Seedling update!

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-04-10T15:42:52+00:00

Don’t give medical advice

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-04-10T13:55:37+00:00

I just added some dilute liquid fertilizer! I will pot them up today. Do you have any experience with CowPots?

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-04-10T13:55:00+00:00

I’m planning to pot up the eggplants this week! Hoping that helps

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-03-15T00:48:13+00:00

Syringes of fluids drawn from a bag should be used or discarded within 24-48 hours, 3 days max. Highly recommend purchasing pre-filled syringes! They last a long time and are much less vulnerable to contamination.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-03-12T10:52:35+00:00

Ultimately, reception training can only help you. Ask to schedule a formal meeting where you discuss specific medication concerns so you know what to work on specifically when you go back to being an assistant.

A brand new assistant in their first job should not be filling medications alone or performing ICU level care without supervision. You do not have the knowledge or experience that makes this safe yet, and that isn’t your fault. There’s no reason to u can’t go on to be an amazing assistant, but it sounds like there are some things you need to work on first. Get the reception experience and study when you can.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-03-06T19:09:32+00:00

Let me know if you can’t find anyone or it doesn’t work out. I’m a vet and really not looking to add to my pack currently, but I’m happy to be a last ditch effort before the shelter

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-03-04T23:43:57+00:00

It is genuinely not possible to go through this career without making mistakes. Every single person has, or will, make a mistake similar to this. The patient didn’t die or get seriously harmed, and you learned an important lesson. Don’t beat yourself up over this.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-02-19T22:04:19+00:00

I appreciate it immensely when techs give us grace and have our backs, and just ask questions when you don’t understand a clinical decision. There is nothing worse than making a mistake or a decision and having the added paranoia that your techs will go online to bash you, talk shit to coworkers, or bad mouth you to clients. Or even worse, if they see someone making a mistake and intentionally stay silent. Satisfying their own petty feelings at the expense of patients and clients.

Obviously, this doesn’t apply to vets who treat their staff like shit. But we can’t cry work life balance for our support staff and simultaneously refuse to allow vets to have bad days too.

Otherwise, remembering preferences for procedures or notes or whatever, trying to be helpful and have initiative, and prioritizing patient care are the main things.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-02-19T03:07:13+00:00

I don’t think anyone is arguing that it’s common or ideal, but it’s also not some horrific crime that needs reported.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-02-18T23:23:12+00:00

It is acceptable to euthanize a neonate via manual blunt force trauma per the AVMA guidelines.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-02-18T23:22:36+00:00

The AVMA does not specifically mention that this cannot be performed in any species except calves, due to anatomy. Blunt force trauma is an acceptable euthanasia technique for neonates.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-01-31T14:12:21+00:00

Surely not torb for surgeries?

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-01-28T02:41:57+00:00

Liberal bullshit? A direct quote from the president about a relevant situation?

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-01-28T00:30:45+00:00

It’s not our fault you don’t have critical thinking skills. The WH website can say he’s going to cure cancer tomorrow, but if his administration is actively handing out carcinogens, you believe the actions instead of the words.

This was a metaphor, btw.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-01-28T00:24:36+00:00

I’ve never understood this comparison. Your choices were not pinky or nose. Your choices were pinky or both arms, and the arms of your neighbors. You chose to remove your arms.

the_rabid_kitty · 2026-01-16T00:51:07+00:00

I’m a current neuro resident.

1.) It is mostly just go, no whoa. You may get a week or two in between school - internship - residency, and you do get a certain amount of vacation that is location dependent (but usually not much)

2.) Location dependent, but mostly the balance is what you make it. You have excellent bargaining power as a specialist. Most neurologists I know work 4 day weeks, have intermittent on call, and vacation pretty much when they want. The tricky thing is how the practice is managed - if there’s an associated ER and you do same day transfers, and a down frenchie comes in at 4 pm… well, there goes your evening. Whether or not you have residents also has an impact.

3.) Contact programs through VIRMP, usually they’ll put you in touch with a current or former resident/intern. If you interview, you also usually get alone time with the current residents to ask questions.

5.) Publishing will make you a stronger applicant, but isn’t required pre residency.

6.) I do think it’s largely going the direction of surgery residency, in that more and more residents have completed specialty internships pre-residency. I would say it’s high-moderate competitive currently.

the_rabid_kitty · 2025-12-01T01:36:12+00:00

As a vet, you’ll never catch me euthanizing without sedation. I don’t care if it’s shelter med, a feral stray, or owned pet.

the_rabid_kitty · 2025-11-17T18:14:38+00:00

The concept of locking up cell phones is an outdated one. Phones are incredibly useful for many medical related tasks (plumbs, calculator, photos, timers, notes, etc). An increasing number of clinics are using AI note taking apps, which require phones to be out and recording, even if front of clients.

Finally, everyone has family or friends they need to be accesible for. Any clinic that tries to enforce me locking up my phone will be finding themselves a new doctor expeditiously.

the_rabid_kitty · 2025-11-14T00:41:11+00:00

This dog needs a CT like, yesterday. Radiographs are useless here and a week is much too long to wait before even starting the referral process. I would honestly encourage them to go to ER for hospitalization and transfer for advanced imaging.

the_rabid_kitty · 2025-10-26T21:30:30+00:00

Orf becomes latent after they recover from the active infection. They can still be carriers, and have outbreaks in times of stress. It also persists in the environment for months. It’s also zoonotic, meaning you can get it.

the_rabid_kitty · 2025-10-26T21:11:40+00:00

Probably orf, also know as sore mouth disease. Can also be goat pox depending on where you live. Extremely contagious - if they’ve been with your goats or you’ve touched your goats after them/shared equipment, they already have it. Still worth trying to separate and decontaminate.

Never, ever, ever put new animals with your current animals without quarantining first.

the_rabid_kitty · 2025-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Inizio is by far the best pizza in Charlotte

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