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[shadythetortie]

Vet med is fun. Sometimes you fuck up in really impressive ways.

Tw Blood vials under the read more

This was not a skill question I needed answered.

[gatheryepens]

Saturday, 27.06 ~ exam szn done

I finally finished exams!!! I finished earlier this week, but I’ve been chilling so haven’t been able to give updates! I think overall the exams went okay, which is great :). I’m excited to chill over summer and take a break.

[talesfromtreatment]

For my fellow vetblr peeps, anyone else have the misfortune of having to use this brand of syringe?

The plunger on these moves so freely that the pressure in a jugular vein can fill the syringe itself and it can make you believe in telekinesis because you even *think* about putting the blood in a tube and it pours out all over the place, wasting a bunch of the hard won sample

Everyone here hates them with a passion

[a-timey-wimey-leaf-on-the-wind]

The time is now to get your pet's pre-firework medications if they need them! Don't wait until the day before.

[a-timey-wimey-leaf-on-the-wind]

Remember that as long as you learn from your mistakes, you are making progress. Not learning from them is the only true failure.

[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.

[a-timey-wimey-leaf-on-the-wind]

New World Screw Worm is not just a cattle issue. These flies do not discriminate they type of open flesh they lay eggs in. Check your pets and check yourself if you are in the affected zones.

NWSW is also not new, we saw this in the 60s/70s and were able to eradicate it from the US. We did it once, we'll do it again.

This is why it is important to remember history. We learned about NWSW from one of those videos in vet school with old school narration that you didn't think would be relevant. Guess what it is.

New World Screwworm Prevention and Treatment Options in Dogs and Cats

UPDATE: June 11, 2026. Nitrepyram has also been given emergency use approval (EUA) for dogs and cats over 2 pounds and 4 weeks of age. While

[a-timey-wimey-leaf-on-the-wind]

Sometimes you are planning to perform a preventative gastropexy and neuter. That is until you feel the unexpected foreign body. One gastric, 2 intestinal incisions and 2 hours later, we have sticks, mulch, toy fluff and one gastropexy. He can get neutered some other time....