Poor Chameleon Have you ever had a deep passion? My main burning passion is for all animals, and it has been since I can remember. The Summer of my sophomore year I followed that passion of mine to see where it would lead me. I decided the best place to start was my Veterinary office, Needham Animal Hospital. When I walked in, it was a bit strange not having my dogs or cats with me because everyone else had their pets. So there I was, awkwardly holding a recommendation letter (and a pretty fabulous one I might add) waiting behind a line of dogs when it my turn. Asking about shadowing wasn’t really that bad. The receptionist told me that they would be delighted to have me join their shadowing program this summer and she didn’t even look at my letter (darn). I instantly beamed from ear to ear. I finally got to see what happens behind the scenes! But, my first day was not at all what I thought it would be.
As I said before, I just love animals, and I love to pet them. It’s just one of those things I have to do if I see an animal. It can be anything: a snake, a cat, a lizard, or a dog. I must and will pet it. Now the worst part about my days at Needham was their number one rule: never ever touch the animals. So, as one could imagine, I had …show more content…
At this point, I’m itching to touch or pet anything. Thank God I know Dr. Jaffy because he said I could touch him after we put him under for surgery. This particular procedure was simple, but tricky at the same time. You can’t hook up a lizard to the monitors, therefore, the Vet must estimate the amount of gas the chameleon needs. All he needed to do was cut off his “ding-dong” then stitch him up, but there were a few decisions to be made: How is he to go about giving it the gas? What kind of stitches? The chameleon also appeared to have one and a half “ding-dongs” (again, very technical) so should he remove both? I felt the stress, but Dr. Jaffy was a seasoned
As I said before, I just love animals, and I love to pet them. It’s just one of those things I have to do if I see an animal. It can be anything: a snake, a cat, a lizard, or a dog. I must and will pet it. Now the worst part about my days at Needham was their number one rule: never ever touch the animals. So, as one could imagine, I had …show more content…
At this point, I’m itching to touch or pet anything. Thank God I know Dr. Jaffy because he said I could touch him after we put him under for surgery. This particular procedure was simple, but tricky at the same time. You can’t hook up a lizard to the monitors, therefore, the Vet must estimate the amount of gas the chameleon needs. All he needed to do was cut off his “ding-dong” then stitch him up, but there were a few decisions to be made: How is he to go about giving it the gas? What kind of stitches? The chameleon also appeared to have one and a half “ding-dongs” (again, very technical) so should he remove both? I felt the stress, but Dr. Jaffy was a seasoned