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Well everyone, I performed my first ever cetacean ultrasound today!
My “patient” is in excellent health, and this session was meant merely as practice both for me and for her—ensuring she remains comfortable holding still for scans. Because whales and dolphins are too big for manual palpation or x-rays, ultrasound is how veterinarians visualize their internal organs and ensure they remain healthy. Cetaceans in human care routinely receive ultrasound scans to monitor their health, even if they are not ill or pregnant.
And it’s a great example of cooperative care! Unlike dogs and cats, which have to be sedated or manually restrained by humans in order to get diagnostic ultrasound images, cetaceans in human care are trained to float in place while the veterinarian places the ultrasound probe on them. They are free to leave the session at any time. And there’s no need for ultrasound gel, because the water acts in its place!
(Photo not of me… published by Georgia Aquarium when their beluga Whisper was pregnant with her calf Shila)
All in all, a great end to my externship!
#very sad to leave… but I’m heading directly to my next externship tomorrow!#another aza facility with cetaceans#my third and final externship will actually be right after I graduate because I couldn’t fit it into my clinical year#whales#dolphins#belugas#orcas#cetaceans#marine mammals#animal training#animal husbandry#vet med#zoo med#aquatic med#vet school#vet student#externships
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#daily bug#practice project#bug#art#photo#mixed medium#digital art#my zoo#dairy cow isopod#isopod#zoo med#zoo med jelly cups#brown sugar jelly cup#bgu#oc#sona#bugsona#implied death
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I cannot stop thinking about this fish at Denver Zoo getting a CT scan.
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modern au laios would 100% be a zookeeper. i feel like they'd start him with mucking out the monkey pits but hes so good with kids that they eventually just let him do shows and demonstrations. actually where's the dungeon meshi we bought a zoo au
#dungeon meshi#laios touden#senshi runs the hot dog stand but theres a million menu items that arent hotdogs and they all take 30 minutes#marcille is a volunteer receptionist shes doing this for an essay for her university course and then falls in love with falin#falins a vet (she dropped out of med school to become a vet work at the zoo)#izutsumi well. shes a middle school kid who comes to visit the panther exhibit everyday because thats her#who when in high school despite her best efforts and how lame she thinks the crew is (teenager) starts working the summers there#chilchuck is the guy who used to take his kids there and then got in an argument with marcille about ticket pricing and profits so#he started doing their finances because he solemnly believes the zoo would go under the original financial management (not wrong)
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for my birthday last year my family adopted an animal from chester zoo for me so I get a free ticket to go and after several failed attempts im finally going this heat is not gonna fucking stop me today
#i haven't been in years im gonna go see the doggies and kittie cats#last time I tried i had a seizure but now im on new meds i seem to be better#it used to be a free trip to chester zoo and blue planet aquarium with my college#and it was a highlight for me#brought a bottle of suntan lotion and got my mask for indoors
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Working on the egg crate foundation for the crabitat today, and got my canister filter and water heater 🦀 getting so excited about this build.
#read so so so so so got damn much about canister filters and a lot of fish forums said this turtle filter is best#for what im specifically making.. also apparently this turtle clean 15 filter is identical to the zoo med 'nano 10' canister filter#loke like literally the same thing just one is marketed towards turtles and one is marketed for nano tanks#and for some reason the nano tank one is $20 more??? someone on a fish forum said they even called zoo med and theyre like#yeah its the same filter#🥴#crabitat paludarium
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going to meet up w another man tonight
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I do miss petting a rhino every day at work
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we’re supposed to be getting a new Big Friend later today :-)
#by big friend I mean a 4 year old great dane#one of my coworker’s friends is rehoming her and they’re supposed to be dropping her off this afternoon#thank god for vet med discounts my house is literally a zoo
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grown ass adult with a pharmacy degree acting like a high school bully to local 20-something because ae needs brain meds what do
#yelling into the void#i phrased this like a shitpost but don't be fooled i am livid#pharmacy#discrimination??? i guess????#mf you're nearing 60 and have a fucking degree how about you get over yourself and not give af about the meds someone needs to live#i sure don't see him looking people who need heart medication or painkillers or antispasmodics or literally any other med up and down#like they're some fucking zoo animal#would i jab a grown adult in the eye? maybe#advice welcome#including but not limited to setting his car on fire
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A little win... yesterday was my last day at the zoo. I had to give a half-hour presentation (to a much larger group than I'd anticipated), and I was extremely anxious about what I'd prepared. But it went very well, and several people told me afterwards how informative it was! Which I really needed to hear after struggling so much with my confidence this past month.
