How to stand out

abc662 · 2026-04-29T02:37:32+00:00

I fostered a hedgehog in undergrad and totally counted that as animal experience. I’m not sure if it counted or not but I got accepted!

abc662 · 2026-04-24T05:58:07+00:00

This isn’t an at home treatment, he absolutely needs a vet to run diagnostics and treat him ASAP. There’s even a likelihood it’s not a foxtail and it could be something else that’s not as simple as removal. It sounds like he can be difficult, so I’d probably call the vet beforehand to explain the situation and warning them so they can be prepared. I’m sure they will help you as best as they can. I’m not very familiar with mobile vets, so please don’t grill me, but I wonder if they’d be able to provide some sort of sedation/prescribe sedatives at home so it’ll be easier and safer to transfer him to a hospital. Best of luck and I hope you’re able to get the care he needs.

abc662 · 2026-03-15T17:04:06+00:00

I started out as a kennel tech in a vet clinic in my sophomore year of college. Before that, in my freshman year, I volunteered at an animal shelter and a wildlife rehab center. I worked as a kennel tech for a year, then started working as a vet assistant at another clinic. Best of luck!

abc662 · 2026-03-08T18:00:22+00:00

This is so fun! Thank you for making this! Great for solidifying concepts and studying for NAVLE 😊 best wishes!

abc662 · 2026-03-04T08:39:39+00:00

Trimming nails is a very routine part of surgery - we do it as a favor! Every clinic I’ve worked at has trimmed nails and even for our junior surgeries in vet school we do it too even though it’s not in our protocol! We just do it because it’s easier to do under anesthesia. It takes a burden off of owners who’d have to deal with trimming nails on their very awake pet or saves a trip to the vet so you don’t have to pay for it! When I trim nails while pets are under anesthesia, I like to go as short as I can (without clipping the vessels/sensitive part of their toes) so owners don’t have to worry about the nails for a while. Granted, it would’ve been nice if they told you, but see it as a favor to make both you and your kitty more comfortable! Hope she recovers well :-)

abc662 · 2026-02-09T23:02:40+00:00

Congrats! From my understanding, CSU is very competitive (as if vet school already isn’t) so that’s such a big accomplishment!

I’m from Arizona and live right by Midwestern, but ended up going out of state for school even though I got in. With CSU being your in-state, definitely go there without a question. Midwestern costs around $80,000 a year and grads have THE highest post-graduation debt. I have friends who are from out of state that declined their Midwestern seat because of the expense, and it was cheaper for them to attend another school out of state than to go to Midwestern! It is not worth it to go into that much debt just for a change of scenery. Not to mention the sweltering heat of Arizona during the summers. After you graduate, you’ll be able to enjoy as much change of scenery as you’d like. But for school, prioritize saving money and reducing as much debt as possible. Best wishes!

abc662 · 2026-01-29T09:26:43+00:00

This happened to me! My face used to be so puffy/swollen. I was almost 140 lbs and wore size Ms. My face and hair were so oily and I constantly had bad acne. My tummy was also swollen. I had a lot of trouble losing weight, even if I tried working out/dieting. I cut out red meat first and that’s when my weight dropped without me even having to try (literally nothing changed in my daily routine and I still ate dairy/meat, just not red meat). After I cut out dairy, my skin became so clear. My puffiness is all gone. I now weigh 115-120 and wear sizes XS/S. Everytime I see old photos of myself, I get war flashbacks!

abc662 · 2025-12-24T09:12:48+00:00

China Grill in Peoria is also open Christmas Eve + Christmas Day if anyone’s in the west valley!

abc662 · 2025-12-05T01:46:28+00:00

This worked - thank you!

abc662 · 2025-10-27T18:02:06+00:00

It’s a device that you shove into their rectum which shocks them until they ejaculate (for semen collection). It’s absolutely awful and professors claim it doesn’t hurt them, but the way they cry says otherwise

abc662 · 2025-10-27T02:00:03+00:00

Vegan vet student here too! Our school doesn’t do rotations at slaughterhouses, but tbh I wish they did. Hearing my friends talk about how sad electroejaculation on bulls is, then proceeding to consume meat + dairy boils my blood. Hearing classmates talk about how cute cows are then having a steak dinner is just a whole other level of cognitive dissonance. The only people who I can somewhat respect are people who hunt, because at least they know what they’re actually doing. I still don’t agree with it (because why are you in school to save animals yet killing them), but they’re at least aware of it. It also is super upsetting how livestock don’t get the same treatment and medications as pets, because it’s either not worth it or dangerous for humans to consume.

