I have only been vomited on by a vulture once....once is enough.
Projectile vomiting as a defense? Is @vetmedhead a turkey vulture?
Don't share my secrets
I do have a bit of wire and I'm working with our anatomy lab boss on this, but basically I have to build it before we figure out where exactly we need wire. At least that's my understanding, as I'm being thrown into this after about 1/4 of it has been done. As least the vertebrae stayed articulated after the flesh eating beetles spent time with the carcass because that would have been awful to articulate.
Oh I see. I knew what it was but I didn't think about making holes for the wires...this is obviously my first time doing a skeleton! I'll ask our anatomy people if they might have one I can borrow.
It's often used with different attachments to file nails down too! Something you can offer in addition to the nail trim to smooth the edges.
We use a dremel to file down our piggie's hooves during hoof trims!
I kind of hate it. Takes longer, the dogs that don't like having their nails done in the first place tend to freak out with the dremel.
This is nonsense, you can only get nails clipped when the dog is at an emergency clinic and dying when they bring it in.
This is very true. It definitely sucks when you get those dogs that don't like their nails done to begin with. And then we have a few clients who want their cats nails dremeled.... if only all the dogs liked it! In a perfect world
You forgot the "how dare you charge so much to save his life!" statement. I mean, the least we can do for all that $$$$ is trim those nails right?
In my first job as a tech, we used them a lot and found many patients that you couldn't use the regular clippers on, would let you dremel, including quite a few min pins and pugs. But we often didn't figure this out until after they had peed and analysis glanded all over at least one tech. It seemed to be something about really thick nails with long quick and being treated like a royal princess whose little toes must never touch hard ground.
My friend told me a story of one time a vet was doing an ex lap and had the body open and all and the ditsy tech decided that THAT was the best time to clip toenails, and cut toenails are just flying around the body.
Haha well then. We did clip a lot of nails while animals were under, but usually it was either before we shaved/prepped them or while we were monitoring them during recovery. Can't say we ever tried to do it in the middle of a surgery because I'm pretty sure our vet knows how to light people on fire with her eyes and she would have killed us.My friend told me a story of one time a vet was doing an ex lap and had the body open and all and the ditsy tech decided that THAT was the best time to clip toenails, and cut toenails are just flying around the body.
So it's totally possible to do both.
Honest question-do you have a salvaging permit for that? It's my understanding you have to have a permit to keep things you find, but I'm sure it's a state-by-state thing. I've been meaning to look into it more because I can easily see skeletons become a hobby of mine.
Oh yeah, I don't mean to advocate salvaging illegal specimens! I've read a lot information from various bone cleaning and "vulture culture" resources, including regulations regarding wildlife remains. I am familiar with the MBTA and don't collect/possess any parts from bird species other than the obviously non-native (various parrot and Eurasian Eagle Owl feathers from my internship last summer, my guinea's bones, chickens, etc.). AFAIK most of the federal regulations apply to trade, particularly the taking of fur/hide without a license and anything from protected species (do not plan on dealing with any of these things), and Texas is one of the states in which it is illegal to collect roadkill.
Yeah bird related laws in particular and wildlife laws in general get funky quickly. A related problem to that is many of those laws don't require the typical establishment of mens rea required by many criminal laws. Plus the fact that many of those laws follow strict liability means that it's very easy to get in trouble under them.
Carcass disposal laws in general are funBird disposal laws are fun.
That's definitely not what I'd like for my first snow driving experience, so it's good they let you have the day off
Lol seriously. God forbid you take a skeleton/parts you find hiking, but you can keep up to four 'pet' Eastern box turtles with a fishing license
Yeah, it's very nice that they're doing that
The department isn't shutting down, but they will be a bare bones staff... and I doubt many people will be racing in to get a CT first thing tomorrow morning so that means I get to go play in the snow!
Yeah, you should probably practice snow driving on something a little easier.Yeah, it's very nice that they're doing that
Maybe ask the folks at your work what their tips are when you do come in for work.
I want to see!!!
It's a bit underwhelming right now, but I'll post when the watercolor is finished.
omg those birdlets are so cute! I miss raising/releasing mallard ducklings so much
@pinkpuppy9 those birdlets are growing quickly. Just a week ago, they were pretty small. I've been seeing a lot of mallard ducklings and goslings, too.
@jmo1012 these are great ideas. I never knew so many creative meals could be made by using crushed chips. Many of those recipes would work well at parties and be very unique - thank you!@Doctor-S 12 Recipes Using Broken Chips That Are Anything But Stale for the next time your cat plays with a box of chips
just tell everyone when you bring these recipes to wherever that they are cat-inspired@jmo1012 these are great ideas. I never knew so many creative meals could be made by using crushed chips. Many of those recipes would work well at parties and be very unique - thank you!
@dyachei true and funny!just tell everyone when you bring these recipes to wherever that they are cat-inspired
