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Omfg I swear my car is my biggest enemy I took it to the shop for a 400 dollar repair and the horrid grinding sound it was making came back literally 24 hours after the repair. This is like a 2018 Subaru too. Now I have to try and squeeze into the shop schedule again šŸ™ƒ
Maybe it’s time to start traveling by cart and donkey…
 
I’m really sorry that happened to you, that sounds really frustrating. I’ve definitely had things like that fall through, too. Whatever you can manage for shadowing, though, I think will still be helpful! I remember when I chatted with schools, several told me that even a day spent shadowing somewhere new shows initiative and curiosity.
Thank you I’m glad to hear that 😭 Fortunately I got some time shadowing an exotic clinic during June, but it was primarily avian and I didn’t love my experience there so I was waiting on VEG lol
 
Omfg I swear my car is my biggest enemy I took it to the shop for a 400 dollar repair and the horrid grinding sound it was making came back literally 24 hours after the repair. This is like a 2018 Subaru too. Now I have to try and squeeze into the shop schedule again šŸ™ƒ
Maybe it’s time to start traveling by cart and donkey…
Stupid cars. Reminds me of my Taurus from college that literally I paid to replace some belt on 4-5 times because it would make the most awful WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE as I drove. Every time it was replaced, it would come back in like a week. I eventually gave up and learned to listen to the radio very loudly 🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
I am feeling crappy. Everything hurts. Everything. Every joint, bone, muscle-- pain. I am also feeling numb and tingly all over.

I have to go back to work tomorrow, have already taken off too much time for other health things and my bank account is now being affected because of that.

But I really feel poopy.
 
In NYC. Reminded every time I step off the plane of how much I hate it here. It's so hot and humid and dirty and gross. There's too many people and too much trash.
Also my left heal has been hurting for 5 weeks now and only seems to be worsening. Can't get into podiatrist til next month and I have to walk a zillion blocks (normally I wouldn't care). And my back is out. I feel old.
 
i thought i could escape nasty clients working in shelter med ….
at my shelter we offer low cost s/n to the community and this lady was very upset that her doodle puppy was 10.9 pounds, because 10 pounds is the cutoff for $100 neuter. 10+ pounds goes to $150. she was very adamant that her dog was less than 10 pounds but i was like maam… the scale doesn’t lie… but then she yelled at me to take the leash and collar off because that somehow weighed 0.9 pounds. so i did and reweighed- still 10.9 pounds! wow! anyways she paid the $150. causing a scene over $50 for an already cheap surgery is crazy to me…
 
i thought i could escape nasty clients working in shelter med ….
at my shelter we offer low cost s/n to the community and this lady was very upset that her doodle puppy was 10.9 pounds, because 10 pounds is the cutoff for $100 neuter. 10+ pounds goes to $150. she was very adamant that her dog was less than 10 pounds but i was like maam… the scale doesn’t lie… but then she yelled at me to take the leash and collar off because that somehow weighed 0.9 pounds. so i did and reweighed- still 10.9 pounds! wow! anyways she paid the $150. causing a scene over $50 for an already cheap surgery is crazy to me…
Some of the nastiest people I’ve ever encountered used to come into the shelter I worked out for low cost care. Some actively bragging about their backyard breeding programs while there for mandatory rabies vaccination only because the county was going to take their dogs otherwise. A lady threatened to ā€œjumpā€ my coworker for saying her cryptorchid chihuahua mix should be neutered and not bred.
 
Some of the nastiest people I’ve ever encountered used to come into the shelter I worked out for low cost care. Some actively bragging about their backyard breeding programs while there for mandatory rabies vaccination only because the county was going to take their dogs otherwise. A lady threatened to ā€œjumpā€ my coworker for saying her cryptorchid chihuahua mix should be neutered and not bred.
I was going to say exactly this- it’s the backyard breeders for me with my community clinic :/ we have a very specific family that breeds and sells akitas- $2600 a pop and some of the most nasty people I’ve ever encountered when just trying to offer resources and help when they’ve asked for it:/
 
