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Veterinarian here: ask me anything!

Howdy zooville!

I work as a mixed animal veterinarian, and am willing to answer any and all animal health questions you may have to the best of my ability. Keep in mind that I’m only one person, and my medical opinion is just that—an opinion, however well informed it may be.

Anything you’re curious about?

Edit: feel free to Dm me if needed!
I have only met one veterinarian (male) that was into zoo a little (only watching type), but it's an online friend not irl...
I have been thinking the last few days that i should study to be a Veterinarian myself -maybe next year i'll apply-

Any fellow zoo veterinarian you personally know? Lol it must be a whole topic of bioethics.
 
Any fellow zoo veterinarian you personally know? Lol it must be a whole topic of bioethics.
There’s a couple of us! But I think not super common, at least identifiable.

I don’t see it as a whole topic of bioethics profession wise, though it’s very important to get the ethics of being zoo straight for your own sanity and lifestyle as well as for the benefit of our community. But at work, I am not interacting with my patients any differently because I’m zoo any more than your human doctor would with patients. Self control, decency, respect, and professionalism are of course still major values regardless. Now I may be the best in my clinic at collecting dogs for semen preservation, but that’s just a measure of personal interest, skill, and pride in my craft ❤️
 
How to become a vet tech without going to a university? Do they have trade schools?
Hello,

It would be best to research your specific country, state, province, whatever. There are more and more places implementing controls on who can be a vet tech. You might still be able to be a vet assistant in those places but I wouldn't recommend that as a career choice unless you know of a practice that you can work at for life.

Generally you don't need a full degree to be a vet tech but again it is best to figure out the specifics based on where you live or plan to live. There are specialties within vet tech as well and they have their own requirements so again it is best to do some planning. You can always do more school later and if you end up working at an academic institution there will likely be programs to advance your education cheaply.

I would caution that being a vet tech is hard for animal lovers. You will see animals in all sorts of terrible situations. Owners that cannot or don't want to do things for their animals. Bad owners. Sick animals that can't be helped. You'll learn lots about insurance companies and products designed mostly to extract money from desperate people. You will get blamed for all sorts of things when owners have trouble processing grief. You will meet bad veterinarians and ones who are only there for the money. You might even have to work with some, possibly for a long time with no control over the situation. One day you'll find yourself relived that someone can't afford the surgery because it means you won't have to stay late and cancel those plans you had again.

It is a career that eats some people alive and could result in a lot of wasted time if it turns out it isn't for you. I would recommend volunteering or shadowing to get some real world experience before committing to schooling.
 
I all ways tell people you can learn for free, just volunteer, or bring a work crew a thing of coffee, I learned tons on our infrastructure systems, and I mean deep details, just by bringing service crews coffee on their breaks and talking to them, same idea, chat with people int he field, volunteer when one can and be amazed at the opportunities that arise!
Great point! And there's all sorts of associated professions that work closely with animals, even in the veterinary adjacent context, without being a vet tech or veterinarian, but some of them are not as visible. That's why shadowing is an excellent suggestion from @TwistedStallion.
 
There’s a couple of us! But I think not super common, at least identifiable.

I don’t see it as a whole topic of bioethics profession wise, though it’s very important to get the ethics of being zoo straight for your own sanity and lifestyle as well as for the benefit of our community. But at work, I am not interacting with my patients any differently because I’m zoo any more than your human doctor would with patients. Self control, decency, respect, and professionalism are of course still major values regardless. Now I may be the best in my clinic at collecting dogs for semen preservation, but that’s just a measure of personal interest, skill, and pride in my craft ❤️
Pride in ones craft is a wonderful thing! But decency, respect and professionalism are what define you as a practitioner and as a guide and guardian to your patients and their humans.
 
Which means that the campaign of sterilization isn't the primary culprit for all these stray dogs. If it worked, we wouldn't have them.
I agree 100% And my vets have always been supportive of me in the decisions ive made about my male dogs. They know me and they know that im responsible and im sure they deal with much weirder things that their clients feel strongly about (nutrition, vaccination, extendable leashes (!!))
 
Hey there!
Just curious to know if prostaglandins in human semen have the same effect on a dogs cervix as it does in a human? Inducing contractions and softening of the cervix, etc
And vice versa I guess - dog semen on a human cervix?!?!
 
Pride in ones craft is a wonderful thing! But decency, respect and professionalism are what define you as a practitioner and as a guide and guardian to your patients and their humans.
Indeed. It is also time for veterinary medicine to transition as a whole to the veterinarian being part of the team of people who devote themselves to an animal's care rather than the end all authority delivering unquestioned pronouncements from on high. But that's another soapbox entirely.
 
Hey there!
Just curious to know if prostaglandins in human semen have the same effect on a dogs cervix as it does in a human? Inducing contractions and softening of the cervix, etc
And vice versa I guess - dog semen on a human cervix?!?!
This is an excellent question. Let me do some perusing of the literature -- not as familiar with human semen composition or receptors -- and get back to ya!
 
Indeed. It is also time for veterinary medicine to transition as a whole to the veterinarian being part of the team of people who devote themselves to an animal's care rather than the end all authority delivering unquestioned pronouncements from on high. But that's another soapbox entirely.
It is a good soapbox to stand on and I’m interested in listening to you speak from it.

