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Part 2 in the pet nutrition series focuses on protein and food allergies.
And admittedly I do talk about Hills & Royal Canin, because of their hydrolysed protein diets, but I also talk about novel protein alternatives.
Commenting pet nutrition questions on the video itself helps boost it up the algorithm, but I still see questions commented on the post too.
A guide to preparing for street medicine. For reasons
I haven’t seen this resource going around, but it’s well worth the read if you’re considering going to a protest, whether you’re a medic-type person or not.
There is a lot happening in the world right now and it’s hard to have a lot of faith in traditional institutions intended to keep you alive, either because hospitals are busy and underequipped with COVID-19, or because hostile police forces actively preventing access of emergency services to protested is… let’s just say plausible. But maybe you can depend on the ordinary human being standing next to you and maybe they can depend on you.
Particularly for vetlings considering going to a protest, you already have a decent medical knowledge, this is worth a read.
Honestly it’s worth a read anyway, because there’s an introduction to keeping yourself safe with protests and hostile police, including the importance of anonymity. This isn’t something taught in schools. And a few key points:
Be useful, not important. Don’t draw attention to yourself and try not to be flashy. Important people become targets.
Non-Hierarchical organization is important. Leaders become targets.
Anonymity is your first defense.
This wasn’t particularly written with COVID-19 in mind, which is still a major threat in many parts of the world so your masks/gloves/face shields are still very important and consider how much you’re willing to risk in terms of yourself, and your household if you bring the virus home.
What would James Herriot do?
He would marvel at these new-fangled things called antibiotics and the marvellous things they could do.
He would be awed by the intricacies and intensities of modern anaesthesia and surgery, of the near-miracles it accomplishes.
He would be astounded that there are MRIs available for mere dogs.
He would be greatly relieved that he didn’t have to deal with randoms commenting on the internet, disparaging his profession while trying to sell ‘secret miracle cure’.
And he would probably wonder where the pug noses went.
I'm anxious about posting a pet nutrition post in general, let alone a video to youtube, but please enjoy a very basic one as an introduction to dog & cat nutrition.
So planning the next in the series, focusing on protein and hypoallergenic diets.
What are some pet nutrition questions about protein or allergies that you have or come across?
Sometimes, but thankfully only rarely, something catastrophic happens in veterinary medicine and by the time that animal reaches the clinic, it’s already many minutes too late.
This is worse when the catastrophe is unexpected, when the animal is juvenile or when cruelty was deliberate. And sometimes the body is such a mess that CPR or any attempt at heroics is really just… performative.
In times like this, all we can really do is try to manage the people that witnessed it: the owner, their family, the good samaritans who helped them get to the clinic, and the bystanders who happened to be in the waiting room. All of those people need to be managed to some degree after witnessing that degree of trauma.
The pet owner, and possibly the family, need the most time and attention. They may well be in shock, and while you’re trying to tell them what’s happened and get permission to stop CPR, you also need to watch them. Encourage them, gently, to sit down if they need to. Bring them a glass of water if they need to. Nothing wrong with offering a bit of emergency chocolate if they look really shaky or this is going on a long time. Tell them you will clean up their pet and make them look presentable if they want to spend time with them saying goodbye. Encourage them to call family or a friend. Do not let them drive until you are quite sure they are safe to do so.
Then we have the good samaritans, who also witnessed the trauma. Though they’re less emotionally invested they will still be affected. And practically, they may need a lot of help cleaning up their car. (Do not apply heat to blood)
Lastly the bystanders also need to be spoken to, because they’ve also witnessed a terrible trauma, or its aftermath. And you don’t know what previous traumas or baggage they’re carrying with them. At the very least they need a check in, thanked for their patience, and possibly herded to a location that is not covered in blood.
When you can’t do anything for the animal other than clean up the body, there’s still work to do caring for the people surrounding it.
And I think caring for people who witnessed the trauma is probably part of my way of handling trauma. I need to check in with people. If I can’t do anything about the actual damage I need to do something about the peripheral damage.
It’s time to process while also helping where you can, and I think this helps avoid emotional whiplash and helps with resilience.
We’re mostly in this job for the pets. But when the pet is beyond help, there’s only the people left. And sometimes they need help too.
My brother in law recently became a veterinarian and it has really driven the point home as to how fucking bonkers veterinary medicine is. We don't expect human physicians to really know much outside of their own specialty - a dentist, an otolaryngologist, and a maxillofacial surgeon are three totally different dudes. Meanwhile a veterinarian at a wildlife rehab center is doing orthopedic surgery on a hawk and then doing rounds on baby hedgehogs in the hedgehog NICU and administering antibiotics to a ratsnake. And he also knows how to perform surgical interventions on a cow! What the fuck! Those are all totally, wildly different kinds of animal!!
Shout out to veterinarians, they know Too Much.