i thought i could escape nasty clients working in shelter med ….
at my shelter we offer low cost s/n to the community and this lady was very upset that her doodle puppy was 10.9 pounds, because 10 pounds is the cutoff for $100 neuter. 10+ pounds goes to $150. she was very adamant that her dog was less than 10 pounds but i was like maam… the scale doesn’t lie… but then she yelled at me to take the leash and collar off because that somehow weighed 0.9 pounds. so i did and reweighed- still 10.9 pounds! wow! anyways she paid the $150. causing a scene over $50 for an already cheap surgery is crazy to me…
I feel like the people that complain that much are the people that don't actually *need* heavily discounted/subsidized services to begin with, and are just there for cheap vet care. The person that truly cannot afford the $50 will walk out and come back when they have it saved up, or will be calling people to lend them cash. That's been my experience anyways.
 
Some of the nastiest people I’ve ever encountered used to come into the shelter I worked out for low cost care. Some actively bragging about their backyard breeding programs while there for mandatory rabies vaccination only because the county was going to take their dogs otherwise. A lady threatened to ā€œjumpā€ my coworker for saying her cryptorchid chihuahua mix should be neutered and not bred.
The humane society I used to volunteer at would require them to be spayed/neutered to use the low cost services to counteract that. If they needed help with the S/N, they'd get a voucher to help, but they still had to be S/N to use any of their low cost vaccine clinics OR their full service clinic. Obviously if they were young, exceptions were made but by like 6 mo or so I think they required it. More places should definitely do that.
 
The humane society I used to volunteer at would require them to be spayed/neutered to use the low cost services to counteract that. If they needed help with the S/N, they'd get a voucher to help, but they still had to be S/N to use any of their low cost vaccine clinics OR their full service clinic. Obviously if they were young, exceptions were made but by like 6 mo or so I think they required it. More places should definitely do that.
This is a fantastic rule.
 
The humane society I used to volunteer at would require them to be spayed/neutered to use the low cost services to counteract that. If they needed help with the S/N, they'd get a voucher to help, but they still had to be S/N to use any of their low cost vaccine clinics OR their full service clinic. Obviously if they were young, exceptions were made but by like 6 mo or so I think they required it. More places should definitely do that.
that is a great rule! my shelter just started doing community stuff in the past year so right now we mostly just do S/N and vax. if the doctor is feeling nice he’ll offer other services like leg amps if it’s dire. but yes the lady that complained pulled up in a Mercedes and had a gucci handbag. which didn’t make me feel bad about being firm with the price…
 
that is a great rule! my shelter just started doing community stuff in the past year so right now we mostly just do S/N and vax. if the doctor is feeling nice he’ll offer other services like leg amps if it’s dire. but yes the lady that complained pulled up in a Mercedes and had a gucci handbag. which didn’t make me feel bad about being firm with the price…
(oh and the $1000 doodle she got from the breeder, but a $150 surgery is where she draws the line)
 
The humane society I used to volunteer at would require them to be spayed/neutered to use the low cost services to counteract that. If they needed help with the S/N, they'd get a voucher to help, but they still had to be S/N to use any of their low cost vaccine clinics OR their full service clinic. Obviously if they were young, exceptions were made but by like 6 mo or so I think they required it. More places should definitely do that.
the shelter i worked for just banned breeders recently because we had s/n requirements like that and people kept arguing with us over it. we had someone who bred and sold bengal kittens and did not want any vaccines because they insisted the rabies vax killed their original queen. we told them it was the law in PA, got all 13 of the kitten vaxxed and checked, it was like $1000 for 13 kittens to get vaccines and wellness appointments. that's $76 per kitten, super cheap.

well they complained about the price. a week or so later, the kittens came in for s/n and they gave us a paper with their markings, sex and which color collar they had. NEXT TO EACH COLOR THERE WAS BLACKENED SHARPIE MARKS, SO I HELD IT UP TO THE LIGHT AND THEY WERE SELLING THESE KITTENS FOR $3,000 EACH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 THAT HAD "UNIQUE" MARKINGS FOR $4500 AND A MALE THAT WAS CRYPTORCHID FOR $2,000 INSTEAD.

thats almost 40k...that is literal college tuition....
 
