Posted in Health & Wellness

Cliff and i got into an argument the other day....I know, big surprise. I know he's never on zootoo so I can trash talk him all I want. Anyway. I informed him that I learned something about blood drawing that might make everyone's life a lot simpler over at the shelter. The professor from my small animal science class told us when we did the lab… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

You'd think that with having such an animal-savvy sibling that my sister would know what's what when it comes to adopting dogs. Well, she does have some good instincts, but her boyfriend doesn't. And she's quite the push over! She didnt get that from me...haha! Anyway, her and her bf (they live in Philly) wanted to adopt a dog. The first thing s… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

I'm always amazed how prevalent it still is. We just received one of those alert letters from the county health dept. that there was a stray cat that was found to be rabid on our road last week. Hopefully it wasn't part of the feral cat colony at the abandoned farm down the road....last thing we need is an epidemic. :{ read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

I thought it would never come to this, but alas my dog and my mom's dog got sprayed by a skunk the other night. I came home at 2:30 AM from my "extra-curricular activities", and leaned down to kiss Ash goodnight. Boy was that a bad idea. I almost lost my lunch right there. The next day my mom and I discussed our options. We both knew we coul… read more

Posted in General

College is a far cry from my days working at St. Hubert's. The only legit animal class I've had so far is Intro to Small Animal Management. Its not as fun as it sounds, trust me. i've had to deal with rats and mice, which I find to be rather gross, especially when you're drawing blood from their scaly tails. There's the occasional rabbit and ha… read more