay later and then never did. I've literally seen it happen. And if you're a small independent clinic like the one I work at you simply cannot afford that.

All that and you guys have the fucking AUDACITY to tell us we're only in it for the money or that we don't REALLY care about your pet because we won't make an exception for you specifically.

Did you know that veterinarians have one of the highest suicide rates of any profession? Did you know that on average vet techs only stay in the field for 3-5 years? Did you know that most support staff barely back above a livable wage? I bet you didn't! Because to some people all we do is cuddle puppies all day and charge people hundreds of dollars for it.

So next time you think about chewing some vet clinic employee out over how much something costs or for not being able to get your pet scheduled for its annual exam Right Now Immediately, consider this instead:

#Sawk talks #vetblr #just needed to rant sorry not sorry. #I am this 🤏 close to leaving this field behind forever #this post brought to you by the lady who chewed me out on the phone today over the billing thing #look ma'am I'm sorry you're broke and can't afford to pay right now but I can't change the clinic's policies #and you don't get to emotionally blackmail me over it. go to hell.

[a-timey-wimey-leaf-on-the-wind]

*Mentally prepares for chocolate toxicity, pancreatitis and foreign body day after Christmas shift*

#vetblr #vet med #just holiday things

[detonatorbaby]

hey fun fact: if your dog eats something they really shouldn’t (compost, rodenticide or insecticide, chocolate, raisins or grapes, onions or garlic, anything with xylitol, coffee grounds, corn cobs, pieces of toys, string, etc) yes you can induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide but please make sure you are giving the proper amount and then call the aspca poison control hotline! hydrogen peroxide can cause irritation of the esophagus and it is not ideal, obviously in emergency situations where you may not be able to make it to a vet soon enough it may be your only option.

and so u know what to expect: when u get to the vet hospital they may administer apomorphine to make your dog vomit and then afterwards an antiemetic to prevent nausea and vomiting. apomorphine is usually only effective if your pet has eaten the material within four hours (but i have seen it work on a dog who ate chocolate 6+ hours before the drug was administered). for toxic materials if it’s been long enough and your pet has partially digested the materials hospitalization may be recommended, or at least blood work being rechecked daily for a few days. for materials that may cause blockages, like corn cobs or pieces of toys, depending on the size of your dog and the size of the object you may be told to monitor at home. if necessary an endoscopy or a surgical procedure to remove the foreign material will be recommended. please don’t take your dog eating foreign material lightly, it can be very serious, i have seen dogs die because the foreign body inside of them went unremoved for prolonged periods of time. the sooner you get it out, the better for your dogs health (and the better for your bank account).

p.s. if your dog eats a battery or something sharp and piercing like a needle or wooden skewer, please DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING take them to the vet immediately

#i’d like to say peroxide is really not ideal but obviously. vet care is expensive #a trip to my work to induce vomiting on your dog costs about $300 minimum #i am not a vet tech But i worked in the emergency and critical care dept of a vet hospital for over a yr as a tech assistant #(basically vet equivalent of a cna) #and this is all based on the things i have learned and the things i have seen working there #vet med #veterinary #vetblr #dogs #dogs of tumblr #moi

[cadoized]

"you have my dream job id love to work with animals" my brother in christ i spent 15 minutes chiselling dried diarrhea and vomit of the floor this morning

#my posts #vetblr #it wasnt just one puddle either it was several #grossest thing ive done in a while tbf

[ratsarecute4]

Lol @flavoredfaeman made this account and now we're all roleplaying as if we lived in an alternate, darker universe where jesters are pets

#this is actually really fun more people should do stuff like this #just make fake internet arguments over things that arent real #vetblr

[reptile-garden]

Well this was unexpected.

#vet #vetblr #vet tech #vet tech things #veterinary #veterinary medicine #cool finds #cool vet things #heartworm #catblr #vettechblr

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Today at work I was training a pre-vet on his second day ever in a veterinary hospital and I gotta say, his excitement over every little thing thing was infectious, it was good to be reminded of what an amazing field we work in when the burnout starts to creep in.

#he had a notebook out and was writing down every single thing I said it was adorable #vet student #vet school #veterinarian #veterinary #vet tech #vet assistant #vet med #vetblr

[mycatrunsthisvetblr]

Dory loves the weekend ♥️😺

#she is honestly just the cutest sweetest little kitty ever and i love her so much #not partial in the least this is an objective assessment #dory things #studyblr #vetblr #cats #she gets so sad when we aren't home to give her loads of cuddles

[simplykaren]

Never expected to be taking chest films of a dog and find a surprise fractured femur (old and healed at a nearly 90° angle). This dog is so much of an arm dog that in their previous visits, we'd never seen the dog walk around to notice the limp she's apparently had since her owners got her years ago. And the owners never thought to mention it...

On the upside, the dog's chest looked great!

#vetblr #fracture #small dog whose whole body fit on the film #incidental findings are fun #poor thing also had some mean spondylolisthesis in her thoracic and lumbar spine #2nd femur fracture we've seen in a week #now I'm wondering where the 3rd one is because “bad things come in threes”

[4lienat]

**googles how to not panic when put in a new situation where I will inevitably make a mistake or several that will feel awful in the moment but necessary so I can learn**

#yes I was learning how to monitor dogs under anesthesia and the first thing I did was put the BP cuff on backwards..in front of my doctor 🙂 #because I was panicking about doing things right lmao anyways i can only improve right #!!! #vetblr #still new to this vet assistant thing ok

[unhingedselfships]

I think Chewie, my puppo, might have kennel cough. Compared to a collapsing trachea this is preferable but still. Not good. I can't feasibly take him to the vet before Monday. Anyone have any tips or ideas to help him along until then?

#rambles #the lil guy is my baby #losing him would break me #and i know he'll probably be fine but #i just get so scared #dogs #is vetblr a thing? #kennel cough

[alleleddog]

So there was a traumatology seminar @ our school today and I volunteered to help preparing the dogs for the practice surgeries. Turns out the teachers were two famous French trauma vets and I spent the next 3 hours and half recording and assisting ppl with the surgeries. I'm so tired but I'm so happy!!!

#i didnt really understand much of what was going on bc in all honesty i have not studied that yet #we havent put an IV to a dog yet. like im THERE still. #but i sure can record and hold things and understand why you put this to do that and its very fun #they were uhhh rejointing a luxated hip with a cord (? #and later resutured a split achilles tendon with another cord thing #it looked like a shoe lace in all honesty #it was so cool #vetech #vetblr #vet tech

[waitidontgetit]

People can say what they want to about vets (actually don’t be kind to people providing you a service), but tonight I have nothing but praise for the vet we saw. My poor boy started acting weird trying to go to toilet and he was in pain so to the out of hours vets we go, the vet was so fast and so kind to us in the first moments of panic that deciding to put him to sleep wasn’t the horrible decision I expected it to be. GSV is bullshit and I wish he didn’t experience it, but I am so thankful that we got him the pain relief fast and that the decision wasn’t drawn out over payments or what could possibly fix him, the vet listened to us and she understood and she supported us. So, thank you to the all vets out there, the vet nurses and techs, all staff keeping clinics open late at night, you are a godsend

And I hope my boy over the rainbow bridge knows I love him and that I could have never asked him for anything more

#god this is so brutal #I wish it didn’t end like this #I hope #god I hope so many things #anyway much love to vets #animal death #tw animal death #vetblr #i guess?