the shelter i worked for just banned breeders recently because we had s/n requirements like that and people kept arguing with us over it. we had someone who bred and sold bengal kittens and did not want any vaccines because they insisted the rabies vax killed their original queen. we told them it was the law in PA, got all 13 of the kitten vaxxed and checked, it was like $1000 for 13 kittens to get vaccines and wellness appointments. that's $76 per kitten, super cheap.

well they complained about the price. a week or so later, the kittens came in for s/n and they gave us a paper with their markings, sex and which color collar they had. NEXT TO EACH COLOR THERE WAS BLACKENED SHARPIE MARKS, SO I HELD IT UP TO THE LIGHT AND THEY WERE SELLING THESE KITTENS FOR $3,000 EACH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 THAT HAD "UNIQUE" MARKINGS FOR $4500 AND A MALE THAT WAS CRYPTORCHID FOR $2,000 INSTEAD.

thats almost 40k...that is literal college tuition....
Is this person still living? If so, hats off to you. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
the shelter i worked for just banned breeders recently because we had s/n requirements like that and people kept arguing with us over it. we had someone who bred and sold bengal kittens and did not want any vaccines because they insisted the rabies vax killed their original queen. we told them it was the law in PA, got all 13 of the kitten vaxxed and checked, it was like $1000 for 13 kittens to get vaccines and wellness appointments. that's $76 per kitten, super cheap.

well they complained about the price. a week or so later, the kittens came in for s/n and they gave us a paper with their markings, sex and which color collar they had. NEXT TO EACH COLOR THERE WAS BLACKENED SHARPIE MARKS, SO I HELD IT UP TO THE LIGHT AND THEY WERE SELLING THESE KITTENS FOR $3,000 EACH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 THAT HAD "UNIQUE" MARKINGS FOR $4500 AND A MALE THAT WAS CRYPTORCHID FOR $2,000 INSTEAD.

thats almost 40k...that is literal college tuition....
And people will buy them… that’s the sad part.
 
Is this person still living? If so, hats off to you. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
our clinic manager called a meeting after they left, he was fuming, and said they’re going to propose a rule to the board of ā€œno breeders allowed to come in for low cost careā€, board approved it after some deliberation
 
our clinic manager called a meeting after they left, he was fuming, and said they’re going to propose a rule to the board of ā€œno breeders allowed to come in for low cost careā€, board approved it after some deliberation
Well at least they made a change!!! Good catch on your part!!!
 
all of those kittens had a home waiting for them according to the breeders. ā€œtake extra special care of them, their new parents are waiting for them this weekendā€ šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø
Schitts Creek No GIF by CBC
 
I’m all about access to care, and being able to provide reasonable care for the people who truly have nothing else good in their lives besides their animal. The benefit of the human animal bond in some people’s lives are immeasurable, and does so much good. But in addition to the backyard breeders who don’t take proper care of the breeding pairs or the offspring, nor breed for health (or at least take detrimental health issues out of their program)… I feel like often times these community medicine clinics end up enabling hoarders. Somehow a disproportionately higher number of these clients can’t seem to afford even these super discounted services because they have 10 cats at home. Whyyyyyyy?????
 
Somehow a disproportionately higher number of these clients can’t seem to afford even these super discounted services because they have 10 cats at home. Whyyyyyyy?????
Random story time: I had one hoarder owner who was a frequent flyer at my ER, and she was a total outlier from what you'd expect of a hoarder financially. Somehow, she was always able to fork over thousands upon thousands each time she came in. She always was down for them to see a specialist and never said no to anything (except euthanasia...) even though she knew they would never get medication/follow up once they were discharged. Just sad that even though she had the money to properly care for those animals, she wouldn't until it they were circling the drain. In a 5 year period, she had brought in something like 75-100 animals iirc.

She knew what she was doing, though....her 'address' on her account was a PO box so we could never direct ACOs on where to go. They had absolutely interacted with her in the past but obviously nothing significant ever came of that.

Man, I can still remember how badly she smelled. You knew she was in the building before you saw her. Hoarding truly is so heartbreaking.
 