#including the head keeper for the department#one of the senior techs#and the residents#positivity#zoo med#vet student
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#vent moment#im so#fucking bored#not normal people bored im adhd depression bored#nothing like absolutely nothing seems interesting#i've been drawing and playing games and playing instruments and watching stuff and petting cats and crocheting#and nothing makes me happy#yesterday i went to the zoo and even that didn't make me happy#I'm also on my period and i'm quitting my ssri meds so this is a fun cocktail of shittiness#im sad and angry and numb and empty#and deeply lonely#and dysphoric#i feel like im unloveable#ok bye delete later
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It seems like my new hive medication might work okay, but since I'm only taking it in the mornings I've been breaking out at night/in the morning before I take it. Plus I'm not sure if all the zyrtec is out of my system yet so that might be where some of the breakouts are coming from, I'm hoping my immune system chills out in the next few days :/
I'm only on day 2 of the new meds though so hopefully it works better when more of it's in my system 🤞
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do you think ancient amaurot had adhd meds
#thetis definitely has adhd and i think it would be hysterical for them to be rambling & for someone to then just. silently.#hand them their meds.#thetis midway through a 12k word spoken essay about why proto carbuncle is cute actually getting hit with the 'did u forget ur meds'#theyd have adhd meds. if adhd meds were real in amaurot. mostly just for when they actuqlly have to work#which is daily. thetis shut the FUCK up this is not a zoo
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contains: poly!ateez x gn!reader, soft ateez taking care of u, non-verbal and self-isolating reader, implied depressed/chronically ill reader
you: babies i think it’s better if you don’t come over tonight
joong: Everything ok?
minmin: but im hungry and u said u’d make dinner :(
woo: WE’RE HUNGRY!!! OM NOM NOM
you: just not feeling it tonight. sorry
You shut your phone off with guilt weighing in your heart. You had promised your boys a nice home-made dinner after a hard week full of non-stop practicing. You knew they’d been looking forward to it the entire week, the stress-free time they’d get to spend with you, but, there’s a pit in your stomach that’s been growing the past week and now it’s big enough to stop you from doing anything else but wallow in your thoughts. Now the guilt just adds to it.
There’s times when you don’t have energy for anything. Not even for your favorite people on Earth and it’s simply your body’s fault. At least you try to tell yourself that.
There’s no response to your last message and you sent it an hour ago. Usually you’d be suspicious about the lack of whining and bickering, but you’re just too tired to worry as fatigue fogs your senses. You’re set for a night of self-pity when your front door unlocks, myriads of voices barging in and breaking the calm of your apartment. You already feel a headache coming on as Wooyoung, like usual, argues about whatever hill he’s chosen to die on.
You want to get up to greet them, but somethings stopping you. The pit in your stomach almost weighs you down, your limbs too heavy to move now. You sigh and surrender to your body’s fatigue.
Seonghwa watches you with a sad look on his face. He knows all the tell-tale signs of your sad ruts by now, the most obvious of all being when you go out of your way to isolate yourself. It hurts him because he wants to help you, but he‘s not quite sure how to do it right with you.
“Sweet thing,” he coos quietly and lays a gentle hand atop yours, “how do you feel?”
His attention turns a switch on in you, feeling yourself melt against his soft touch and caring voice. You shrug, feeling a loss of words. You don’t really have any to describe how you feel. Or rather, there’s a boulder in your throat stopping you from even attempting to say anything.
Hongjoong and San walk over, the latter immediately scooping you up into his arms despite Seonghwa’s protests. Hongjoong leans over the back of the couch, carding his fingers through your hair and tutting at the state you’re in.
“You’re not getting rid of us that easy, you know,” he mumbles.
San looks right at you even if you won’t meet his eyes, trying his best to communicate the worry he has because he knows words don’t work with you when you’re like this. Seonghwa flicks San’s forehead, pulling a loud noise of protest out of him, “Aren’t you supposed to be helping in the kitchen?”
