According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of veterinary technologists and technicians is expected to grow 36 percent. Read More
Darren always enjoyed going to the wildlife preserve near his home growing up in Oklahoma. He always gets very animated even today recalling a time once when one of the preserve’s emus developed a crush on his sister and would seek her out every time they visited. He particularly enjoyed each visit to the petting […]
No, I’m not talking about the door to get inside. There’s a job for a vet tech in case you don’t want to work with cats and dogs. Not that there’s anything wrong with cats and dogs except that they usually have these annoying humans at the end of their leashes. So, if you are […]
One of the most important aspects Carl found out during his veterinary technician training was how important his time as an intern prepared him for real-world situations he would face once he was completed his initial vet tech training. Internship is ‘Real’ World Carl hopped on the opportunity to be placed on a very active […]
Why not get paid to do something you love? Huh? There are too many people stuck in dead-end jobs where every day is a struggle to get up and get to that you really, really wish would go away. Jack loves his job, you think. He works in construction. Makes great money. Stays in shape. […]
Although the prospect of 11 to 12 years of education may not be what you can commit to, the best way to start a career caring for animals is to become a veterinary technician, or vet tech. Requirements vary from state to state. Here’s a Glamorous Choice Sure, you might obtain a job at a […]
Many people do not realize that there is a great need for emergency animal care. Like humans, animals operate on no time clock when it comes to getting sick or hurt. Therefore, throughout the country many after-hours as well as 24-hour-per day emergency animal hospitals and clinics have been established to meet this need. The […]
If you are under the impression that becoming a vet tech means you are stuck in a clinic somewhere cleaning up ovaries and testicles from each day’s spays and neuters, you are wrong. being a vet tech means that you are going to be able to go as far as bio research and with all […]
Any vet tech who has to perform animal decapitations of possibly positive rabid animals will tell you that this part of being a vet tech is the absolute hardest next to euthanasia. The whole rabies deal is bad to start with, knowing that someone, maybe even a small child, may have to take rabies shots. […]
One animal caregiver that works closely with vet techs in many animal shelters across the country are the animal control officers.Many times the vet tech is the one who will receive in the animals that the officers bring in and sometimes, these can be some pretty bad cruelty cases. Unfortunately for some animals, they are […]
Being a vet tech is going to mean that you are going to be assisting the veterinarian in surgery. Before you decide to go through school to be a vet tech, you need to make sure that you are going to be able to handle what you will see and smell during animal surgery. Sometimes […]