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[–] [email protected] 347 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

I’m sorry, but I cannot stop laughing at this hedgehog πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 201 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

One of the most difficult parts of veterinary medicine is the fact that your patients can’t 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.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Free my homie sonic. He done nothing wrong.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago

Except had a brain tumor causing epilepsy.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago

It's also the only one that's an Xray instead of a CT

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago

MOISTURISE ME

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

"That's it I'm taping you down!"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The bdsm community is leaking.

No pun intended btw.

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[–] [email protected] 211 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 159 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My favorite is definitely that poor hedgehog, LOL

[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Mine are the snake and the taped bird

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 weeks ago

The dolphin sent me.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

They really just folded that snake up

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

That one made me laugh as well. I never knew they had such... unflattering (yet flat!) bodies.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Do we also get a thread of pictures of animals getting CT scans with their consent?

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Thanks for sharing. How does the fish one work? The dolphin I get because it breathes oxygen, but don’t all fish have gills? I feel like it should be in the water.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

I’m in a yoga teacher training at the moment, and a biologist by background. It’s 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 brain’s dependence on oxygen and developed some pretty cool biohacks.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

You're supposed to hold your breath for a CT, so the fish is just fine for a bit.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 weeks ago

Somehow I don’t think the fish consented to this..

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

We need higher res photo of Steven the fish

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 weeks ago

The hamster burritos got me good.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Stopped asking those pesky questions now didn't it?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Stopped asking those pesky questions about what?!?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

tomorrow is monday again, folks

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A fucking rhino!?

How many people did it take to get him on the gurney?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I wouldn’t want to be the one to have to intubate those animals.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think animals are ever okay getting CT scanned

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Why couldn't that bird get a sleeping bag like the hamster did? Seems a bit drastic taping it down by the neck

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

The snake got me laughing. They just folded it onto itself.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I can't believe nobody has posted this edit yet

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

Good phones πŸ™„

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

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
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

The mice got a nice pillow

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

"Against their will" made me chuckle

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