Tired Vet Tech Student

wesley || he/him || 3rd year vet tech student aspiring to work in behavior or exotics

[studiousdog]

tiny hamster in a big world 🌎

[ainawgsd]

Cat agility is a sport in which trained cats are lured through timed obstacle courses by their handlers. Under the rules, cats must complete a course in under 270 seconds, completing each obstacle in a prescribed manner. Lures such as laser pointers and toys on string may be used, but food treats are not allowed. The obstacles are arranged in a circle and include tunnels, steps, and poles. For a typical contest there are between six and fourteen obstacles, and the winning cats complete the course in about ten seconds.

The first known cat agility contest was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Vickie Shields and three friends in 2003. By the late 2000s, the contests were popular worldwide, with approximately 40 held each year in connection with cat shows. In the US, the two largest cat fancy organizations, The Cat Fanciers Association (CFA), and The International Cat Association (TICA) both have feline agility competitions, which have met with mixed success and popularity.

[hearthawk]

BEAUTIFUL

[twobigears]

continuing the time-honored tradition of using beds as pillows

[spanishmal]

Sharky

[theexoticvet-deactivated2022070]

[avoiding-claws]

I snorted

[talesfromtreatment]

I showed this to every single one of my coworkers who all laughed.

[smalltownweenies]

The sweetest girls 💕.

[gustavowasright-deactivated2022]

earth ANGELS

[sidetongue]

whoops

[pangur-and-grim]

rest in pieces

[i-m-snek]

Just an FYI, there is safe anthropomorphism and unsafe anthropomorphism.  Example of safe: My snake has a stocking on Christmas and gets a species appropriate gift! Unsafe: My snake ‘enjoys’ being out with me all day and out of the enclosure, he’s only in there at night Its okay to treat pets like family, as long as you take their care, safety, and species into account.

[thehappyfarmdogs]

It should be noted that I love shelter dogs. I love mixed breeds. The issue I take with “adopt don’t shop” has nothing to do with not liking the kinds of dogs found in shelters.

I take issue with this black and white “breeder bad sheter good” mentality. There are plenty of terrible breeders, it’s a difficult to regulate industry. That being said, shelters and rescues are also hard to regulate, and the fall out from them can be just as bad.

I know of places that will lie about a dogs history just to get them adopted. When matching dogs with people you need complete transparency. When determining what dogs are and are not adoptable you need to be able to take emotion out of it. Matching significant behaviour issues with unskilled people, and people you’ve left in the dark, is DANGEROUS. You set dogs and people up to fail when you do this.

We can not save everyone. Quality of life should always be valued over quantity. Shelters who send time bombs home with people are just as disgusting as breeders who lie about their litters and fail to properly prepare their puppies for life.

[thegreatestdane]

It’s getting spooky out there! 💀

[lovingexotics]

Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus Source: Here

[studiousdog]

meet bunsen burner (we call him bunsen), my new “white opal male” betta living in a 5 gallon heated and filtered tank

he is very inquisitive and calm and was an absolute ham for the camera. i can’t wait to see how he grows up!

[dogslistentome]

This is cool!