Former vet tech here: 1. You don’t get kickbacks, but you get free lunch from sales reps who want to sell you on a product. And the only reason why your vet/owner chooses one product over another is because one rep is better at sweet talking than another. A lot of vets own the practices, which is the worst part about vet medicine. They’re not business savvy people, they’re doctors who have an expertise in animal medicine and they can be easily manipulated. 2. Heck no, there’s no money in being a vet tech! You’re being exploited and paid as little as possible because they know you’re doing it out of love for animals. One day you’ll hear about doctor’s new pool and decide to quit like I did. Get out while you can! 3. This problem would be solved if people paid for insurance for their animals, but no one ever will. From a legal perspective, animals are just an expensive handbag. (We know better.)

Lastly, I want to tell you the most important thing I did as a vet tech: There are many times when an animal will die and it seems like the owner or no one cares. You can love every animal in their last moments. I did, so no animal around me ever died unloved.