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11/23/2023

Wishing everyone a day full of gratitude
…and being full of yummy food 🍽️

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 💙

11/22/2023

Cheers to finding a way to say, “yes.” 🥂

Wishing everyone a safe holiday season, no matter what holiday(s) you celebrate 🎊

Thanks to our friends at the ASPCA, we can safely indulge (within moderation) with our pets 🥦🥬🥕🫐🍌🥝🫛🍉🍎

11/22/2023

Prevention is 🔑 when avoiding a trip to the emergency room 🚑🚨

Here’s what to avoid ⚠️
…and what to do when the inevitable can’t be avoided

When in doubt, call it out 🗣️ to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center: (888) 426 4435 ☎️

11/16/2023

Learning with Dottie 🩵

A brachycephalic breed is characterized as a breed with a short skull, causing the face and nose of the animal to have a “squished” or pushed in appearance. As you may imagine, this makes everyday breathing extremely difficult for these animals.

Dottie came in to see one of our surgeons, Dr. Salinardi, to have a number of procedures done to make breathing a little easier for her. Here are Dottie’s pre and post op pictures, depicting the remarkable difference of her nares after Dr. Salinardi was able to work her magic. 🪄

11/15/2023

Duke bought himself a stay in our ICU over the weekend after ingesting some 🐀 bait.

Once he was feeling better, his admitting veterinarian, Dr. Regan, decided to do some hands on learning with him about rat diets. Here they are practicing the “do and don’t” eats of rodent diets. Duke quickly learned that 🧀 is a “do eat” and rat bait is a “don’t eat.” 😅

11/07/2023

Greta showering technician Brittany with love before she was discharged! 🫶🏼

11/02/2023

When one of our veterinary assistants needs an animal to practice their tech skills on for school, Jet is the guy for the job! 💪 He may have made it too easy on her though 😅

Featuring a very confused, good boy!

10/31/2023

Trick or treat 🍬
Smell our feet (toe beans) 👻
Find us some Hill's Science Diet to eat 🧛🏼‍♂️
If you don't 🕷
We don't care 🧟‍♀️
We'll make dinner out of your underwear! 🖤🧡

🎃 Happy Halloween from Tufts VETS! 🎃

10/30/2023

Niko looking “fetch,” with his doppelgänger, after receiving some spa treatment from a couple of our veterinary assistants last night! 🙀😻

Bet you can’t tell who the real Niko is! 😉

10/30/2023

Tips & tricks for a safe Halloween! 🎃

Halloween is one week away!

Keep your pets safe while the humans have fun celebrating with these tips. Keep candy and alcohol away from pets, think carefully before putting up decorations or dressing up your pet in a costume, and be sure furry friends are safe and secure during trick-or-treating hours.

10/30/2023

"The Rainbow Bridge is the path to the world of mystery and peace." 🌈
~Marcela Brant, Luminous Mountain

📸: Deb, CVT, Radiology Technician

10/22/2023

We’d like to give a huge round of applause 👏🏼 for our newest ECC veterinarian, Dr. Simons, for passing her critical care boards! 🎓

Dr. Simons is now a board-certified specialist in veterinary emergency and critical care, making her a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC). 👩🏼‍🎓🩺

Dr. Simons is now our third criticalist on staff at Tufts VETS! We are thrilled to have her join our team and can’t wait to see all the amazing things she accomplishes! 💙

10/22/2023

Dress as your favorite era day! 🛼🪩 🐾 💙

10/21/2023

Twas’ a good week to have a good week!

A BIG, HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors for their donations to our staff! Without you, technician week would not have been as successful as it was!

Another thank you to our management/leadership team for bringing this all together! The planning it takes to put on a successful veterinary technician week is strenuous and you’re efforts do not go unnoticed!

