Veterinary - Blog Posts
I'm so thankful to have our new vet, Frankie's surgery which cost us 972 at out new one would have cost us 3k+ at our old one, Frankie went back in today because I was scared of some post op symptoms he was having, we talked to the vet who squeezed us in and then despite having a full appointment, he doesn't charge for post op concerns, we will also not be charged when Frankie goes in to have his stitches removed. These prices aren't sacrificing quality of care either, I adore how all the vets and techs at the place treat my dog with kindness and love, how they don't fault him for being excited about going to the vet, how they take the time to walk us through everything and don't make us feel stupid about not knowing stuff. We got so many updates during his surgery, they gave me a number to text if I had any concerns or worries about my dog. I think every vet I've been to or worked for felt more focused on getting money than pet care and I can't blame them, we all need money to live and run a business but it this knew one feels so focused and loving of our animals it makes me want to cry a bit
Microchipping pets is super important! You can get it done for cheap too. Pets who have microchips have a higher chance to be returned home if they get lost. It is however just as important to keep your pets updated and keep tract of thr company! I personally use home again due to being able to pay a yearly subscription of $20-$25 for additional benefits including them reimbursing some costs should I have to travel to pick my animal up. You can also sign up for a newsletter, free with just your email, to be notified of lost or missing animals in your area
Important! Your pet's RFID chip number might have been disconnected this week.
Is your pet chipped? They should be. Do you know who made the chip?
Pet RFID chips are so small that there's really only room on them for a serial number. When your lost pet is brought to a shelter or a vet's office, they can scan the chip, read that number, and then type it into a program that draws from a series of linked databases to find your name and phone number. That's how they find you, and tell you that Silly Lilly von Wigglesbottom has gone wandering, and she's safe and sound, and would you come get her, please?
Texas-based Save This Life, which provided chips to vets and shelters all across the US, has all at once and abruptly gone dark; their database is just gone. Their customers were not given warning and so did not know to change their registration to another company. A lot of animals have basically become anonymous now.
If you don't know what company you've been using, call your vet's office and ask what pet chip number they have on file. If the chip number starts with 991 or 900164, it's probably a Save This Life chip.
If it turns out yours is one of the affected cases, the chip itself will still be fine! There's no need to add another, or anything like that. You'll just need to transfer the number to another company, and your vet should be able to recommend the one that they like the best.
Me telling my husband I am excited to be making $24/hour at my new job... mean while my husband is making $39/hour 💀
We started our year off right with the most amazing honeymoon a girl could ask for. Tomorrow I start my new job, we are going to start house hunting in the spring, and after we move we will start trying for a baby. To say I am beyond excited for this year is an understatement 🥰
Well, this may need to be addressed sooner than I hoped. Our cat was just diagnosed with diabetes which is super unexpected by us and my vet due to his weight always being healthy, and his labs were perfect in july (and every year prior). He is between 15-16 years old so I'm worried about how he will do with this 😭 hoping for remission and more time with him ❤️
If you and your partner had a pet that was previously owned by one of your exes, but there's lots of drama surrounding that past. Would you reach out to that person when the pet passes to inform or offer paw prints? Or is that no longer something to inform them on. (See below for more info)
For further context, the ex grew up with the pet and left him when they moved. The pet is declining, and I don't believe he will be around for more than a year. My heart feels bad if I don't reach out as i would want to know. But there's so much drama in the past I don't want to open the door for more again. I feel like there's no right answer either way. I'm somehow going to get bit in the ass 🙃
I passed the VTNE! I am now a licensed veterinary technician! I'm do proud of myself for putting in all the hard work to not only graduate but pass the boards. I can't wait to continue taking my career to the next level
Fuck you Microsoft 😭 I was supposed to take my licensing exam today but it was canceled due to the outage. Now idk when I can take it and it has to be done by August 15th
Send me some questions please 🥰 bored while studying for my VTNE
One thing about vet med that drives me insane is how people do not prioritize their animals. A client didn't treat their dogs illness because "well I was going on vacation a few days later and i just didn't want to deal with it". Like 😭 your old sweet dog deserves to have its medical issues treated. You wouldn't ignore a child's illness because of vacation?