Have any of you rabies-vaccinated folks out there had to go through post-exposure prophylaxis? Asking for a friend...:zombie:
Yup - it wasn’t too bad! Tricky little raccoon baby. The immunoglobulin is a little weird because it’s viscous so it feels odd going under your skin, but aside from that I had truly minimal symptoms. If you’re pre-vaccinated it’s not as bad.
 
Yup - it wasn’t too bad! Tricky little raccoon baby. The immunoglobulin is a little weird because it’s viscous so it feels odd going under your skin, but aside from that I had truly minimal symptoms. If you’re pre-vaccinated it’s not as bad.
I'm dealing with an herbivore that's a suspect rn... he didn't bite me but I did give him oral meds (wearing gloves) this week. I feel like my risk is really low but I'm euthanizing him on Monday (was supposed to be yesterday but owner couldn't transport his head to the lab until Monday so he's in quarantine rn). Currently experiencing anxiety about it but I also think if he was rabies + he would be dead by now. Just a lot of weirdness going on.

Did you only have to get the Ig? How many doses?
 
I'm dealing with an herbivore that's a suspect rn... he didn't bite me but I did give him oral meds (wearing gloves) this week. I feel like my risk is really low but I'm euthanizing him on Monday (was supposed to be yesterday but owner couldn't transport his head to the lab until Monday so he's in quarantine rn). Currently experiencing anxiety about it but I also think if he was rabies + he would be dead by now. Just a lot of weirdness going on.

Did you only have to get the Ig? How many doses?
If you've been vaccinated before, you don't get ig. Just 2 vaccine boosters.
 
I'm dealing with an herbivore that's a suspect rn... he didn't bite me but I did give him oral meds (wearing gloves) this week. I feel like my risk is really low but I'm euthanizing him on Monday (was supposed to be yesterday but owner couldn't transport his head to the lab until Monday so he's in quarantine rn). Currently experiencing anxiety about it but I also think if he was rabies + he would be dead by now. Just a lot of weirdness going on.

Did you only have to get the Ig? How many doses?
Awww I’m really sorry, that’s super stressful. So, mine was a weird experience because I was 2/3 doses in for pre-exposure and then I got scratched by one of the like 15 baby raccoons I was intaking that day, we just decided to have me go for assessment and the hospital talked with someone from the CDC I think and ultimately elected to give me full PEP 🤪 so I got 2 doses, then ig and vaccine (x4). I was under the impression you only needed boosters if you have the pre-exposure series done, so you might avoid the ig!
 
If you've been vaccinated before, you don't get ig. Just 2 vaccine boosters.
Oh sick, this makes me less stressed honestly. There's an epidemiologist at the state vet's office who deals with rabies cases and I think they'll advise me further. I'll update yall if he comes up positive...:hurting:

I saw him on the 2nd for urine dribbling which raised alarm bells for me so I took precautions. Saw him again this week bc he got weirder. 1 in 1000000000 chance I was truly exposed but not willing to bet my life on that. Herbivores are weird, man.
 
Have any of you rabies-vaccinated folks out there had to go through post-exposure prophylaxis? Asking for a friend...:zombie:
yeah. i was prepping a euthanized raccoon for rabies testing and my hand slipped and i stuck myself with the scalpel. v embarrassing. happened only a couple months ago.

the anxiety was probably the worst part. the post-exposure was two vaccines three days apart. my first provider was super up to date on current guidelines, but the second provider didn’t realize there had been changes in recommendations, and insisted i needed five vaccines and was concerned and a little upset that i hadn’t gotten the immunoglobulin. so definitely be prepared to be your own advocate. he calmed down when i told him i’d check in with my primary care provider, who then looked up the updated guidelines and was like, okay you’re good.
 
I'm dealing with an herbivore that's a suspect rn... he didn't bite me but I did give him oral meds (wearing gloves) this week. I feel like my risk is really low but I'm euthanizing him on Monday (was supposed to be yesterday but owner couldn't transport his head to the lab until Monday so he's in quarantine rn). Currently experiencing anxiety about it but I also think if he was rabies + he would be dead by now. Just a lot of weirdness going on.
This is one of those situations they warn you about in school! A neurologic animal can have any number of diseases, quite a long list actually, and rabies is relatively uncommon in this country (especially for an owned animal, assuming it was vaccinated). But you don't want to be the vet that ignores or forgets about rabies, especially if you do end up euthanizing the animal. Reminds me of the story probably every vet student has heard by now...cow presents to teaching hospital for hypersalivation, everyone thought it was a choke so multiple clinicians and students stuck their arms down this cow's throat to try and move whatever it was choking on. Ended up being rabies with a bunch of people exposed.

