Vet Stories

I had an embarrassing incident as a veterinary student.  One of our professors told us there was a horse in the barn with an interesting heart murmur that we should all hear.  So, each of us went out and placed our stethoscope to his side and listened to a really neat “Swoosh-swoosh” noise.
When I had [...]

Mrs. Jones was a very nice, prim and proper elderly lady.  Her cat Tinkerbell was having some issues with irritation around his anus.  I figured he needed his anal glands expressed so I confidently lifted his tail and started to examine his glands.
I was talking a lot, and should have been paying closer attention.  Suddenly [...]

This actually happened to a colleague of mine.  Their clinic was broken into and drugs were stolen.  However, the thieves were in for a rude awakening!
Here is what was taken:
Oxytocin – They probably thought it was oxycodone (percocet), a narcotic that can cause quite a high.  Instead, what they took was a drug that causes [...]

I was alone in a small exam room with Rocky, a very itchy dog, and his nervous elderly owner.  It looked like the dog had sarcoptic mange, a skin mite that can cause severe itchiness.
I went through my usual list of questions…”Where is your dog the most itchy?” “Do you have any itchy red spots…” [...]

I thought I would write about some of the funny things that have happened to me in my veterinary career.  Here is one of my favorite stories:
As a teenager I worked as a receptionist at an animal hospital.  One day a man called and from what I could gather he had questions about his pregnant [...]