#aquatic vet

[deepgrotto]

Koi Pond patch I made a little while ago. I would love to work with koi fish as patients some day, literally made this in a frenzy and then bought a new jacket just to put her on.

[doodlehorseafternoon]

Being a veterinarian is fun because yes I'm a horse vet primarily, but I have the resources and training to learn how to work on multiple species

Does this mean performing anesthesia on a goldfish for the first time is any less stressful? No, no it does not

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Well everyone, I performed my first ever cetacean ultrasound today!

My “patient” is in excellent health, and this session was meant merely as practice both for me and for her—ensuring she remains comfortable holding still for scans. Because whales and dolphins are too big for manual palpation or x-rays, ultrasound is how veterinarians visualize their internal organs and ensure they remain healthy. Cetaceans in human care routinely receive ultrasound scans to monitor their health, even if they are not ill or pregnant.

And it’s a great example of cooperative care! Unlike dogs and cats, which have to be sedated or manually restrained by humans in order to get diagnostic ultrasound images, cetaceans in human care are trained to float in place while the veterinarian places the ultrasound probe on them. They are free to leave the session at any time. And there’s no need for ultrasound gel, because the water acts in its place!

(Photo not of me… published by Georgia Aquarium when their beluga Whisper was pregnant with her calf Shila)

All in all, a great end to my externship!

[girlscience]

back at the eye doctors 😭😭 I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE

[tjerra14]

Just splurged 28% of my monthly income on a CME thingy about pet fish on the off chance I can learn more about them from a vet med perspective, which I've been trying to do ever since day 1 at uni

[birdvetsingapore-blog]

We are the leading clinic for fish vet services in Singapore, We provide various Bird & Aquatic Veterinary Medical services to take care for your pets.

Web Page: https://www.birdvet.com.sg/fish-medicine/

[blackopals-world]

Vet!Yuu: Part of my role on campus isn't just taking care of students but animals on campus. Like right now. Diasomnia has a moat with crocodiles. While this isn't my domain due to an outbreak in the saltwater lagoon in Octavinelle our resident Marine Biologist is busy. Fortunately, I know enough about reptiles to assist. Right now the crocodiles are nesting and snapping at students. I'm setting up gates to keep them and students safe.

Crocodile: *hiss*

Vet!Yuu: Get back you overgrown handbag! And you!

Malleus: (touching the crocodile nest) Me? I just wanted to see the hatchlings.

Vet!Yuu: Stay behind the gate! And stay away from the nests, you look like a monitor lizard trying to steal eggs. Isis looks like she wants to bite your hand off.

Isis: (watching from under the water.)

Vet!Yuu: I should tell Sebek that he can't go in the moat or the lagoon for the time being.

(I will say it again, Marin Biologist!Yuu handles these situations because they specialize in aquatic veterinarian tasks. Plus Vet!Yuu hates swimming. They are like a cat)

[dogtorari]

He is a albino plecostomus! We take care of him at my job/ school. I named him squishy .. he is my squishy! *Dory Voice

[lilislegacy]

I did a similar poll a while ago but I’m doing it again and narrowing it down to the most popular picks from the last poll. Also, these are just full-time careers. I do love him being a marine life rescuer and a rescue diver, but those are more on-the-side jobs/volunteer things.

If you think it’s something else not listed below, select the option that you like the most and then comment your other idea!

[deepgrotto]

Finally got my Rod of Asclepius shark jaw tattoo! I can't wait to graduate in May! At long last, I'll be a real fish doctor.

Done by Emma Vaughan (@citronmod on Instagram) at Unbreakable Ink.

[doodlehorseafternoon]

Sometimes clinical year vet school is learning you don’t really like a specialty, and sometimes clinical year vet school is learning you really want to work on horses, livestock, and GOLDFISH

I have found a ridiculous niche and I will be digging

[orcinus-veterinarius]

I am so excited about working with cetas again I can’t even describe

[birdvetsingapore-blog]

We are the leading clinic for fish vet services in Singapore, We provide various Bird & Aquatic Veterinary Medical services to take care for your pets.