Photos from my college graduation 🥳
Things have been crazy busy lately with school finishing and my best friends wedding. Now time to focus on studying for the VTNE and our big wedding 😊
New arrival In home, her name is Soia and I discovered her wandering around high traffic road. Soia was injured in a leg, although she is not 100% recovered, she will be running short time lapse. Let's go play!
If you can please help out!!!!
// 19/04/2024//
Odie had to take some x-rays to care of his legs, the traumatology vet gave him some medicine but they want to know how to treat him better with exercises. I'm surprised and I thank God for how well he's doing at the age of 13, being diabetic and with cushing (between other health issues he deals with).
He's just the best boy <3
Day 2/100
// 03/08/23// A really tiring day. I worked +1.5 hours more and didn't feel so good during that time, tons of documents scanned, lots of time wasted searching for something that was at my boss's house... but! I arrived home and Odie received me waving his tail <3
So today:
Worked +5hs
Went to sign language class
Cook dinner
Injected Odie the saline he needs (in google translate we trust)
Ate what Iri gave me (a coworker)
Ok, I know I'm going to the vet and I'm waiting....YO !!!!
I met with some very cool people today to discuss their new research project about parasite-animal-human relationships, which hopes to touch on social and biological anthropology, primatology, veterinary medicine, human medicine and others. It's genuinely one of the most amazing projects I've heard about recently and I'm thrilled to (hopefully) be a part of it.
For my fellow scientists, please suggest your favorite books, research papers, anything really on the subject of parasites from any point of view!! I'd really appreciate it.
#Scraps being a good boy and waiting for his shots. Who am I kidding, he was so full of energy and couldn't wait for the Vet. #annualshots #mybully #pitchiweenie #myboy #amstaff #veterinary #petoftheday
Recognising silent acute pain in animals - assorted species grimace scales:
Development of the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) as a Pain Assessment Tool in Horses Undergoing Routine Castration
The composition and initial evaluation of a grimace scale in ferrets after surgical implantation of a telemetry probe
The Assessment of Facial Expressions in Piglets Undergoing Tail Docking and Castration: Toward the Development of the Piglet Grimace Scale
The Sheep Grimace Scale as an indicator of post-operative distress and pain in laboratory sheep and the Coding and quantification of a facial expression for pain in lambs
Mouse - How to be a pain management advocate for exotic and zoo animals (full text available - includes additional species)
The Rat Grimace Scale: A partially automated method for quantifying pain in the laboratory rat via facial expressions
Evaluation of EMLA Cream for Preventing Pain during Tattooing of Rabbits: Changes in Physiological, Behavioural and Facial Expression Responses
Pain evaluation in dairy cattle
Pain is subtle - we cannot depend on vocalisations or extreme abnormal behaviour to determine if an animal is on pain - animals can cover up pain while going about their daily life. Grimace scales have been found to be reliable indicators of pain (full text available)
Unfortunately, I could not find a clear visual grimace scale for dogs, cats or birds :(
Which is a shame, because perhaps I could have recognised my own dog’s discomfort for the acute pain it was sooner:
(left: dog in pain. See eyes, tension, cheeks, whiskers, ears compared to the multiple species grimace charts above. right: tired but not in pain dog)
Perhaps my new books that arrived today might have some on dogs at least. There’s this visual blog post of a stressed dog at the vet - stress in the absence of a trigger looks very much like pain.
Here is a small comparative cats, with the link going into more detail. Not a scale but better than nothing:
Bonus round - you can get free A3 posters on recognising pain for Rabbits, Mice and Rats from the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research. My rabbit specialist vet has the rabbit one!
A little tribute on canvas to someone who helped me find myself :)
I work in a bone museum and at a vet clinic
I just realized that many many people have jobs
Rb with your job, wtf do you people do while offline???