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| The abandoned
ducklings raised in a teacup
A pair of tiny abandoned ducklings found battling against
waves after being washed out to sea are being nursed back to health - in a
teacup. The fluffy birds were saved from a watery grave when they were found by
passing canoeist Chris Murray.
He plucked the pair out of the sea and brought them back to
land in his canoe. He then took them to Pennywell Farm, in Buckfastleigh,
Devon, where they are recovering from their terrifying ordeal. Now the tiny creatures are happily paddling
around in a small white cup. The ducklings, which are only a few centimetres
tall only take up half of the cup's space.
The birds were washed into the sea via the Erme estuary.
 
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471537&in_page_id=1770
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| This morning while letting out one of the small dogs boarding at the clinic, one of the employees found a baby bird lying on the ground. And when I say baby, this is baby baby. It didn't have any feathers at all yet, most likely born very early that morning and fell right out of it's nest. The employee that found it, Kendra, decided to feed it some a/d soft dog/cat food, which the bird took surprisingly well. Now there is a bet to see how long she can get the bird to live. Mainly, we want to prove the vet wrong. I hope things go well for it tonight.
We had an adorable shelti come in this afternoon for xrays. Well, he was adorable until you got down on all fours and checked out his teeth. He had one of the worst overbites I have ever seen on a dog. Cute looking down at him, but ugly face to face. Eh, I guess not much really happened this afternoon.
 
And if you haven't seen the new commercial for the new canon camera with the tennis player, hilarious, I love the dog:
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The past few weeks have been busy, not much on xanga til now. I recently took a trip to the zoo with my aunt, uncle, and cousins to see the new penguins. Since our visit, two of them have died, some kind of disease within the pen. It's a shame, since they were in isolation for an entire month before their release to the public. But it was a lot of fun to see them swimming around, doing "penguin-like" things. On the way out, we had a treat from a peacock. He decided to show off for us a bit and I snapped a few pictures with my phone:
 
Clinic life continues to go well as always. We had a 9mo old mastiff come in with a shoulder problem last week. We had to take a few x-rays, and imagine taking pictures with a 140lb monster puppy. It was a bit nuts, but after 20 minutes of slobbering and panting, we made it. The owners waited out in the lobby with their kids, and the kids (having had a giant friendly dog at home) were apparently not afraid of a single dog alive. They boldly went up to each and every dog that passed through the lobby to pet it. Including the owner-protective german shepherds, the grumpy old-lady poodles, and the highly-infectious-sickly puppies. A bit worrisome, but I think the parents managed to return home with un-bitten, uninfected kids.
We have one doctor at the clinic that really enjoys seeing small pocket pets, such as rabbits, hedgehogs, and guinea pigs. On Friday she examined a guinea pig, and after stepping out of the exam room she was joking about how a small section of her lip was a bit swollen, maybe an allergic reaction to the piggie. We teased her about Julia Roberts lips, but thought nothing of it. Ten minutes later, the doctor was sitting back in the office, eyes swollen, dripping tears, face red, and coughing. She also said her throat and the insides of her ears were itchy. She looked as uncomfortable as all get-out, evidentially due to a very severe allergic reaction to the guinea pig. I felt terrible for her, and she went home for the afternoon to sleep it off. Luckily her airway didn't close up; she's doing fine now, only with a small bruise below one of her eyes from the extreme swelling. She hasn't had reactions like that in the past to small animals, but she said she's been developing an allergy to them in the past month. Those days of examining rabbits are over now though. Now I only worry about developing an allergy to dogs; as a wanna-be vet, that would be catastrophic. | | |
| Wow, I thought the picture I took of the little turtle was cute, but I found an even cuter one at Cuteoverload.com :
 
Also, gotta love the cone on the kitty. We have a funny picture posted at the clinic with a Chihuahua wearing a blue see-through cone, and the caption reads, "Anyone feel like a Martini?" I might try to google it and find the photo...
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| Again, another week at the clinic, but it was a blast. It's only Wednesday, but I think I had my "best moment of the week" this afternoon. An older woman came in just after lunch to purchase some pills for her pet, and our receptionist conversationally asked how she was doing. The woman got very excited, ripped off her curly-brown hairpiece revealing a very small amount of hair on her head, exclaiming, "I'm in remission!!" I have never seen someone get so incredibly excited in such a short span of time. Turns out the woman had been battling breast cancer, but had finally won. We were all cheered to hear her story this afternoon.
I had a nice little surprise this evening once I got home from work. For extra money, I take care of the neighborhood pool in our development. Although the pool isn't open til next week, I still have to empty the skimmers each night. This evening I stumbled upon a little critter, a turtle, looking up at me from the skimmer. I assume he had been there treading water for quite awhile. Also, the chorlinated water couldn't have been good for his skin. He was so incredibly tiny, I assume he hatched out today, yesterday, or the day before at least. After taking a dozen pictures of his adorable little shell, I put him back in the lake area that is nearby our housing development. We see plenty of dogs and cats at the clinic, but never turtles, so it was a real treat.
 
This weekend I'm heading with my family to Winfield, KS. Each September there is a large bluegrass festival held there, where many groups of people congregate to camp together. One camp in particular, Carp Camp, plays Irish songs with traditional instruments. Well, Carp Camp is organizing a small gathering of their own at the fairgrounds in Winfield. There won't be a bluegrass festival, but it will be a great chance to relax and enjoy some home-grown music.
Monday morning I re-took my GRE, since it is the only thing (according to the Dean, and also my own opinion) keeping me from being accepted into Vet school. Unfortunately, I did not improve, but it was good practice for me, and I have plans to retake the test again in one month. I have many study books that people have graciously given me, 7 or 8 total, but the pile of books is so intimidating that I don't really know where to start. But I will be continuing to study for this dang exam. I've never done well on standarized tests, so I especially dislike this one.
Hope everyone's week is going well. We're over halfway there!! | | |
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