Hoping everything works out for you, definitely keep us posted
 
Have any of you rabies-vaccinated folks out there had to go through post-exposure prophylaxis? Asking for a friend...:zombie:
I just recently had to get post exposure and had gotten pre exposure vaccines in 2018. Titer was still good in 2023 and was going to be rechecked this year, but I got bit in May by a recently previously outdoor semi-feral cat with no vx history. Since I had pre-exposure, I just needed 2 doses of the vaccine again, 3 days apart and no immunoglobulin since I had homemade Ig. Animal control never followed up on that so that was fun and I’m glad I didn’t wait for them to do so before getting vaccinated. Downside was my county’s health department had never dealt with this before and didn’t know what to do, nor did they even look up on the state website what to do and so they tried to tell me I needed the 4 dose series with the Ig. Neighboring county was much better to work with and even though the girl I was speaking with on the phone had never dealt with a pre-exposure vaccinated person actually looked on the state website and confirmed that I did only need the 2. That county also actually stocks an urgent care with the vx so I went there vs my county apparently you have to get a script from a dr (usually from er) and then they order the vx to the urgent care so that was also an extra hassle.
 
This is one of those situations they warn you about in school! A neurologic animal can have any number of diseases, quite a long list actually, and rabies is relatively uncommon in this country (especially for an owned animal, assuming it was vaccinated). But you don't want to be the vet that ignores or forgets about rabies, especially if you do end up euthanizing the animal. Reminds me of the story probably every vet student has heard by now...cow presents to teaching hospital for hypersalivation, everyone thought it was a choke so multiple clinicians and students stuck their arms down this cow's throat to try and move whatever it was choking on. Ended up being rabies with a bunch of people exposed.

Hoping everything works out for you, definitely keep us posted
Exactly, the owner had been caring for him so I'm more worried about her really. I was vaccinated in 2023 so unless my immune system failed its job entirely, I imagine I still have a good titer. I told her about rabies from the start but it seemed kind of far fetched when the complaint was urine dribbling. Technically the textbook says he should have died already if it is rabies too. Rabies is the only way I can connect all his clinical signs, but it's certainly not a slam dunk. Owner's husband is a MD and I think he convinced her to pull the plug.
 
Stupid cars. Reminds me of my Taurus from college that literally I paid to replace some belt on 4-5 times because it would make the most awful WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE as I drove. Every time it was replaced, it would come back in like a week. I eventually gave up and learned to listen to the radio very loudly 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Deodorant! It makes the squealing go away lol
 
I just turned down the job offer I talked about in here earlier. There was a pretty slim chance I'd be able to get into a rental where I could have my dog with me, and I would have had to commit to the job before knowing for sure about housing. I talked to my old boss before I did it, and she thought it was a great offer and should totally work out and asked me what more I'm looking for. Oh not much, just a salary that's high enough to afford pet friendly housing . . . I honestly think that since she never had to live on a postdoc salary that she has no frame of reference for what's possible on one. That's the only explanation I can think of for some of her advice. Oh well, now to send off a new round of job applications!
 
I truly do not understand birds. I’m doing research on birds on dairy farms, and they all (and I mean all) the birds disappeared from the farm today. Even the territorial pigeons were gone.

Like new research question; where the heck did they go?
 
I truly do not understand birds. I’m doing research on birds on dairy farms, and they all (and I mean all) the birds disappeared from the farm today. Even the territorial pigeons were gone.

Like new research question; where the heck did they go?
Birds Aren’t Real?
 
I truly do not understand birds. I’m doing research on birds on dairy farms, and they all (and I mean all) the birds disappeared from the farm today. Even the territorial pigeons were gone.

Like new research question; where the heck did they go?
They were onto you
 
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