Elanco IDEXX Sound Movora CareCredit Royal Canin Ceva Animal Health USA Mixlab JLL Boehringer Ingelheim Zoetis Hill’s Pet Nutrition Practivet Final Gift Pet Memorial Centers Land-Tek Maintenance

10/21/2023

As National Veterinary Technician Week comes to an end we’d like to thank all of our technician staff for their hard work and dedication. You all clock into every shift ready to take on whatever the day throws at you. It may not always be easy or fun, but without you we could not be us! 🩵

This week was filled with fun, laughter, excitement, and camaraderie. This was a week to appreciate our technician staff, but we’d like to remind everyone we appreciate you all every single day!

Let’s keep the good times rolling into every week to come!

🐾 🐾

10/21/2023

Hey Kaycee, what keeps you inspired to stay in this profession? 🤨⁉️

10/20/2023

Tropical Day! 🌺🌸🌴🌞 🐠🍍🦜🏝️ 🦩🏖️

10/20/2023

This is what Kayla loves most about being an anesthesia/surgery veterinary technician! 💉

10/20/2023

We’d like to introduce our newest urgent care doctor to you all, Dr. Snow!

This Barbie is not for sale, but you can come see him Sunday from 8am-6pm, or Monday and Tuesday from 3pm-11pm. 🩺

Momo, pictured with Dr. Snow, says, “you’ll be in good hands.” Literally 😅

10/20/2023

Zach, on why he chose to pursue a career as a veterinary technician! 🐊

10/20/2023

Who are you choosing as your character? 🎮

10/20/2023

👐🏽 ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️

10/20/2023

Today we had the pleasure of having the Frisky Fries food truck visit us! 🍟

10/19/2023

Here’s what keeps Maegan inspired to be a veterinary technician! 🐾

10/19/2023

Here’s why Chowan decided to pursue a career as a veterinary technician! We’re glad she did 🫶🏼

10/19/2023

🩷💚🧡🩵❤️💜 🏳️‍🌈 🐾 🩺

10/18/2023

Goose, one of our oncology patients, sporting his tye dye for his appointment today! 💛🤍🩵🩷❤️💙💜💚

10/18/2023

Lucianna, what’s your favorite part about veterinary medicine? 🩺

10/18/2023

Here’s what the “Brittany/ney’s” love most about working in our emergency department! 🚨

10/18/2023

✨ Ghost photoshoot ✨ Veterinary medicine edition 👻 📸

10/18/2023

Hiii Barbie! 👋🏽

10/17/2023

We spy, with our little eye, some of our Tufts VETS technicians 👀

❤🐾𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤🐾❤

📢 GIVEAWAY! React to this post AND tag your favorite veterinary technicians in the comments for a chance to receive a FREE 2024 NEVTC admission!
A winner will be chosen at random on Sunday October 22nd!

Here is your yearly reminder...

1. You matter. Even on days you feel like you don't, just remember that we see you and what you do matters.

2. Without you, the veterinarians, clients, and most importantly, the animals would be lost.

3. You are worthy. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

4. Take care of yourselves and each other.

5. Continue to change the world, one patient at a time.

Thank you for all that you do. Take this week to be proud of where you are, how far you've come, and where you are going next.

10/17/2023

We asked our ECC supervisor, Morgan, why she chose to become a veterinary technician. Here’s what she had to say!

10/17/2023

Thank you to our sponsors for their kind and generous donations this week!

10/17/2023

👯‍♀️ 🎊 🩺

10/16/2023

Thank you to our veterinary technicians for always keeping up with our "Full House" of patients and clients💙 We couldn't do it without you!

10/15/2023

Veterinary technicans at work vs. Veterinarians at work...😂💙

(We'd like to note this video is an exaggeration of the truth and we value all of our team members!🫶🏼)

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525 South Street
Walpole, MA
02081

Telephone

(508) 668-5454

Website

http://TuftsVETS.org

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Videos

Greta showering technician Brittany with love before she was discharged! 🫶🏼 #ThisIsWhyWeDoIt

Trick or treat 🍬 Smell our feet (toe beans) 👻 Find us some Hill's Science Diet to eat 🧛🏼‍♂️ If you don't 🕷 We don't care 🧟‍♀️ We'll make dinner out of your underwear! 🖤🧡 🎃 Happy Halloween from Tufts VETS! 🎃

