• MeatPilot@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Vet med is like this because they don’t really make specialized equipment for every animal. Was on a tour behind the scenes at a zoo and they used a traffic cone to administer anesthesia to a seal.

    They don’t make masks for anything besides dogs and cats and making tiny masks and putting them on small animals would be incredibly difficult.

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      1 hour ago

      Vet med is like this because they don’t really make specialized equipment for every animal.

      … So, if this thing isn’t a dedicated small animal anesthetiser, what am I looking at?

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      they used a traffic cone to administer anesthesia to a seal

      But enough about my bachelor party!

      making tiny masks and putting them on small animals would be incredibly difficult.

      But also extremely cute. #WorthIt

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    4 hours ago

    They do this for a lot of small animals. My vet has a little cage with an adjustable top you can push down to reduce the volume, that they use for small animals

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    That’s pretty terrifying. You can see the somewhat muted apprehension on his face mixed with a hope that he will be out of it soon.

    Of course, I’m putting human emotions onto an animal, but that’s just because I can easily see myself in such a situation where I’m politely asked to step into a room and face a wall for a brief moment…

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      Animals experience the same emotions as we do.

      It’s just their understanding of the situation that might be lacking.

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        4 hours ago

        My second paragraph was mostly just to excuse myself from mapping human emotions onto animal facial expressions.

        He genuinely might be having the time of his life but we can’t read him properly.