the Vet Geek

The travels, adventures, and learnings of a 20-something Vet Student Abroad.

[shityouhearatvetschool]

“You’ll all have toxoplasma cysts in your muscles, which is fine, by the way, because it’s not going to go anywhere unless you let your pet cat eat you.”

[seatrench]

Curious Blue Shark

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[bunjywunjy]

this shark is the most earnest creature on the entire planet

[cactusrabbit-deactivated2019120]

WHAT THIS

WHAT IT DO

BOOP

[mosaicprince]

@why-animals-do-the-thing ???

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

This is probably investigatory behavior! As we talked about a couple years ago on the blog, sharks have lots of little sensory organs around their nose and mouth called Ampullae of Lorenzini. 

(Photo Credit: Chris Huh)

They’re basically little gel-filled pores that sense electric current, and they’re why sharks investigate everything with their faces. Sharks bump things with their nose to put their ampullae near them in an attempt to learn about them - like finding out if you’re animal, vegetable or mineral, and if you could potentially be edible. 

From the video linked, we can see the shark is swimming around checking out the divers (who appear to be hanging out at a decompression stop), before coming over closer to the guy who is filming. This isn’t aggressive behavior - it looks like simply curiosity. It’s not a shark kiss, it’s a shark question: what are you?

[theoreticallystillhere-deactiva]

Oh my goodness this is so cute!

[thevetgeek]

Hi! I just want to find out if its a good program and how heavy was the program?was it easy to adapt?

Hello,

Sorry for such a late response!

Honestly, I really love this school! As with any University there will always be things you dont like, and things you do. 

The program offered here at UVLF as far as I have got in the program has been thorough, and covered everything we should know. All the basic classes are covered and more specific subjects are covered as optional allowing you to create a slightly tailored degree. 

In places the syllabus offered can seem very heavy, third year being a prime example of this. However, the degree is managable and with the correct amount of work is not as hard as it is made to seem. I am now in fourth year, and honestly don’t think any other year will push me as hard as the third year here did. On top of this the post-Bsc course is much harder than mine.

I found adaption to Kosice a little more difficult than my classmates, and some students have found real issues adapting to this change. I have found that the ability to adapt here really comes down to each individual. I should not have moved when I did, and I had such a bad attitude towards the country, degree, and people. However, when I decided to sort myself out and get everything I possibly could from here, I have found myself having the most amazing time.

UVLF as a university offers many extra conferences, classes, clubs, and excursions, and it really is up to you to make the most of them.

Thanks to the school here, I am half way through a degree I never thought I would even have the opportunity to start. I have learnt a new language (nearly two), have gained many animals, many friends, and the opportunity to create a better me.

I hope I have answered your question, please feel free to ask me more.

Laura x

[vetisntdead]

When the parvo puppy you have been syringe feeding for a week starts eating on its own

[weloveshortvideos]

When you’re happy without a care in the world and then life interrupts your happiness

[piscesqueeen]

LMFAOOOO

[thevetgeek]

@lollipop-2014

[sin-ita-deactivated20200410]

I’m a first year vet student looking for veterinary blogs to follow. Like this post/ reply/ reblog/ follow me if you’re vet/study related, and active please! 

[4yearsofvetschool]

When you are up to your eyeballs in work and have no life but then remember that you get to be a veterinarian

[thevetgeek]

So... I am so bad at this.

It’s now eight weeks into the semester, and I have not blogged once! I keep meaning too, there just never seems to be enough time in the day/week/month.

Our hours have increased at vet school massively, and I am still working both full and part time on the side, which honestly is starting to take its toll.

However, I have had a lovely fall, and am really, really excited for Christmas! 

I will try to get better at this side of the media, but until then, I am more active on instagram and twitter @thevetgeek.

Love, hugs, and muddy paws!

Laura

[sagansense]

“Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.”