I live in a fairly rural part of the northeast and I mostly deal with vets who are parts of small owner operated practices. I have had to deal with large corporate veterinary practices for specialized care (having giant breed dogs,it’s part of the deal). I love our vets and we get very good care that is given with great love and care from the doctors and their whole team. But I also understand the tremendous toll that this model takes on the people working in it.
 
Howdy zooville!

I work as a mixed animal veterinarian, and am willing to answer any and all animal health questions you may have to the best of my ability. Keep in mind that I’m only one person, and my medical opinion is just that—an opinion, however well informed it may be.

Anything you’re curious about?

Edit: feel free to Dm me if needed!
I thought my african grey was a boy until I found an egg in the bottom of the cage yesterday, her butts been sore and she keeps pooping it's like constant. I gave her a bath think she'll be alrighty?
 
How can I get my cat to shut the fuck up? I love him to death, but he is FAR too vocal.

Within 15 seconds of me walking in the door the other day, he meowed 11 times, and didn't stop after that. If I leave the room, he yowls. He's woken me up in the middle of the night yowling. He'll get off my lap or he'll get up from lying on top of me in bed and go into a different room and just start doing it for no reason.

I've taken him to different vets multiple times. They can't find anything wrong with him and I'm seriously losing my patience with him. It's literally affecting my mental health at this point.
Lol satire right?
 
Howdy zooville!

I work as a mixed animal veterinarian, and am willing to answer any and all animal health questions you may have to the best of my ability. Keep in mind that I’m only one person, and my medical opinion is just that—an opinion, however well informed it may be.

Anything you’re curious about?

Edit: feel free to Dm me if needed!
Mi primera esposa es veterinaria y siempre quise que tuviese sexo con perros: los que estaban en casa y cualquier otro, incluso de clientes de su negocio. Pero siempre fue reticente con eso, incluso me mandó a la mierd@ y la relación se enfrío por varias semanas.

My first wife is a veterinarian and I always wanted her to have sex with dogs: those at home and any others, even clients of her business. But she was always reticent about it, she even told me to go to hell and the relationship cooled down for several weeks.
 
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Hey there!
Just curious to know if prostaglandins in human semen have the same effect on a dogs cervix as it does in a human? Inducing contractions and softening of the cervix, etc
And vice versa I guess - dog semen on a human cervix?!?!
So. I spent forever trying to find ya an answer in the literature and am not coming up with anything. PGE2, which is the type of prostaglandin you are referring to, does the same general things in humans and in dogs—based on what I could find, it’s essentially the same compound in both. That being said, there’s probably a whole host of other proteins present in cross species stuff that prevent it from binding to the correct receptor I would think.

I don’t have a conclusive answer for ya, maybe someone can chime in with more biochemistry knowledge than I have. ❤️
 
I thought my african grey was a boy until I found an egg in the bottom of the cage yesterday, her butts been sore and she keeps pooping it's like constant. I gave her a bath think she'll be alrighty?
As in “constantly making the motion” of pooping or actually doing so? She could be egg bound.
 
Mi primera esposa es veterinaria y siempre quise que tuviese sexo con perros: los que estaban en casa y cualquier otro, incluso de clientes de su negocio. Pero siempre fue reticente con eso, incluso me mandó a la mierd@ y la relación se enfrío por varias semanas.

My first wife is a veterinarian and I always wanted her to have sex with dogs: those at home and any others, even clients of her business. But she was always reticent about it, she even told me to go to hell and the relationship cooled down for several weeks.
I don’t think it’s ethical to have sex with business clients as a vet any more than it would be as a human physician. My definition of zoo is more of a sexual orientation, not a set of practices, and as such you can’t force it on anyone else—and shouldn’t be doing so. If you’re in a relationship with someone who isn’t zoo, repeatedly asking them about it isn’t the right way to go about things in a healthy way.
 
So. I spent forever trying to find ya an answer in the literature and am not coming up with anything. PGE2, which is the type of prostaglandin you are referring to, does the same general things in humans and in dogs—based on what I could find, it’s essentially the same compound in both. That being said, there’s probably a whole host of other proteins present in cross species stuff that prevent it from binding to the correct receptor I would think.

I don’t have a conclusive answer for ya, maybe someone can chime in with more biochemistry knowledge than I have. ❤️
Sounds like some testing of the female canine reproductive system's receptor activity to human sourced prostaglandins with repeated exposure to human semen is in order! I volunteer my services for such a study!;)
 
Can someone tell if like a male dog had sex with a woman?
Most folks are not keyed in to even basic canine behavior. Additionally, your dog is going to know “walking outdoors among people” isn’t the appropriate place to have sex, and probably won’t even do so—too many things to sniff!

Regarding having visitors over, dogs are smart, and can absolutely be taught when asking for sex is okay and when it isn’t. If you have a certain location, or a certain towel/material/what have you that you use each time, then when it’s not there, you shouldn’t have issues. ❤️

Other folks can also chime in with what works for them—I’m sure plenty of people have experience with how they worked with their companions to figure out how to have a well adjusted happy dog!
 
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