So Exotics is super duper cool!!! Dr. Finch was great, the techs were super helpful, and of course Jacki my classmate was awesome. We had a blast plus I was able to work with some pretty amazing animals -
- Golden Eagles (I got to hold them!)
- Owls- Great Horned Owls, Barred Owls, Short eared, Screech
- Other falcons- kestrels, Red tail hawk, Swainson hawk, Coopers hawks, Sharp-shinned hawk
- Axolotl
- African Frog
- Canada Goose
- Ferrets
- baby cottontail bunny
- baby birds- robin, flicker, starling, pigeon
- Rabbits
- Spotted Leopard gecko
- Macaw
I was able to perform some cool procedures as well
- gave injections to reptiles
- gave subq fluids to a golden eagle and a Guiana pig
- neutered a rat and half a rabbit
- changed bandage on a great horned owl
- got a lot of experience grabbing raptors and restraining them for exams and transport
- force fed a great horned owl
- learned how to feed and care for baby birds and bunnies.
Some procedures I got to watch and learn from
- How to perform an physical exam on a screaming macaw and other birds
- how to perform nail, beak, and feather beauty trim
- a mass removal from a 100 g bird
- radiographs of a box turtle, great horned owl, guiana pig
- The easiest way to grab a bird from its cage (it involves complete darkness)
Weekend patient care was overwhelming- it took us 6 hours to complete morning patient care on Saturday, but to our credit we had over 50 animals to care for and we cut it down to 5 hours on Sunday.
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