[flannelshirtandjeans]

Big and smol file for different uses BUT!

@keycchan traded me a Maraquan Lutari on Neopets and I HAD to paint him! He's my super duper dreamie!

His name is Tzji, he's a petpet vet who in his free time wrestles, and enthuses about tea and tea cups and teapots. Despite being aquatic, he isn't a very strong swimmer due to some spine or tail problems. And clearly his lil reverse aquarium helmet for going on land is way too small for him head. xD

The lil creature on his head is Itsy.

[dilatorywriting]

Hello.. saw u were going to vet school and I wanted to ask:

How did you go about getting experience in the field? I’ve tried to search for volunteering events or part time jobs or anything i can find that involved working with animals, but theres barely anything where I live. Closest thing i found was farm work but i don’t know if that counts. Sorry if this is a bit vague

So I emailed a practice and asked to shadow. That turned into me working there as an assitant and that was how I got the majority of my experience. My other experience was volunteering in shelters and then also an internship doing aquatic things.

Farms definitely do count! Getting hands on experience on farms can be incredibly helpful, especially because you tend to do more there than you would in a small animal hospital just because Farm medicine is Like That. But yeah, if Farm Med isn't your fav, I would email around local practices asking to shadow. That's what most people I know did to get experience.

[staenless]

I will say as a certified horse girl I didn't like the kelpie in the last episode. Not for any like moral or whatever reasons, in fact as someone who grew up around horses I believe they have an amazing capacity for horror realistically or fantastically. Kelpies are a great horror creature, a horse who isn't a horse, waiting and playing on our idea of horses as prey animals and less dangerous so they can eat us. 10/10 creature. I just think it looked lame as fuck.

Obviously I don't go into shows that aren't horse-centric expecting good horse representation. Honestly I'm pissing my pants with excitement that horses are even MENTIONED in my favourite manga/anime. But i am a horse girl and I'm allowed to 1)be critical of horses and 2)talk about how I'd have done the kelpie if I had the chance. So let's take a look at our kelpie!

The proportions are fine, the animators fell victim to Horse Pec syndrome (common occurance, horses have a lot going on 9n their pecs and it's difficult to show this realistically without giving horses tits). The ribs and chest... Are weird? Anne has this weird dip to her stomach that shouldn't be there, and I can't think of a reason for a kelpie specifically to have this. On a real horse something like that would be a sign of an ill fitting girth/improper care and potential abuse, you'd wanna see a vet.

The hooves are good and I really like the seaweed feathers (hair that hands over the back of the hoof).

I like the shark tail made from tail hair/seaweed and really sets Anne apart from real horses while emphasising her aquatic nature. This is a water monster, not a horse. I love the dorsal stripe up her spine it's so cute!!

Her mane being curly while her tail isn't is a bit weird to me but I think it emphasised that it's SEAWEED not hair and this bitch is DAMP. I did not like her face because it's so bizaar looking??? Her neck is quite thick going into her skull which is fine btu for some reason in some scenes she has a double chin? Which is literally impossible for a horse to have?

As you can see here horses have a hollow at the base of their skulls between their cheeks so no matter how they tip their head they cant have a double chin, just wrinkles. It wasn't often I saw it but you can see in the top picture of Anne it's shaded in and it just looks weird to me? Also parts of Anne's face are very bulbous including her nose and like yeah a horses nose can flare (usually if they're stressed, tired or curious) but that's not what's happening here. Also I'm pretty sure Anne is based on a draft horse, and they usually have some sort of Roman nose and big head. Maybe I'm bothered by her facial proportions because of that?

Draft horses are thick sturdy animals and a lot of non-horse enthusiast artists use them in their work because they're so visually satisfying. I mean look at this big boy. The problem is her proportions aren't quite right, her hind quarters are very slim, the back of her head has some weird lump? Not sure what that is? Her head is possibly too small and her lips/nose are just. I don't even know what's going on there.

