Oh Geez, I have TOO many to count! I can tell you about Ewok though. He was my rescued bottle baby that someone brought into work when he was two weeks old. I have had him ever since.



We have had lions, tigers, a serval, a racoon, and other exotics in our hospital, since Dr. Barrett used to be the head vet at Wildlife Safari and has worked with many different exotic and wild animal species.


My first job I saw a lot of nasty things at work. I was 18 then and it was my first vet assistant job. Now I do tech work, although I started out cleaning kennels. I am trying to finish school to become a vet, although I think I am changing my mind and may become a Zoologist instead so that I can work with big cats.


I too have taken some grose pics at work. I was lucky enough to help with Ewok's surgery, as well as Mystic and Houdini's. I do however get a little queezy working on my own pets.


A few months ago I got to do my first necropsy on a dead chinchilla. We didn't find anything wrong besides little fatty pustules on his intestines and stomach, but everything else was fine. No cancer or anything so we were clueless as to why he passed away.

There was a dog in not too long ago who had been hit by a car. The dog was very old. We did an x ray and he had a broken back, nothing we could do for him, especially since he was 13 yrs old. To our surpirse when we took the x ray we also found that he had about 30 bladder stones which were absolutely HUGE! They were the biggest I and the vet's had ever seen. I have no idea how this dog was able to urinate.


When I was working at Garden Grove Pet Hospital we had a puppy come in who ate 50 pounds (and I am serious!) of rubber bands. We did surgery on him and the next week he was in to remove a nail he had eaten. Ok maybe it wasn't 50 pounds but it sure was a LOT!