I always think about that one post that was like "how come the surviving doctors in zombie apocalypse stories are always veterinarians" and the reply "because veterinarians make 'not getting bitten by their patients' a core skill"
So you want to be a vet? (UK)
1. Get Organized
Different vet schools have slightly different requirements (e.g., GCSEs, extra tests like CASPer), so make a spreadsheet.
Decide where to apply - consider location, advice from previous students and your preferred learning style! Remember: you will be here for the next 5-6 years, make you you like it!
Consider statistics - if you're an english applicant, don't apply to two Scottish schools! They hold an overwhelming amount of places for scottish and international students.
2. Work Experience = Gold
Get variety: Farm animals, companion animals, exotics, wildlife—you’ll want at least 2 weeks with vets and 2 weeks in husbandry placements (but more is better).
Quality > Quantity: It’s not about ticking boxes. Reflect on what you learned, like teamwork, communication, and, yes, shoveling poo with enthusiasm.
Check requirements for the university you want: each school has different minimum requirements!
Get references as you go: almost all the schools will ask you for references (don't forget to check their formatting requirements), it's far easier to gather them as you go rather than scrambling at the last minute!
3. Grades Matter
Most unis ask for AAA at A-level (bio and chem required).
If your grades aren’t quite there, consider a foundation year or gateway course—they’re there for a reason!
4. Personal Statement
Start early and rewrite... and rewrite.
Show your passion but don’t just list achievements—reflect on what they taught you.
Example: Instead of “I volunteered on a dairy farm,” try “I learned how to handle stressed animals and developed resilience after being kicked by a cow.”
5. Extra forms
Some universities don't even look at your personal statement, and even when they do they will ask for supplementary forms
These forms may be ethics reasoning, further reflection on why you want to apply, or something entirely different!
Check deadlines: some may be before you apply, some may be after. Don't miss out on your chance because you didn't know you had something to submit!
5. Interviews
Formats vary: Expect panel interviews, MMI (stations), or both.
Practice scenarios: They’re looking for empathy, problem-solving, and communication, not a walking textbook. “What would you do if an owner couldn’t afford treatment?”
Know the current hot topics: Vet shortages, mental health in the profession, zoonotic diseases—be ready to discuss these.
“Why do you want to be a vet?” can’t just be “I like animals.” Prepare an answer that shows you understand the challenges.
6. Keep Perspective
It’s competitive: There are far more applicants than places. If you don’t get in, it’s not the end. Many students take a gap year and re-apply, sometimes even multiple times!
Long time no see!
It's now been.. 3.5 years as a veterinarian. Holy cow, time flies. Might be coming back to this app more consistently, so to start it off, what questions do you have about the vet world now that I've graduated (literally) from vetling to full doc?
Sooooo I’m moving and I’ve packed up most of my things, and apparently I accidentally packed child’s harness when she had a vet visit today soooo
Bat wings at the vet it is
Please do things like this always.
Im so sorry for this but can i just... i'm livid and need to share this with someone
This is the worst snout i've ever seen. It's concave!
He claims this baby has a fully formed skull with no soft spots. My ass.
Is it acceptable for me to be absolutely losing it over this
Oh that's a big yikes
funniest false alarm story? i'm thinking along the lines of that post about someone's hamster who put a fridge magnet in his cheek pouch, then got stuck to the cage and couldn't move
Sueanoi here,
Signalment: Shitzu dog, young.
Chief complaint: dog cannot close eyes
History: happened today after home grooming
Physical exam: rubber hair band pulling the forehead skin too tightly, others within normal limit
Treatment: hair band removed
Prognosis: good
Signalment: Springer spaniel, young adult
Chief complaint: Choking on a ball, clawing at mouth, struggling to breathe
Physical exam/triage: Tongue stuck right through the middle of a Kong ball. Will not come off. Not obstructing airway but confusing the dog +++. Will try to drop the ball for you if you tell him to. This only adds to the confusion.
Treatment: A lotta lube, patience, and a very good boy.
Prognosis: Good! As long as no more hollow balls are within the household.
Signalment: Young male labrador
Chief complaint: suddenly non weight bearing lame on front leg
Physical exam: gummy bear stuck to pawpad
Treatment: removal of gummy bear. placed in bin
Prognosis: for the dog, good. sadly gummy bear could not be saved
Signalment: young male hamster
Presenting complaint: tumour on back end
Physical exam: there are indeed two round masses present, confirmed by palpation to be testicles
Diagnosis: entire male
Prognosis: good for hamster, transient embarrassment for owner
Ask your veterinarian about the lepto vaccine for your dogs.
Somebody needs their kitten naming privileges revoked
Why did he need his stomach tacked? I’ve never heard of that with a neuter; is it a giant breed thing?
Large, deep chested dogs are predisposed to gastric dilatation volvulus (colloquially called bloat) which is a condition where the stomach fills with gas and twists. Great Danes are basically the poster children for this disease. If GDV occurs it's a serious emergency, often deadly, and the stomach has to be tacked anyway during emergency surgery to put things back where they're supposed to be. Doing a prophylactic gastropexy (tacking the stomach to prevent twisting) greatly decreases the risk of this happening. The stomach can still fill with gas, which is still pretty bad, but it generally keeps it from flipping. Groot hasn't had any known GDV in his line but because of my job I see the worst of the worst and I'd rather be safe and do it now instead of risking it. He was already under and despite having to go into the abdomen it's a surprisingly minor procedure.
