Vet Assistant

[senatortedcruz]

Oh my god…..check out the cheeks on this beast

[senatortedcruz]

This is a man

[paravet]

Someone dumped a cat in a box without airholes at the backdoor at my clinic today. This is Loki (she came with a letter) and right now my coworker is fostering her. The letter said she likes people and dogs, but not good with other cats. The letter said basically that they acquired this cat through a death in the family, she's been chewing and pulling out her fur from stress and is miserable. The letter also pleaded twice not to euthanize it, which is why they brought her to us (all shelters on a long wait list in my area).

She had fleas, so we treated her for that. She's even nice enough to be pilled by a complete stranger (me), and she allows being pet and picked up. She mostly just wants to hide, I did eventually get her to lay on top of a dog bed, instead of trying to hide behind it.

Poor cat. Who tf does this kind of shit right before a major holiday too.

[paravet]

Accidentally painted my nails the exact same color as the cat Dasuquin sprinkle capsules.

[talesfromtreatment]

Me: alright, and what are you feeding her?

Owner: cat food.

Me: only cat food??? She's a dog.

Owner: we were told by the vet here years ago that it would be okay if she ate cat food. We called because she kept stealing it from the cats and the vet said it was fine.

Me: I'm positive that the vet meant your dog would not be harmed by getting into the cat food on occasion, not that it should be her entire diet

Owner: well, they said it was okay.

....

Vet, later: No, your dog's whole diet cannot be cat food.

Owner: but we were told it would be fine!

Me: *screaming internally*

[paravet]

This is why I've made a habit to DOCUMENT EVERYTHING in patients' charts. If an owner declines ANYTHING, document it!

I really sympathize with people, we throw a ton of information at them in a short amount of time. It's understandable that they might not remember. But situations like this happen too often, it's infuriating.

[zooophagous]

Why are you using chatgpt to get through college. Why are you spending so much time and money on something just to be functionally illiterate and have zero new skills at the end of it all. Literally shooting yourself in the foot. If you want to waste thirty grand you can always just buy a sportscar.

[qonphuceingey]

I’m really starting to think you people don’t understand what university is for. You’re buying the accreditation that you can do these things. It doesn’t matter how you do them.

[talesfromtreatment]

I can assure you that how I place an IV catheter, an endotracheal tube, a splint, how I draw blood, induce anesthesia and calculate meds, and my actual knowledge of drug interactions and species limitations is of paramount importance and if I had chatgpt tell me how to do or about those things I would kill people's pets through my ignorance and incompetence

[qonphuceingey]

Then you wouldn’t be able to use chatgpt to get through college for that. What’s your point? I don’t advocate using a tool for something it can’t do.

[talesfromtreatment]

Chatgpt CAN'T DO SHIT

It is a LYING MACHINE

It is computer generated HALLUCINATIONS

And people *believe* the false information it spews out

Part of going to school is practicing THINKING and PROBLEM SOLVING and chatgpt actively makes you think and problem solve less

You don't actually know anything and can't actually troubleshoot and now you're also lazy and expecting fast answers that you don't fact check, just believe as if gifted to you by a god and not the ramblings of a conman

[great-and-small]

I am filled with love every time someone brings me their cat and she’s named some variation of “Mama” or “Momma” or “MommyCat” or whatever because a lot of the time it means that that cat had kittens at one point and even though her babies were probably painfully cute and bouncy in the way all kittens inevitably are, Mama’s owner decided to keep her for themselves instead.

I just find it so sweet to think of all those kittens getting snapped up by adopters because they’re so cute but then their mom gets to have a happy ending too with a family that loves her just as much. It’s like a tiny little self-contained story of love every time I see a Mama on my schedule.

[great-and-small]

Today’s Mama <3

[paravet]

My husband's family had a cat they named "Mama's Kitty" which turned into "Skitty" or "Skitty Kitty." She was a funny cat, she used to open drawers and shut herself inside. I went to grab a tablecloth in the dining room, I open the drawer, there she is! Sleeping inside a drawer on top of the fancy table linens.

