Having worked in several vet clinics with lots of different vets, I will tell you now, almost all do not care diddly squat about the animals they are treating, which is very sad. In all the clinics I have worked at I have known but ONE who I thought had a true compassion for the animals in her care. You can't imagine the things I have seen these "vets" do and say about our beloved pets, as well as other veterinary staff. If you could hear all the things they say behind these owners backs it would alarm you to no end! What saddest is that most of these vets know NOTHING about everyday care, all they know is the medical aspect of it. Ya, sure they can suture up a few cuts, draw blood, take a few nails out of a stomach, but when it comes to things such as nutrition, drug effects and everyday living needs such as grooming etc. they know aboslutely nothing. I know more about rats than a lot of vets. Heck, TONS of them don't even know what SDA, Sendai is, and haven't even heard of Myco. Almost all recommend pine and cedar bedding and crappy food and mention nothing of keeping rats happy and healthy such as mentioning quarantine etc. They constantly prescribe medications that put rat's lives in jeopardy, for instance prescribing Baytril to very young animals or giving Terramycin during pregnancy etc.

Heck the first vet I worked for was more interested in groping me in front of clients (I was 19, he was 40 something) than bothering to make sure his cat on the operating table was under full anesthesia before cutting into the poor things head. Personally I dislike many vets and do not have much respect for them, which is why I want to be a vet eventually. I haven't decided as I have had so many bad experiences working with them and with their treatment of animals I am unsure whether or not I want to have that title. Very sad.