San responds by pulling you tightly against him and closing his eyes in bliss. Seonghwa grumbles something about disrespect, but walks away to help in the kitchen himself. It’s starting to feel a little warm with San’s irresistible need to touch you and Hongjoong’s eyes not once leaving your form. It gets unbearably hot when you feel Mingi’s lips against the crown of your head, Wooyoung doing the same and immediately jumping into gently scolding you for pushing them away.
Hongjoong wants to agree but he knows it’s not what you need right now. He shushes Wooyoung, “Did you take your meds yet?”
You shake your head. Yunho walks up to you, bending down to hand you your medicine with a kind smile on his face. He takes your hand in his when you swallow your pills, kissing each of your knuckles gently, as if he fears scaring you away.
“Here.” Yeosang passes you a glass of water. There’s eight pairs of eyes on you and you can feel each one. It’s like they’re watching a zoo animal on display and you’d laugh at the thought in any other circumstance.
Jongho stands across you, intently staring you down, “You know you can’t just expect us to leave you alone, right?”
San pulls your head into his chest and throws protective arms over you as if you’re a kid getting a scolding, “Don’t be mean.”
Jongho is about to retort before Seonghwa stops him, “Ok! Ok, what Jongho means,” he kneels down next to Yunho with a gentle expression aimed at you, “Is that we want to help you, sweetheart. And it’s hard to do that when you don’t allow us to,”
Yeosang scratches at his neck as he finds the words, “We know it’s hard for you to do that, but…”
Hongjoong continues for him, “We’re just asking that you try at least. Okay?”
You hesitantly nod into San’s chest and you feel him let out a sigh of relief. Wooyoung speaks up from behind you, “You’re hogging ‘em, Sannie,”
He shakes his head violently and hugs you tighter, “No ‘m not.”
Mingi grimaces, “You totally are.”
It’s all-out war again and your body shakes between theirs as each one tries to take you for themselves. San’s still got a good grip on you as Yunho, Seonghwa, and Jongho fight to pull him off of you. Wooyoung and Mingi stand back and argue with San, really the only thing they’re good for. Hongjoong and Yeosang grimace and watch the events unfold, only waiting to step in if they notice you get overwhelmed.
But you don’t. You feel warm and loved and happy, and there’s a bubble of laughter forming in your throat and surpassing the boulder that was stuck in you before. You’ll take it one step at a time, and they’ll take that step with you.
bom note: this is for the gays with chronic fear of being emotionally vulnerable. i tried to make readers issues as vague as possible for u. Also realistically i would not want 8 men all up in my space when im in one of these moods but it’s fantasy ok shhh
#ateez#ateez x reader#ateez imagines#ateez fic#ateez oneshot#ateez fluff#ateez scenarios#ateez fanfic#poly ateez x reader#seonghwa x reader#hongjoong x reader#yunho x reader#yeosang x reader#san x reader#mingi x reader#wooyoung x reader#jongho x reader
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Hi I thought it might be easier to turn off anon, but holy shit solo surgery in a year?! I'd be absolutely terrified, I feel far from capable at this point. At the end of this year we'll have our practical exams and I'm scaaaared.
In the waiting period I'll probably look for a job as a vet assistant, or maybe just something totally different to take a break for a year. If I manage to make enough money I'll also look for volunteering possibilities with wildlife, because I'd absolutely love to work with wildlife later, but there is no way to study wildlife here.
I think our masters programm is comparable to your clinical rotations? We basically have to work a while the clinic for cats and dogs, the clinic for farm animals, and the clinic for horses (all of these clinics are a part of the university) and then we have to work at a clinic that is not a part of the university. We also have electives and some general courses during that time and we end it with a masters thesis and research.
Yeah your masters program sounds pretty similar to rotations, we just don’t have to do a research project. And yeah I don’t feel capable at all do a solo surgery so the fact that I’ll be doing one in a year makes me 🫣. We have practical exams every semester and they’re always so scary because we have no clue what they’re gonna be in advance. We just show up and they ask us to perform four specific skills out of anything we’ve learned through our entire education. So like this semester it was cpr on a dog, open gloving, equine jugular catheter, and canine dental exam and I was shaking the whole time. I couldn’t believe I passed
#amelia answers asks#good luck on your practicals!!!!#and I hope you can do wildlife stuff!#I in theory love zoo med but it doesn’t pay well enough to justify all the extra education I’d need for it#so I wanna go into small animal general practice and maybe emergency at some point
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