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Unfortunately sketches are all i have time for...

BUT Saker Falcon! Ive actually never done birds but heres a try.

Ive been lucky enough to work with these birds and it has been great. Falcons are hooded when they are in "hunting mode", and while hooded are practically turned off. A hawk however is still fully aware if it were hooded and would spazz out. 😂

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One of thesee days ill finish a full piece

African Wild Dog Sketch 1

Trying to loosen up some with my art in general, so what better way than sketches!

A photo I took a while ago. Dont know how I forgot to put it here

theexoticvet-deactivated2022070

Applying for vet school for 2019. Should I ever mention to schools that I collect bones? I don't hunt; I just (legally) get bones from roadkill or the woods/farm. I consider it a positive bc I've learned a lot about comparative anatomy and can definitely handle gore/bad smells/etc, but I don't want to seem creepy to interviewers.

You will absolutely seem creepy to the interviewers. I would keep your hobby to yourself.

gettingvetted

I honestly don’t see why that would be creepy to a bunch of people who are literally in the business of teaching anatomy to veterinary students. I have been to veterinary conferences where cat vertebrae were hand-glued to magnets and given out as prizes for drawings. The practice manager where I worked during my gap year collected all the (animal) bones that her search and rescue dogs found while out on training or missions (and used them as Halloween decorations). I personally have a small collection of chicken humeruses from eating chicken wings at restaurants, a full opossum skeleton (given to me by that practice manager), and a Virginia Tech-themed painted cow skull. My anatomy professors encouraged us to and helped us to preserve and keep fetuses that we found while dissecting our dog cadaver’s uterus. They also let us keep our cadavers’ bones, off the record of course. They understand the nerdery and the attraction.

If you want to play it safe, you can avoid talking about how you acquire them or how you display them, etc. You can just say “I like to collect bones because it really helps me visualize the structural anatomy of different animals.”

morbidesque

I sent an ask to the original blog but I’ll add things here too. @benevolentvulture I applied to do veterinary this year (starting september 2018) and I mentioned my hobby in my personal statement/application, the follow up questionnaire, and the interview and they absolutely loved it and I was given an unconditional offer the next day. I talked about how it helped with anatomy knowledge, response towards death, and how I am not squeamish. Obviously every person and place is different but as a student/vet you will constantly be dealing with cadavers so anyone in that line of work who thinks dealing with that stuff is “creepy” might be in the wrong field! My interviewers were actually really interested to the point of asking me what I had processed and how I had done it, which I gladly explained. It was an excellent talking point and very relevant to the course!

I would definitely recommend mentioning it and there are always ways to make things seem more professional than they are (e.g “I collect bones from roadkill because I think it’s cool” becomes “I ethically collect and process osteological specimens which has significantly helped with my knowledge of canine, feline, and bovine anatomy”) so if you need a hand with wording things for applications just shoot me a message.

bufonite

If you tell a vet that you collect bones because you’re interested in anatomy and how animals work, and it helps you visualize and learn more about the animal and they get creeped out they… Really probably shouldn’t be a vet lmao

I’ve mentioned to numerous therapists, doctors, and my DENTIST that I process/dissect animals and collect bones and not a single one of them was creeped out by it, in fact all of them were interested and intrigued by it (and some of them even collected things themselves!)

If my therapists, doctors and dentist aren’t bothered by bones, I seriously doubt someone who’s career literally revolves around learning about bones, anatomy and surgery will be and if they are they’re in the completely wrong line of work

prettydeadstuff

Yeah dude, I know it’s not veterinary but working with dead animals helped me get a job in wildlife rehab, you need to know about anatomy and skeletal structure so my hobby gave me big bonuses in my application and interview. Also shows I’m not squeamish as mentioned and they can leave anything involving dead animals to me. I help the vet with necropsies and all that too because of knowledge I’ve picked up working with dead animals all these years - my skulls have even been borrowed (and I myself used) to teach vet students

samaioka

Im currently in vet school and I completely agree. My teachers all have skulls in their rooms. Our very first unit was osteology and everyone acted as though we were passing around pencils and not horse skulls. Its completely normal for vet students to have a passion for collecting bones :D I think your interviewers wont mind one bit

Ooo yay aesthetic photo. Smoke and skulls and wooooow. 😂 it took me sooo long to get this photo right, like I actually got dizzy from the vape (which isnt thaaat hard). Hope yall enjoy this!

#smoke #vape #skull #witch #dark #photography

I completely forget to put things here…welp heres a lovely photo of my doggie 😁

#dog #forest #nature #doginforest #petphotoshoot

Blep goes the baby

Another scratchboard I did, this one for someone

Also btw I have a deviantart with loads more shit, same name (with big S) :D

#giraffe #scratchboard

A scratchboard I finished a while back. Took a long ass time to do cuz I kept procrastinating 😅

#scratchboard #wolfart #wolf

Attemped some African Wild Dogs. Not too sure how the legs ended up but oh well, Im trying 😞

#africanwilddog #animalart

natureentangled

More hyper realistic, rainbow animals! I loved my Hyena so much I wanted to experiment further. Redid a hyena drawing from 2013 also. :) Titles are - Lioness - “Fire and ice” Hyena - “African proud” Cheetah - “Different Colors” Polar Bear - “Polar Aurora” These will be clothing designs, and prints. © Rachel Postlewaite 2016