Today was basically quite ordinary. I only saw one horse, and i feel pretty bad for him. He is a Stallion which means that he is a male who hasn't been gelded (neutered). He was sent away last year to Mexico for professional training. While in Mexico the people there tried to breed him. The mare to whom he was supposed to breed didn't want to be bred and so she kicked him. Now one of his testicles is larger than the other because she messed up the bloodstream and he has scar tissue all throughout the area. The question that the owners had was wether or not he would be fertile. The verdict was that Doc could either collect a sperm sample or they could just geld him. They went with just gelding him. He was such a pretty horse, almost a red gold color with a black mane and tail. His ears had a black tip and he had black stockings too. <3
Other than that my day was quite average. I got to help a little bit more though. I held 2 cats while Doc examined them. Both of them were really good during the exam, no scratching, no hissing, nothing. That was reassuring for me not having to go fight an angry cat to keep it in place so that it could be examined by Doc. I saw a lot of dogs getting checked up on for their allergies. When a dog has an allergic reaction to materials in the air the reactant is hard to determine so the dogs are given an allergy test that costs upwards of $300. Once that is complete the dogs then get shots designed specifically for them. I now know how to give a dog a shot because Doc had to tell a patient's owner so that he could give the shot to his dog. Anyways, after about a month of getting the shots (there is a specific schedule on the form that the owners are given) the dog then comes back to the Vet's so that Doc can see how they are reacting to the medicine, and how well it helps them.
Another thing I did today was feed some horses that are either Doc's or that are boarded at the clinic. It took forever to find them. they were in this side pasture that Whitney (the vet tech i work with on Wed) didn't look in at the first pass by. We then got to walk halfway through a large pasture in search of two horses, and when we didn't find them in the large pasture, we walked back to the barn and in front to see if they were waaaaay up there. They weren't. After that we got to walk almost all the way up to them to get them to follow up to their designated feeding spots. This all occurred after the storm cover had left and the sun had decided to come and make it not only humid, but hot and humid. fun fun.
Enough complaining. I do not have work on Fri, so i'll spend the time in between working on typing up my earlier adventures. The ones that occurred before I got this blog. Untill I actually find the time to type them up, good bye! and i hope you enjoy reading all about everything that goes on at the Vet clinic where I volunteer.
~Rebecca
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