Kronicles of Karla: The Classmate and the Kitty (a true story)

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8/31-9/20: Field Services
9/21-10/11: Small Animal Internal Medicine
10/12-11/1: Clin Path
11/2-11/22: Community Practice
11/23-12/13: "Vacation" (to study for the BCSE)
*12/1-12/8: ECFVG-BCSE
12/14-12/20: Anesthesiology
12/21-12/27: Holiday A
12/28-1/3: Holiday B
1/4-1/10: Anesthesiology
1/11-1/31: Food Animal Medicine
2/1-2/21: Animal Shelter
2/22-3/14: Radiology
3/15-4/4: ICU
*4/12-4/24: NAVLE
4/5-5/3: Zoological Medicine
5/3-5/23: Equine Medicine
5/24-6/13: Diagnostics
6/14-7/5: Small Animal Medicine
7/6-7/25: Equine Surgery
7/26-8/15: Preceptor (Externship)
8/16-9/6: Preceptor (Externship)

Random Facts

~ A fat cat that stops eating is a veterinary emergency (seriously).
~ All chickens have a cleft palate, called a choane.
~ Avocados are toxic to birds.
~ Bunnies can be normal and have red urine that glows under a black light. To my dismay, so can Guinea Pigs. Always check with a vet though.
~ Cats are not dogs, nor are dogs cats. Cows, sheep and horses aren't the same either.
~ Eyes that glow at night are actually reflecting light off the tapetum lucidum. Squirrels, pigs, birds, red kangaroos, and ALL non-Lemur primates (including humans), lack a tapetum lucidum, therefore, it is highly improbable that Sasquatch would have 'red glowing eyes.' The tapetum lucidum of oppossums reflect red, horses blue, and cats yellow.
~ Grapes are highly toxic to dogs.
~ Greyhounds are the universal blood donors in the dog world.
~ Guinea Pigs and Primates are the only animals that can't synthesize their own Vitamin C, and will get Scurvy without supplementation.
~ Infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a bacteria, causes square bruises. In pigs and turkeys this is called Diamond-skin Disease or Erysipelas, but in humans it is called Erysipeloid because Erysipelas had already been used to describe a cutaneous Streptococcal infection.
~ Manatees and two-toed sloths have 6 cervical (neck) vertabrae, while the three-toed sloth has 9. All other mammals have 7.
~ Ninety-five percent of cats have type A blood.
~ Not all blue eyed white cats are deaf, just most.
~ One bite of Polar Bear liver has enough Vitamin A to kill you.
~ Ostriches have 2 toes. Emus and Rheas have 3. Other birds have 4.
~ Parakeets are prone to cancer. An otherwise healthy parakeet that limps on one leg most likely has a renal tumor.
~ Poison Hemlock and Parsley look the same, but taste completely different.
~ Texas Bluebonnets (and other Lupinus spp.) can cause limb deformities in calves (arthrogryposis).
~ The average college grad has an IQ of 115. A child's IQ is calculated by (mental age/actual age)*100. The IQ reference range for adults is between 35 and 165 (SD 16). Mensa requires 132 (top 2%), and anyone who boasts an IQ of 165 or more (off the chart) is a mental midget.
~ The Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), 4 times the size of a Manatee, is extinct.
~ The umbilical cord of a foal must be between 36 and 83 inches.
~ Vampires exist; it's called Porphyria.
~ Whales can live for well over 100 years.
~ While humans are XX and XY, a hen is ZW and a rooster is ZZ. This quality in reptiles and fish enable them to switch from female to male, which explains the movie 'Jurassic Park.'

Saturday, August 11, 2007

The Classmate and the Kitty (a true story)

About a month ago, a fellow classmate took pity on an injured stray kitty so she took it home. Problem was that she lived in the dorms, so she gave the kitty to another classmate to watch for her until she moved out of the dorms.

Kitty bolts... thru screen window. Kitty disappears into bushes. We look for kitty. Set traps for kitty. No kitty. Classmate who picked up kitty now overwhelmed with guilt thinking she had ruined the kitty's life by trying to help him. Poor kitty, poor classmate.

3 weeks pass. Classmate sees kitty! It's near the dorms! We move traps from one side of campus to the next. Wala! Trapped kitty! Classmate panicked and excited at the same time. Kitty far from thrilled.

Kitty arrives at my house with my classmate. Kitty is to stay in my room, aka Ft Knox for kitties, until classmate moves out of dorms. Classmate tells me that if he gets out again, she'll have to go into counseling for disrupting kitty's sad little life!

So kitty begun to feel happier since there was food and a litter box around. He's a good kitty and very pretty- white with blue eyes and not deaf (possibly a flame point siamese) about a year or two old. In the duration of these events, classmate also trapped 2 very cute, but wormy kittens! So playful after they realized people = food. These might make better pets than the kitty hiding under my bed with the big big eyes.

Kitty not adjusting quickly and it is decided that maybe he should live outside again. After hiding under my bed for one week, my classmate came to fetch him. Kitty's destination: EXACTLY where classmate found him at Marriott next to pizza stand. Classmate also going to start feeding kitty at the Marriott so he lives happily ever after. THE END

Moral of the story: Don't pick up strays and the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I should tell you the story about The Kittitian and the Kitten. It's about a guy who tossed a kitten in front of a car and motioned for the car to move forward. Fortunately the driver was another classmate.

Let me illustrate:
Animals : Vet Students :: Flies : Shit

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Saturday, August 11, 2007

The Classmate and the Kitty (a true story)

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