Jane Goodall (primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, UN Messenger of Peace, and overall beautiful ambassador of life on this planet)

[staceythinx]

Art prints by KOMBOH. Collect them all!

[sweetteascience]

Sorta’ want to print some of these off for my office. 

[merswine]

I kinda wish I was a teacher and had a classroom to put these up in

[iheartvmt]

This kitty could gave gone literally anywhere else in the exam room while we talked with his people about our exam findings, but nope! He decided the best place to settle was right on top of his chart. While I was still trying to write my notes. Such a cat! ❤

((He’s also one of my favoritest kitty patients. Sssh don’t tell the others))

[soontobedvm]

An Open Letter to All Puppies With Parvo Virus (That Were Unvaccinated)

Dear Adorable Fluffs,

I’m sorry.

I’m sorry that you don’t understand what is happening to you.

I’m sorry we have to poke and prod you every little bit so we can make sure you stay alive and get the treatment you need.

I’m sorry that your intestines is literally and continuously sloughing unto the puppy pad diapers that you are surrounded by.

I’m sorry I can’t explain to you why we have to draw blood so often or why you are hooked up to so many tubes and fluid lines.

I’m sorry that you feel so crummy that you won’t eat. Puppies should be able to love to eat.

I’m sorry that instead of a bright, hyper puppy you are reduced to being a miserable and dull corpse-like ball of diarrhea. 

I’m sorry that your entire body might begin to shut down and you might go into septic shock.

I’m sorry that even around the clock care might not be good enough.

I’m sorry that even the best medicine might not be good enough.

I’m sorry that even if you walk out of here alive and possibly eventually happy, you had to endure even a single second of this awful, cruel, debilitating disease.

I’m sorry that that this was most likely preventable (Yes, there are exceptions, but they are rare and almost always has a valid reason why the vaccine didn’t work- i.e. didn’t store the vaccine correctly, giving it only once without a booster, expecting it to miraculously work immediately right before or during a pravo infection etc.). 

I’m sorry that your owner didn’t believe in vaccines or that “we just want to give them for money.” (Hint: iF we ACTUALLY were in this career for the money, then why in the absolute world would we give a $20 vaccine when we could refuse to vaccinate and make $1,000-$7,000 ++ on each critical parvo patient that walked in the door?)

I’m sorry that you could have been playing with your siblings and being snuggled as a puppy should but instead I’m trying not to sob I might have to put your tiny, emaciated body into a body bag.

I’m so sorry. You deserve so much better than this.

[antidevelopment]

He won.

[skoogers-deactivated20200909]

im happy for him

[emperorcammy]

He got sixth place actually

[antidevelopment]

[avoiding-claws]

There really needs to be a veterinary program that focuses on nurses

Like ‘trust me im a vet’ and ‘supervet’ are all very well and good but having narrators explain that vets spend a lot of time with their patients getting them to eat (which some do ill give you that) when it is CLEARLY a vet nurse on screen is a tad unfair, don’t you think? 

We do exist whether that be as nurses or techs and I think sometimes we deserve a little more attention on all these shows that people love so much. 

Maybe that would help with the whole ‘the general public have no idea what we do or how much’, issue?

[closet-freak19]

THIS THIS RIGHT HERE

[arsanatomica]

Bones are interesting because you can sometimes read the patterns of wear and growth like reading a book.

I got a couple of stray cat skulls, and this guy has a pretty interesting story to him.

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[shityouhearatvetschool]

"It may only be a chicken, but someone loves it."

[thevetgeek]

I’m purely reblogging this for lewis!

[vet-trek]

She won’t forget that in a hurry: Elephant rubs her eye in disbelief after cataract op to restore her sight

It was a truly mammoth undertaking, but Duchess the blind elephant will finally be able to see again after receiving what was quite possibly the world’s largest ever cataract operation. The first ever elephant cataract operation in the UK: Duchess was treated for her for a cataract, in the hopes of regaining sight in one eye

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[catdoctorb]

@puppyraiser1