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Poked myself with a needle today.

It was clean I had trouble getting the cap off and it poked me

So no worry about disease or infection really. But boy did it bleed

Me too bud

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There's an intersex kitty at the shelter I volunteer at right now.

Externally the cat is a little ambiguous but pretty much everyone would label the cat that as female

However when the kitty went to get spayed there was no uterus to be found but there were internal testicles

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This kitty also had some urinary issues which is not surprising because their plumbing was a little bit off

However they did eventually get adopted

Surrendering an animal to a shelter does not make you a bad person

There are literally endless reasons why someone may surrender their animal

And even if the reason is just I don't want to have an animal right now they are not a bad person

Because every person who brings an animal to a shelter and surrenders it brought that animal somewhere where they would be safe and taking care of

Somewhere where their medical needs will be looked after and they have the best chance that a good life

Life is messy and it's always better for an animal to be loved and cared for

It is sad when someone who does not want to surrender an animal feels they have to for whatever reason and I know that the shelter I've volunteered does everything they can to try to keep animals in their families if they are still wanted and loved

But if someone is moving and can't take the animal

If the animal is a danger to their family

If they've developed an allergy

If someone is sick and they have to take care of that person

All of these are valid reasons that someone might not be able to take care of an animal

I will never look down on someone who surrenders an animal life is messy but they're doing the best they can

There's an intersex kitty at the shelter I volunteer at right now.

Externally the cat is a little ambiguous but pretty much everyone would label the cat that as female

However when the kitty went to get spayed there was no uterus to be found but there were internal testicles

I keep using the phrase "yeet that ute" instead of saying spay at the shelter where I volunteer and all the older vets and vet tech cannot get enough of it

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YES. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. XD

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Meet Pickles, aka “Catosaurus.” He was rescued in Boston and he’s over 3 feet long.

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BIG BOY

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Getting my first dose of the pre-exposure rabies vaccine next Thursday

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I got it! 2 more doses to go!

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Getting my first dose of the pre-exposure rabies vaccine next Thursday

#future vet tech

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A cat at the shelter I volunteer at who's in the clinic Friday with a sign that said "I ate something bad much regret"

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A cat at the shelter I volunteer at who's in the clinic Friday with a sign that said "I ate something bad much regret"

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Is it true that ginger tabbies are more docile on average and is there a genetic/biological reason for that?

Truthfully... no. It’s more that humans perceive x-color to act like y and approach the animal from the beginning expecting and even encouraging y.

Torties/calicos are extremely beautiful, and people tolerate behaviours from beautiful animals they wouldn’t from more common ones. This is why torties/calicos have a reputation for ‘tortitude’- behaviour that would be corrected or trained out of a brown tabby is allowed to continue because “lol, calicos are always spicy”.

People expect the orange boys in particular to be extremely sweet and calm... so they approach calmer and encourage calmer behaviour. Does this mean it always results in a calm animal? no. But you’re more likely to get one that is calm if calm behaviour is what is rewarded.

My Sundew has his hyper moments, but he’s mostly calm and sweet. This is not because he’s orange. This is because, and keep in mind I love this cat with all my heart, incredibly stupid. He’s also not dumb due to being orange. He just happened to fit into a stereotype and bright orange is more memorable than brown tabby or all black.

But it’s a lot of fun to joke about orange boy cats all sharing the same braincell as it lets us show off our orange boys who DO actually share only one braincell.