2:00 pm Christmas afternoon – only ten more hours to go. I was a first-year resident at the Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City, running the hospital and overseeing 20 interns on the one major holiday I was required to cover during my residency in avian and exotic pet medicine. The AMC was […]
Why Exotics?
“You’ll have to check his temperature every 30 minutes until it comes up to normal.” I had to take the temperature of a 3-year-old male pot-bellied pig that had just come out of bladder surgery. This was the first task I was given after starting my 5-week rotation on the Avian and Exotic Pet Service […]
Fun Fact of the Day
“Fun fact of the day: Cats aren’t the only animals that can purr. Squirrels, gorillas, guinea pigs, lemurs, bears, badgers, mongoose, and tapirs can all purr. How cool is that?” “Fun fact of the evening: Baby pigeons are called squabs.” “Fun fact of the afternoon: Rabbits pluck fur out of their chest (the dewlap, more […]
