Iβm sorry, but I cannot stop laughing at this hedgehog π
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One of the most difficult parts of veterinary medicine is the fact that your patients canβt directly communicate. Oftentimes, issues go unnoticed simply because the animal masks things like pain. Luckily, the vet immediately knew this hedgehog had something wrong, because it kept exploding into a bunch of golden rings.
The bdsm community is leaking.
No pun intended btw.
Free my homie sonic. He done nothing wrong.
Except had a brain tumor causing epilepsy.
It's also the only one that's an Xray instead of a CT
"That's it I'm taping you down!"
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This feels like the equivalent of getting abducted by a superintelligent alien race, being put into a machine beyond your wildest comprehension, and then probably getting a treat and sent back home where nobody will believe you
i got a CT scan once and am a dumbass so the doctors and technicians might as well have been a superintelligent race
however instead of a treat i got a giant medical bill >:(
My favorite is definitely that poor hedgehog, LOL
That one made me laugh as well. I never knew they had such... unflattering (yet flat!) bodies.
Why couldn't that bird get a sleeping bag like the hamster did? Seems a bit drastic taping it down by the neck
The bird is for a normal x-ray. Here's the context.
CT scans take much longer, but an x-ray is just a few seconds. I think it's just a practical way to get the bird in place for a quick x-ray, and by practical I mean the vet techs minimize their (very real) risk of being murdered.
hehe
Random mirror linker btw:
https://farside.link/https://www.reddit.com/r/VetTech/comments/1ge3kh0/modern_art
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Do we also get a thread of pictures of animals getting CT scans with their consent?
Thanks for sharing. How does the fish one work? The dolphin I get because it breathes oxygen, but donβt all fish have gills? I feel like it should be in the water.
It can be out for a matter of minutes.
Humans are just ludicrously overdependent on aerobic respiration, our brain metabolism is overcharged to the point of being broken.
Most other animals have a lot more room to function sans oxygen, they're more limited by stored energy reserves.
Iβm in a yoga teacher training at the moment, and a biologist by background. Itβs been amazing seeing how the different yogic breathing techniques impact mental and physical states.
Those crazy folks in the Indus valley civilization made a serious study of this, at least 4,000 years ago according to current evidence. Some techniques, like yoga nidra (alternate nostril breathing for several minutes) have significant impacts on nervous system function.
You can measure this directly with a cheap heart rate monitor and an app that can interpret and returns stats on heart rate variability.
Those old yogis made a study out of exploiting our brainβs dependence on oxygen and developed some pretty cool biohacks.
Anything on there that fixes POTS or general awareness of everything around us?
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You're supposed to hold your breath for a CT, so the fish is just fine for a bit.
Maybe the fish are dead, or not out of the water for too long.
Some of those seem to have consented after being forced to.
Somehow I donβt think the fish consented to this..
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I can't believe nobody has posted this edit yet
Congratulations! You have won The Internet today.
Pip pip!
funny sad fact, if a person weigh 600 or more lbs, they sometimes have to use xrays/ct/mri in the zoos that are meant for larger animals.
I had a patient tell me he had to go to a zoo for an MRI. I thought it was a self deprecating joke but he was serious.
No shit, I once had the chance to accompany a patient to an large aninmal hospital for an MRI.
The problem: It was so far away that the patient needed to be airlifted. Which was far beyond the capacity of regular HEMS. So they called in the military and they send a fucking CH-53 cargo helicopter. These things are huge and loud. But cool.
That was one interesting ride. Somewhat embarrassing for the patient (who was not in on weight level due to simply eating too much - patient had a massive and life altering orphan hormonal disease) but patient kept somewhat good spirits and the volunteer fire brigade did a good job blocking the view.
Nowadays human medicine has improved - you can now simply use an open MRI with specialised gurneys. They usually can take more than 400kg, sometimes 500kg.
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The crossovers between veterinary medicine and pediatric medicine are a lot more significant than most people like to think about. The Venn diagram isn't a perfect circle....but it's close.
The snake got me laughing. They just folded it onto itself.
The only thing animals should be forced to do!
OMG
What don't Samsung make?
Good phones π
Love how the bird is still smiling
Thanks so much for sharing!
There's definitely two kinds
- Ima napping
- You think this is funny? This cell won't hold me forever. And once I'm free, you will all regret it
Stopped asking those pesky questions now didn't it?
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