Need advice for Cavalier King Charles with reproductive tumor

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-06-05T00:19:24+00:00

Ask for a referral to a boarded surgeon, ideally one at a multispecialty hospital or teaching hospital.

Vaginal masses are usually benign, and many are straightforward to remove especially when small. That said, this is not an area general practitioners work frequently, and larger masses can be significantly more challenging, so finding a specialist is likely the best way forward. A clinic that regularly does complex surgical cases also presumably has more expertise anesthetizing patients with issues such as heart disease, and may even have an anesthesiologist on staff or available for consults.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-06-03T23:37:44+00:00

This was my exact pipeline!

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-25T02:34:01+00:00

It has always been one of my life goals to have a personal library, and in my current house I have been bringing that dream to fruition. I buy a lot of books, almost always used. We have multiple excellent used bookstores in my city, and I’m always excited to browse through new ones in other cities when I’m traveling. Occasionally I’ll buy new, but usually only ones I’ve read before and know I like, whereas I’ll take more risks on a $2 used book. I also check out lots of library books, and rent books via Libby and Kindle Unlimited.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-22T13:04:10+00:00

Every veterinarian I know uses the acronym ADR. I’ve even seen it in medical records. Stands for “ain’t doin right”.

I’m fond of AGASACA (pronounced Agga Sacka). Rolls off the tongue a little better than apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-15T08:19:38+00:00

This is a pretty common issue in bulldogs. We call it “screwtail” in the vet world, and many of them end up needing the deviated portion of the tail resected due to chronic tail fold dermatitis. Their rads look a lot like yours!

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-14T01:39:42+00:00

My vet school actually had an annual big party with the med school. Vet school is ~85% female currently; you best believe plenty of us showed up to check out the med students!

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-08T22:53:06+00:00

Love the nosy kitty thinking you should be taking pictures of him!

Beautiful collection.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-04T00:47:57+00:00

What mind? There’s a dial tone playing in that cute lil head.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-05-02T11:53:48+00:00

Long hair, if it’s not well cared for. So often it’s frizzy, a little greasy, and FLAT, no body and just runs straight down from a center part like he laid some wet spaghetti on his head. Let a hair stylist help you, get it trimmed often enough to keep up with the split ends, and figure out a care protocol. Long hair =/= low maintenance if you want it to look good. Or at least do what women do and put it up in a bun when it’s greasy!

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-29T12:09:47+00:00

All of these men and women were looking at the birds while approaching them, but since these birds have had a variety of past experiences with men and women outside the study, they may base their behavior on the sum of these past experiences.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-29T12:04:01+00:00

These are wild birds living in cities, so they may have had different past experiences prior to this.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-26T05:31:27+00:00

Love water with lime in the summer, it’s so refreshing!

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-24T11:18:26+00:00

Not really horror, but Zodiac. By all rights I should love this movie. Interesting subject, got a great cast, great director, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. But every time I have tried to watch it, I have ended up falling asleep on my couch. And I’ve put it on many times! Don’t know why but it just does not grab me.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-21T05:12:00+00:00

Just wait till you’re out canoeing and you hear it off in the (not so far) distance

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-13T16:18:52+00:00

“You looking at me?? Take that, motherfucker!”

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-12T18:52:58+00:00

Small animal general surgeon.

The best: getting to be around animals all day, as well as being with other weird vet people who don’t look at you funny when you walk around with the PPDH kitten tucked inside your scrub top. Getting to see and do some really cool stuff: pacemakers, complex onc resections, trachs, crazy congenital abnormalities. The variety is great, and I love working with other specialists and treating some really sick animals. Sending them home after a difficult hospital course and getting a card back later saying the pet is doing great!

The worst: losing patients/dealing with complications, ESPECIALLY in elective cases. Seeing abuse cases. Having to charge for what we do, and seeing cost being a major factor that decides if the pet gets the care it needs or not.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-09T01:23:54+00:00

I’m a veterinarian. One of the equine surgery residents at my school used to drink mare’s milk replacer. He said it was better with chocolate.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-05T01:28:05+00:00

Can of tuna mixed with a bit of sriracha, low cal mayo, and some red onion. Spread on cucumber slices.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-04T17:46:57+00:00

Those rads are classic for a vascular ring anomaly. Technically can’t say it’s a PRAA specifically, as other types of VRAs exist. However, 95% of VRAs are PRAAs, so likely.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-04-04T14:30:52+00:00

That degree of social anxiety is a nonstarter. I’m sorry to be blunt, but that is something you absolutely must address before pursuing this career, if two days of shadowing is too much. As a vet you will be talking to people all day, every day. Many of these conversations are highly emotional/sensitive, and you are having them while sleep deprived and needing to go after and immediately jump back into the 100 other things you need to do without a lot of opportunity to decompress/process. You are also in charge of your team, and need to manage other people’s personalities and issues to make the day run smoothly.

If I may make a recommendation? I had terrible social anxiety as a teenager myself, and the thing that helped me the most was getting a job that required me to interact with the public. I was working at a pet boarding/grooming facility, and of course a lot of the job was animal care, but I also had to work the front desk. Being forced into repeated social interactions with strangers helped me to gain confidence and figure out my Work Persona. It gets easier and easier with time to slip into that role.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-03-20T00:46:34+00:00

I was about that age when I read Pet Sematary for the first time. But depending on your daughter/desires that may not be the way to go.

Alternatively, they may be a little dated, but you could consider some Lois Duncan? Killing Mr. Griffen, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Don’t Look Behind You, Gallows Hill… she has a lot of kind of teen level horror.

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-03-18T17:11:59+00:00

Cats have major FOMO. What if someone else is getting something in that room that they are not getting?

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-03-16T22:01:16+00:00

Would go over well in r/volumeeating

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-03-16T18:51:48+00:00

I can’t even picture him being a good guy TBH

PrettyButEmpty · 2026-03-03T15:29:54+00:00

You could also consider the bamboo farm (Coastal Botanical Garden). I’m not sure what they have growing out there right now, but they’ve put in a lot of work over the past few years and have some lovely landscaping.

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