Avoiding-claws

Registered Veterinary Nurse. **This is just a blog for all things veterinary/study-related so be warned there may be some graphic descriptions/pictures of medicine or surgery.**

[avoiding-claws]

Saw a guy taking pics at gig recently and his camera app had the Fibonacci spiral as an overlay frame as a default.

Most insane thing and immediately thought I bet that’s a really cool guy to talk to.

[encryptidarchivist]

i love lowland streaked tenrecs because they’re like if a mammal was a caterpillar

[encryptidarchivist]

look at this thing. the animal

[rederiswrites]

Wow. Wikipedia image not any less mammal that is caterpillar.

[becherdireinen]

what a privilege it is to come home to a little animal that loves you like you're their whole world.

[avoiding-claws]

I feel like a decent part of veterinary burn out is having to constantly deal with peoples stupid decisions.

What do you mean you took your dog out during a 33’C heat wave?

What do you mean you let your cat play (and eat) string)

What do you mean you leave your rabbits out ‘free roam’ overnight?

[avoiding-claws]

You can’t bean soup your way out of every situation, sometimes people are just dumb as a bag of rocks and their animals suffer for it.

[avoiding-claws]

I feel like a decent part of veterinary burn out is having to constantly deal with peoples stupid decisions.

What do you mean you took your dog out during a 33’C heat wave?

What do you mean you let your cat play with (and eat) string?

What do you mean you leave your rabbits out ‘free roam’ overnight?

[rotvn]

no one appreciates that i could be a million times worse

[avoiding-claws]

So this might sound weird but do you have any fun facts about tigers? I get to see the baseball team named after them at their home stadium and the name got me curious because i have a special interest in wild cats

So this is a vague memory but I remember someone I worked with at the zoo telling me that some species of tiger have urine that smells like popcorn???

I literally do not remember experiencing this personally but hey, that might be a fun little rabbit hole to dive into.

[avoiding-claws]

Why did no one tell me that the Eurasian wren’s Latin name is Troglodyte troglodyte?????

[orcinus-veterinarius]

I don’t think you can comprehend how many marine animals are affected—oftentimes catastrophically—by fishing gear.

Necks and flukes strangled by netting.

Hooks, with prongs designed to embed in flesh, buried in throats and wings.

Webbed deer and flippers dying from lack of circulation after entanglement in fishing line.

STOP IRRESPONSIBLY DISCARDING YOUR FISHING GEAR.

STOP IT.

Also, please do not cut an animal free from gear and immediately release it. Not only is touching a marine mammal, sea turtle, or migratory bird illegal, many of them have injuries that require specialized care, such as medications and surgery. A trained expert is needed to make these assessments.

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I unironically like bubsy and i was wondering, is there a specific type of bobcat he’s based on?

Ngl this is the first time I’m hearing of this character so I’m clueless hahaha

[avoiding-claws]

Why does grief insist on roundhouse kicking you in the face completely out of the blue

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If I see you walking your dog outside this week, in southern england, between the times of 10am and 8pm, I hope your pillow is always hot and your socks are always soaking wet.

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The sheer amount of dogs with acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea syndrome (prev HGE) is killing me slowly.

Please, I don’t want to deal with any more Foley catheters or diarrhoea.

I beg.

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Omg and PARVO. What have we done to deserve this.

It is absolutely diabolical to have some sort of HGE-causing viral pathogen going around at the same time as parvo.

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p sure that anon was just being anti-pit and saying who cares if pitties have that, but that it sucks if other ("normal") dogs have it

That’s incredible weird and niche?????

[avoiding-claws]

If it's a pit bull, who cares?

If it's a normal dog, I'm so sorry for what you have to deal with. That sucks

Wait what do pitbulls have to do with anything I’m confused 😅

[avoiding-claws]

The sheer amount of dogs with acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea syndrome (prev HGE) is killing me slowly.

Please, I don’t want to deal with any more Foley catheters or diarrhoea.

I beg.

[2022dirt]

Outlines of two alligators that slept through the rain.

[sharkishblue]

outlines of two alligators that got raptured by the lord himself