Personally I think since Anne is a predator I'd probably base her on a hot blooded breed. I think an Arabian would make a great kelpie, they're a fast moving breed that's compact and powerful, and the way they look after a run, nose flaring, veins throbbing through their skin, twitching and hopping where they stand, could be very scary is channeled into a predatory instinct. Draft horses are far stronger but are much slower moving, so this probably fits into Anne's long term plan to lure Senshi into the water. However if we were casting based on aggression and bloodlust Anne would realistically be a Shetland pony.

Ask any horse fanatic and they'll agree with this conclusion.

You might argue that animating a horse in an "anime style" is hard but the horse doesn't have to be stylised to fit in the anime. I personally believe that trying to achieve as realistic a horse as possible is better for the overall look than stylising it right off the bat.

This gif by @ostinlein has a realistically proportioned and animated horse in a more cartoonist setting and it works really well! Also it's just plain beautiful! Something like this, maybe with slightly fewer details in the mane, tail and feathers would work well in the dunmeshi anime.

So Anne's anatomy isn't the best, and it seems to be just a generic horse with mismatched parts. She seems to be a warm blood but also a draft. I think?

Again just having a horse in the anime is exciting and I'm glad she looks as good as she does, animating horses when you're not a horse lover is probably extremely difficult and I can appreciate that her movements are all pretty decent and recognisably equine. Horse paces are very complicated and tricky things, there's a reason a horse galloping was the first thing ever filmed, and the few places we do see Anne's legs moving they move right. So kudos to the animators for that.

Kelpie art by @fishylookingdeer

A kelpie with a proper draft horse base for reference.

Dungeon Meshi the manga is, in my opinion, and adventure comedy with horror elements. I'm sure a lot of fans agree with me that there are moments in the anime that are genuinely horrific and terrifying, and not just in the end. The entire world of dungeon meshi is pretty damn scary and it's only because our main character is a joyful idiot that the manga has such an optimistic outlook despite the circumstances. The anime doesn't carry the horror many readers expereince through though, which is a little disappointing imo. Earlier I mentioned I believe horses in both realistic and fantastical setting have incredible capacity for horror and so I wanna take a second to share how I think Anne could have been scarier!

First off Kelpies aren't horses. They're mimicking creatures that disguise themselves as horses to lure you onto their back and into the waves, and so the best way to make a kelpie scary is to make them not-quite-a-horse. A horse, but slightly to the left. Anne has light blue eyes with no focus, I think that's pretty cool BUT what I'd really like is Anne to have normal horse eyes possibly with her pupils the wrong way.

Horses eyes have this horitonal still for a pupil, I think giving Anne pupils but verticle would be a subtle way of showing she's not really a horse while also nodding to her predatory nature, like a cats eye.

When horse watch you they usually move their whole head, and then they're calm you can usually only see the coloured part of their eyes. However when a horse is panicking the white of their eyes show and they look around frantically. I think giving Anne normal horse eyes (with a fucked up pupil) and then having her show the white of her eyes by tracking the part members with her eyes only would be really cool! This is NOT normal horse behaviour, but predatory animals do this to reduce movement and scaring their prey away. It would be a subtle "something isn't right here" way to make the audience uncomfortable.

Horses also can't open their mouth a ton. Don't get me wrong they can grab onto your arm or leg if the mood strikes them but they cant truely open their jaw much. They also can't pant. Honestly I didn't even think of the panting till I saw this gif by @rcrisdraws and now I can't stop thinking about it

Don't like that...

In conclusion I liked Anne, I liked a lot of her design and some of her animation was good (when she attacked Senshi was particularly nice). While I have some nitpick qualms with her proportions I think for a non-horse oriented show she's perfectly acceptable. I think she could have been truely terrifying if the animators wanted her to be, but that's wishful thinking on my part. If you've read all this way through my rambles then please take a moment to check out the artists I've mentioned, their work is stunning and they deserve love.