[raibura]

do you dislike chihuahuas

Consensus

Yes

Lowkey

No

Voting ended onMay 28, 2025

[great-and-small]

Was looking for a book today when I saw these various animal books all on the same shelf and noticed their titles made a nice little impromptu poem about veterinary medicine

[great-and-small]

Nobody has mentioned this but I am so glad you did! I’ve never heard of spine poetry and I love the concept. I found these titles at a used bookstore that stacks books pretty freely so I will most definitely be scanning the spines for poetry every time I go

[paravet]

Had a first today. We had a client with his two dogs come in for a regular scheduled appointment, annual exams with boosters, specifically a rattlesnake vaccine. I've had plenty of people request the rattlesnake vaccine (I work in Southern Oregon basically in wine country) or the Lyme vaccine but it's very rarely used.

Me: It looks like they're due for all their core vaccines, would you like to booster those as well today?

Client: Oh, no thank you.

Me(thinking he misheard me): So both dogs are due for their RABIES VACCINE as well as DHLP, another core vaccine for dogs, would you like to have us give those today?

Client: No thanks. We don't really believe in that stuff. Just the rattlesnake vaccine for today.

Me(flabbergasted): So you're declining the rabies, distemper, hepatitis, and leptospirosis vaccines, but you want the rattlesnake vaccine?

Client: Yes, please thank you.

🤯

Make it make sense!!! What the hell!!! It's fucking Monday morning!!!!

Please fucking vaccinate your pets! The next county over to mine has CONFIRMED RABIES found in at least four foxes?!? Just looked it up, IT'S FIVE. FIVE TESTED POSITIVE.

[stinkybrowndogs]

I love the chiweenie bc they r like the polar opposite of whatever is going on with doodles. The poor-man’s designer breed… several thousand dollars for a dog from a breeder? Nah— Find his ass on Craigslist for 50$. Working class hero.

[stinkybrowndogs]

Visual aide

[kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd]

sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.

[hellmandraws]

With Easter fast approaching with its spiked rabbit sales and subsequent spiked rabbit abandonment rates, I thought I’d use my powers for good by spreading some information I think everyone should know before they get their first bunny. I usually don’t want people reposting my art, but feel free to spread this one around! Reblogs are very, very appreciated. If you want more information about pet rabbits, you can for example check out rabbit.org. And remember: Adopt, don’t shop!

[bunnyheritageposts]

Bunny Heritage Post

[paravet]

I've worked at four different vet clinics in my career, only ONE of them saw rabbits. The number of veterinarians in my area who will see a rabbit are getting smaller each year.

[talesfromtreatment]

My immediate thought:

[cursed--alien]

The genetically modified grey wolves (NOT dire wolves, those were in a DIFFERENT GENUS) are still wild animals and really shouldn't be kept as pets. We already invented a pet wolf and they're called DOGS.

[gray-r-regan]

Shut the fuck up about the dire wolf thing nobody "brought back" anything and you're all gullible dumbasses

[talesfromtreatment]

Or, if you look at my blog you'll see me disputing Colossal Liars claims and I posted this purely because as a vet tech i loathe Cesar Milan with every fiber of my being and was shocked/horrified that we shared an opinion which is "you can't fucking correctly handle a small breed dog you definitely can't deal with a fucking wolf"

I worked at a shelter at the height of people getting huskies thanks to GOT. People wanted a "dire wolf". And the same people willing to drop an absurd $15k on a fluffy frenchie will absolutely try to purchase themselves a "dire wolf".

[talesfromtreatment]

My immediate thought:

[a-book-of-creatures]

[paravet]

Fucking vaccinate your pets.

[pangur-and-grim]

also I got a tattoo partially re-coloured today and they bandaged me in veterinary wrap like I'm a sick horse

[the-sea-wolfe]

Not gonna lie, that made me do a double take.

Not because of the vet wrap, it's great stuff and I keep some at home myself for first aid purposes.

But because that colour is considered euthanasia green in a lot of vet clinics here including mine and we ONLY use it for animals we are euthanising. We will literally continue restraining a squirming dog or cat while someone restocks the drawer if we open it to find only the euthanasia green vet wrap than use this because we consider using it for a healthy patient to be a bad omen...

[pangur-and-grim]

they're going to put me down? :(

[krippe90]