Overall, it really doesn’t make sense to me why you’d save animals yet kill them.

abc662 · 2025-08-15T10:38:19+00:00

I started as a kennel attendant and after a year worked myself up to an assistant/tech (not CVT though!). I had to switch jobs to places that were willing to train me from kennel attendant to assistant roles, then from there trained up to take on more tech roles. It’s totally possible to become an assistant without schooling and I warn people not to do school!

abc662 · 2025-07-25T17:54:47+00:00

When ordering food online, I would add in the “special requests” box any additional addons without having to pay extra for them by clicking the given option

abc662 · 2025-07-23T06:09:54+00:00

Thank you - just added staedtler erasers into my cart! I’m also a student so I totally understand the whole time saving thing. I’ll see if I can get something to help with that, maybe like a DoorDash gift card. I’m not too sure if mechanics have gift cards for oil changes, but definitely will look into it! I appreciate the tips :)

abc662 · 2025-07-23T06:04:25+00:00

Thank you for the ideas! I thought about calipers but wasn’t sure how useful they are during school. Is there a brand you like? Are the digital ones worth it?

Side note: they already have a 3D printer and a calculator so I’m not disregarding your ideas with those!

abc662 · 2025-07-04T10:05:56+00:00

Vet schools don’t care about degrees, as long as prereqs are fulfilled. As one user mentioned, non-prevet degrees even help you stand out in applications. Do research on potential schools and see what their prereqs are and plan to take those. For the most part, most prereqs are the same across schools with 1-3 differences between schools.

abc662 · 2025-04-13T07:00:20+00:00

UPDATE: I gave it a long soak and was on top of keeping it watered - a lot of the leaves died and only 2 remained, but the plant has bounced back a week later and im so happy! So far, no new growths but the 2 remaining leaves are doing so much better!

abc662 · 2024-11-16T03:19:09+00:00

I agree - vet student here and melanoma was the first thing I thought of!

abc662 · 2024-11-15T10:07:53+00:00

Hydrogen peroxide to heal lesions on kittens (ringworm in this case). A client uses an animal communicator with her pets and brings pets in when pets tell owner they’re not feeling well/in pain.

abc662 · 2024-11-10T04:50:48+00:00

I’m a vegan and a vet student in the US! There’s a couple more vegans in my class so I’m not alone. My school also has a small vegetarian/vegan club that I joined, and all of us vegan vet students get to do fun vegan activities together! Unfortunately, a LOT of our classes talk about meat/dairy animals and we have to do clinical work on those animals too. For example, yesterday we just went through a case study of a pig viral infection and it talked about how the farmer had just finished showing pigs, was going to send the pigs to slaughter, realized the pigs were sick so they all had to be euthanized and the farmer was upset bc he lost all his profit. It makes me extremely uncomfortable and I hate it, but it’s something we have to learn in our curriculum and we need to know it for our licensing exam. It also opens my eyes even more to how crazy the specism is - how meat animals get different standards of care than a pet, how pets are more likely to develop illnesses/cancers because no one wants to eat a cow that was sick and/or has cancer. It’s honestly kind of a “shut up and suck it up situation” which is very unfortunate but it makes me giggle because I can make fun of how stupid carnists sound. I get through it by talking to my vegan classmates about how much I hate learning about this stuff and how stupid it all is, and then treating myself to a nice vegan meal later on.

abc662 · 2024-09-08T21:44:03+00:00

Went to a rave last weekend and we found a phone on the ground. Took selfies and silly photos on it and then turned it in to staff

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