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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Sea urchins being named after hedgehogs, now this. My knowledge about hedgehog related things has greatly improved this week.... as for when I can use such knowledge, idk.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

It seems like something that could be improved by 3d printing.

I'm guessing that if a vet has to assist several animals of the same species maybe it could be possible to get some kind of mask that could fit most of them.

Although I'm not sure if that's something that would help or maybe it will just be more cumbersome.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

they creamed thems.. Sad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We used a rigged cookie jar in my lab before small animal surgery Haha

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

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

But also incredibly adorable.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A small animal anethetiser which can fit a variety of small animals, not just one :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They are vet masks. They are generic and come on different sizes. The largest one can fit several small animals. The smallest ones are for cats and tiny dogs. I think the largest one they make are for horses and cattle. But they have special fittings for straps. This ones are rubber ring ended so they are easier to use to makeshift a tiny gas chamber.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Is this how pokeballs are made?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, Dr Robotnik captured him.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

From the moment Dr Robotnik recognized the weaknesses of his (the hedgehogs) flesh...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

He's hogboxing

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (7 children)

All good until You accidentally push the "smoothie" button.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hedgehog dust. Don't breathe this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

now I've got the will it blend theme in my head

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We smokin hedgehog out of a glass pipe, blowing the lord's bubbles

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We're smoking that Casino Night Zone chaos emerald, you piece of shit! The za got me jumping on missiles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We straight gassin, cuttin straight to the hedgehog. Ha ha, this shit ain’t nothin to me man.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

"You know this plastic prison of theirs won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Free your mans? Do people actually talk like this?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Yes. See post for example

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I all of the sudden have a great idea for a vaporizer...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

We just put them in The Box™

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Just in case, anesthesia != euthanasia

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh god! I genuinely did make that mistake. I was wondering why this morbid piece was being treated so lightly haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I experienced your descent into madness. I think I might need some coffee

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Yea my brain definitely forgot what anesthetize meant for like 3-4 seconds when I first opened the picture and it made me sad.. Then I was like wait no that's different. Then I was like but yea you could probably use this for the other thing too. Then I remembered the video youtube recommended to me about some guy that built his own gas chamber for cats out of a cooler and got sad again.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Animals experience the same emotions as we do.

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days 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.

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