#Veterinary Use

[spindle-and-nima]

I'm sure we didn't expect a guest bunny so soon. But let me introduce you to bunbun

This brave and very tiny girl belongs to my friend who noticed strange bloating on her rabbit. One intense surgery to remove a uterus full of pus later and this brave old lady survived. I will be caring for her post op care so she's gonna be with me for a while!

She's day two post op, wobby as hell from the anesthesia and pain meds, and yet still mischievous enough to plot her grand escape (before swiftly falling asleep by the door)

Brave BunBun is not out of the water yet and I'm waiting on tissue culture and bacterial culture results to see what the hell in the world did her uterus like that but for now, I'm glad she made it and we didn't have to put her down without giving her a chance to live.

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

i think the most annoying part of dog food discourse is how many people will act as though proplan/hill’s/Royal canin diets aren’t extremely and prohibitively expensive and that THAT is the reason so many people look into healthy alternatives.

People complain about corn being in the first five ingredients on most of those feeds because, regardless of other factors here, that is not an expensive ingredient. But it makes up a large chunk of the dry food. So the dry food should be fairly affordable, right?

Oh… with tax you’re spending about $100 for one 45lb bag of food where the third ingredient is wheat and the fourth and fifth ingredients are corn.

Oh… well! It’s slightly cheaper! But the second ingredient is rice, third is wheat, fourth is corn, and then fifth is poultry byproduct. None of those are very expensive so this just must be the low end cost of dog food unfortunately. The vets recommend it so surely that means prices aren’t inflated, right?

Oh? This one has similar ingredients with the only real difference being no corn? And it’s half the price?? Well surely that’s just a fluke.

Oh. Oh no.

This one even has CORN in it and it’s $20 cheaper?? Wow!

Like listen at some point I don’t care if your dog food has the ichor of the gods in it, I’m not spending $100 every five days if there are cheaper options with just as many “good” ingredients in it. If you think I’m a dog abuser because I can’t afford this overpriced garbage, that’s too bad. I don’t care. My dogs are perfectly healthy with the food I give them. Great weight and great coat. People giving dog food recommendations that aren’t those top three hyper-expensive dog foods aren’t trying to epic own those dastardly vets half the time, but I really don’t blame the ones who do lose trust in vets when the only heartworm protection they recommend lately are expensive triple-action brands like Simparica Trio that costs $120+ as opposed to the other heartworm protections that are only about $40-$60 on average, which is still cheaper even if you add on a $20-$40 flea and tick protection separately, and only recommend dog food that costs $85+ a bag even if your dog doesn’t have specialized dietary needs.

Those top three foods are GREAT at making competent prescription diets, I don’t deny that. I do still have to criticize the pricing of those prescription diets though because I have spoken to DOZENS of people who had to pull their pets off of a prescription diet and struggle to find something comparable because they couldn’t afford the food, and that’s terrible! These are not poor companies! Purina, Royal Canin, and Hill’s can ABSOLUTELY afford to lower their prices to make their food accessible to people who need it for their animals but they don’t. They probably never will. Because at the core they are run by greedy corporations. It doesn’t matter how many good nutritionists are on board if the company is run by people who put profits over customers and make the food impossible for people to afford.

[darkwood-sleddog]

i love when the vet and tech hype my dog at the vet. he is so happy to be here because of y'all.

[ladysophiebeckett]

guess who had to have emergency surgery on labor day when most vet offices are closed bc their tummy got twisted upside down bc of their huge barrel chest that's common in large dogs like german shepherds?

this dog right here. so pretty the vet attendants said 'come here girl' and i said 'see bobo ur so pretty they think ur a girl😍'

[hiyyihrts]

Hello besties, I know this isn’t bridgerton related at all but a friend is desperately needing help raising money for her dogs leg surgery. She’s gone to several vets in our area for plans and opinions and none of them are willing to offer a credit option nor work with her on payment options other than all of it upfront. Insurance will not cover anything and she is desperate to get her little Turnip back to feeling okay again. So if you could at least share this link or donate if possible it would be greatly appreciated!

https://gofund.me/75364091

[swan2swan]

Me years ago: "Actually, I don't think she can be trans, because I think you need medications for that, so with being stuck on an island that would be an issue..."

Me now, typing: "Estrogen...used...for...veterinary...purposes..."

[iheartvmt]

Today's dose of cuteness

Human kid: My goat just had a whole *liter* of babies! Three of the livestock,il

[threnodians]

OBSERVE: puppies!!! 💗 (and kevin)

[the-converse-high-top]

I need to be tranquilized why am I still awake 😭

[mariekavanagh]

Just another day at the office.

[mearyvet]

So, I guess it's my time to put the first post here. Let myself be polite to people😅

Hi from Kyiv, Ukraine🇺🇦

Слава Україні! Героям Слава!🙏

My name is Maryna . I'm 22 years old and I'm almost graduated from NULES - almost vet🐾 Used to drow when I got more time & energy. Secret art fan. Dream to work with big cats🐯🦁 ❤️ Learning play on kalimba (magnificent instrument let me tell ya✨🎹)

I am gonna stick here for a wile , 'cause I found Tumbler an interesting place, where I might find some way to follow my fandomes and smth like that. Take me as new here(. My native is ukrainian language (obviously), but I'll try my best here. Good opportunity for writing training, ha?))

I might will post some shit 'bout myself... A little. Mostly gonna reblog some cute and interesting shit by dif fandomes)). For starter 🤗 like I said, I am new))

I feel open to some adequate chit chats. I can appear as some nerd.. I gess, but you gotta cheak it out yourself🤭💚

[defilerwyrm]

you know you’re at a country vet clinic when the doc says she needs to take a urine sample from your cat and what she comes back with as the collection vessel

is one of these

(yes this actually happened this morning. it was very effective)

[teabookgremlin]

i love listening to people who have devoted their lives to working with cows talk about cows

[release-the-hound]

I downloaded the veterinary CPR app made by the recover initiative. If I can remember to open it next time we have a code, it will be interesting to see if it's useful.

[clanoffelidae]

talk about a fucking week huh

just wanna throw out there for the masses that idiopathic feline vestibular disease (link below) is a thing, because i sure as hell didn't know about that until a few days ago, which is basically:

cat's sense of balance suddenly becomes so severely fucked up that they may need help eating and drinking due to falling over when attempting to make it to their water or food bowls as they are unable to move without stumbling around and falling like a blackout drunk

it starts to clear up after a few days and usually has no lingering effects

no causative agent can be found

the medical/scientific communities have absolutely NO fucking clue what causes this or why ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

which is absolutely as terrifying as it sounds and you have all my complete and utter empathy if your cat, especially a fairly old one like idk a 15 and a half year old cat with kidney issues you got to pick out as a kitten all those years ago, suddenly develops this condition and you get to experience the roller coaster of 'suddenly and without warning my cat is dying' and undergo 23 different stages of grief in the matter of 48 hours

i have told him in no uncertain terms that he better not ever fucking scare us like this again unless he is Actually dying

so yeah, be aware that that is a thing that happens sometimes apparently, glance over this article if you like, and make sure to have little paper cups on hand to bring water over to your cat so they can drink. and give them lots of comfort because they are also going to be extremely stressed out due to (presumably) feeling like they're on an extremely fast, never-ending merry-go-round. keep an eye on them and where they're trying to go, too, because while there don't seem to be lingering effects they can very well end up falling off things and hurting themselves because they're so unstable even if the condition itself doesn't hurt them

holy shit what a week