Who are you choosing as your character? 🎮 #NationalVeterinaryTechnicianWeek2023

✨ Ghost photoshoot ✨ Veterinary medicine edition 👻 📸

Hiii Barbie! 👋🏽 #SpiritWeek #VetTechBarbie #NationalVeterinaryTechnicianWeek2023

Thank you to our veterinary technicians for always keeping up with our "Full House" of patients and clients💙 We couldn't do it without you! #VeterinaryTechnicianWeek2023

Veterinary Technicians vs. Veterinarian

Veterinary technicans at work vs. Veterinarians at work...😂💙 #VeterinaryTechnicianWeek2023 (We'd like to note this video is an exaggeration of the truth and we value all of our team members!🫶🏼)

💤 Sleeping Beauties 💤 (No sleep was disturbed in the making of this video)

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ Trigger Warning: if you don’t like bugs 🐜🐞🐛🦟🪲🪳🕷️ or viewing medical procedures, this is not the video for you, said with love! 🫶🏼 However, if you do not mind creepy crawlers and tend to find yourself indulging in Dr. Pimple Popper videos, then this video is right up your alley! 😂 What Dr. Regan is extracting from our canine friend goes by the scientific name, Cuterebra. Cuterebra are the larvae of botflies. These fly larvae use other animals as hosts during this stage of their life cycle. 🪰🪰🪰🪰 Cuterebra are typically harmless to their host. They just need somewhere to live rent free until their grown enough to spread their wings 🪽However, we do not like free loaders around here🙅🏻‍♀️, so Dr. Regan had to evict this one 🤷🏻‍♀️ The word Cuterebra, is derived from a blend of Latin words, which translates to “skin borer.” We will let you decide if the word “cute” accurately describes this creature 😅

Louie had A LOT to say during his last night of his stay with us! 🙊 As you can imagine, his ward mates were not very appreciative of this 😂 To assure Louie’s ward mates could get some rest💤, Louie was put in our hospital stroller for the remainder of the night, which he loved! 🫶🏼 He was a great help checking on the other inpatients in the ICU and took his assistant job VERY seriously! 🫡 This stroller was donated by some of our amazing clients and has come in VERY handy at times like this! Disclaimer: in contrary to what Florida Georgia Line says in their lyrics, there was very much other things to do 😅, but many laps were done around our ICU this night 🫶🏼

🍪 Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?! 🍪 Well....not Calvin, although he did try his best to! How impressive is this cool cat?! 🐈 Calvin gave our receptionists a good chuckle while waiting for his ophthalmology appointment with Dr. Maggio! 😹🤭 Looks like he wanted to prove he has 20/20 vision 👀

Eat your broccoli, Toby!

Toffee’s clap out

Pandemic restrictions have changed many of the ways we connect owners with their pets in the ICU. Visits have been put on hold, and we keep worried pet parents up to date with pictures and videos. Toffee was one of our most critical patients recently, suffering multi-organ failure following severe anaphylaxis. She received several blood transfusions and other interventions during her 9 day stay. Our entire team was involved in her care and we wanted to find a social distancing-friendly way to show her mom and dad how happy we were to see her go home. You can see how happy Toffee was to see them, too! Best wishes, Toffee! (Video credit Kelsey Pickering)

High Tech Tuesday! (Trigger warning-bugs!) Poor Lana has had a hard time with her itchy ears. Her other allergies have improved with the help of Dr. Stephanie Abrams, DVM, DACVD and her team, but those pesky ears kept bothering her. Today, she had video otoscopy performed (without sedation, because Lana is a *very* good girl!) and was diagnosed with Otodectes mites! This is a somewhat uncommon issue in dogs but thankfully is easily treated with topical medications. Feel better, Lana!

Have you ever seen anyone so excited to give the gift of life?! Here’s our pal Gunner, jumping right up on the table to donate blood. We are lucky, because he’s a BIG boy! Thank you for your service, and for being so well behaved, Gunner! (And thank you Emily!)