Interestingly, my coworker that did the surgery said she had to lift his stomach away from the body wall more than any other dog she's done. It does make me wonder if this is something anatomic that is the reason why none of his family members have reported GDV. Unfortunately the research on GDV is super frustrating and not super clear so it'll likely always be a mystery if it's a coincidence or not.
Recently when discussing treatment for my cat's Kidney Disease, the vet mentioned that in a laboratory setting, specialized diets specifically for Kidney Diease are better at controlling it than Subcutaneous Fluids. I was wondering if yall could explain exactly why specialized diets are better at this?
gettingvetted here.
Subcutaneous fluids are actually quite poor in achieving any kind of long term relief for kidney failure patients. The idea behind it is that a) kidney failure patients are chronically dehydrated because their kidneys cannot effectively retain water, and b) they cannot properly flush out normal byproducts of metabolism due to their kidney failure which is part of what makes them feel so miserable. So, the SQ fluids supposedly help with rehydration and also with flushing. However, SQ fluids are absorbed quite slowly, over the course of hours. A kidney patient may well need more fluids over the course of those hours than the SQ fluids provide. Additionally, if you really want to achieve flushing of the kidneys, you need quite a high rate of fluids that just isn’t possible with SQ fluids. So, it has a non-zero helpful effect, but doesn’t ever truly achieve what we want.
So, if you really want to achieve those effects, you would need to do one or both of two things: intravenous (IV) fluids, which are far superior in the task of rehydration and flushing, or dialysis, which artificially removes those byproducts of metabolism. IV fluids are much more common just because there are only a handful of dialysis centers for animals in the US and each round will cost you upwards of $10k, whereas IV fluids are typically under $100 and can be performed at any vet clinic. (technically kidney transplants are now available for cats at the University of Pennsylvania vet school, but I digress)
Meanwhile, kidney diets are a marvel of modern medicine. If started early in the course of disease, they can give a cat or dog up to 3-4 years longer comfortable lifespan than if the pet was never on a kidney diet. These essentially reduce the need for flushing out of the metabolism byproducts by reducing the amount of nutrients that result in those byproducts. For example Urea is produced in the liver as a byproduct of protein metabolism. This is one of the byproducts that builds up and causes animals to be miserable. If you reduce the protein in the diet, then naturally there will be less urea for the kidneys to remove and the animal will feel less poorly. Additionally, kidney patients struggle to remove excess phosphorus and sodium from the blood, so the amount of those elements in the food is reduced as well. Meanwhile, kidney patients struggle to retain potassium, so kidney diets are fortified with extra potassium. Obviously these foods would be a very poor diet for a normal animal, but in a kidney failure patient, the basic premise is that kidney disease will kill them much more quickly than a lack of protein will, so you stick to the lack of protein.
Why don’t some people realize that the best way to care for some creatures is to humanely euthanize??
Case in point:
This just crossed my facebook feed. This poor kestrel was electrocuted and is under the care of a center in Hungary (I believe). Both its feet and one wing had to be amputated. How is this a life? The poor creature can’t perch, can’t hold its own food. It can’t be a bird.
Amputations alone aren’t bad, but trying to keep an animal alive when it can’t preform basic behaviors is cruel. Why can’t people understand this?
Just because it can't perform basic functions doesn't mean it can't be happy. Should we be putting down humans with those limits? Should any human who cannot perform basic functions be put down?
Do you work with animals? If you did, you’d know we don’t use words like “happy.” Don’t distract from the point by putting anthropomorphizing words in my mouth.
Since I’m fucking tired of people comparing injured animals to disabled people let’s use the basic framework/analysis for an animals care/welfare—the five freedoms
Here’s the five freedoms as written out by the Farm Animal Welfare Counsel:
Freedom from Hunger and Thirst: By ready access to fresh water and diet to maintain health and vigor.
Freedom from Discomfort: By providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.
Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease: By prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Freedom to Express Normal Behavior: By providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal’s own kind.
Freedom from Fear and Distress: By ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering.
So what we can do for this bird is feed it and give it water. That’s it.
This animal cannot understand where its limbs have gone, cannot feel comfortable and at ease in any environment missing three crucial limbs, is bound to be in pain and injure itself from trying to act like a normal kestrel, cannot do most basic behaviors, and cannot be saved from its own distress
A bird cannot have explained to them why they don’t have their legs and wing. A bird lives in the here and now and their here and now will always be “I cannot act in all the ways I need. I am scared. I am alone. I am vulnerable.”
So no. We’re not about to compare a fucking animal to disabled people and it speaks volumes of ignorance to animals and their welfare, and to profound dehumanization and disrespect of disabled people that you would even think to do so.
