i dont think i can work with reptiles like snakes, rats, alligators etc.
2007-01-28 12:37:26 · 8 answers · asked by Puneet S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
you can specialize in dogs and cats, however, if you wind up in general practice, which the vast majority do, you'll treat everything from bunnies to lizards, hamsters, birds, snakes...whatever is out there.
2007-01-28 12:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vets are for all animals. That includes reptiles, birds, livestock, and exotic breeds. It really depends on what kind of vet you want to be. There are basically livestock and city vets. Livestock vets go to ranches and the work with horses, cows, sheep, goats, and pigs. City vets are what everyone thinks of. Dogs, cats, birds, and reptiles.
People don't take their snakes to vets very often. If you have problems with rodents, tough luck. If you come across an alligator, you should politely tell your costumer to contact a sanctuary this instant.
You will most likely get over your phobias in school. They make you dissect all kinds of interesting things, including cats.
2007-01-28 23:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to start off I think you should look in a pet store... most varieties of products for animals go with the ones that are more popular to buy- thus the ones you will most likely have to "fix".
So, not only dogs and cats, but also
reptiles- small lizards to iguanas, small garter to large python sized snakes, and turtles
amphibians- frogs, newts
horses and ponys
rodents- rats, mice, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, hamsters,
ferrets
small birds
Beleive me, there are lots of people who have unusual pets named "fluffy" and don't know how to take care of them...
2007-01-28 21:25:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mikka 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would depend if you decided to specialize or not and the type of area you were working in like if you're working in SF u probably wouldn'thave to deal w/ aligators or farm animals but if you were working in like smalltown, kansas you may have to deal w/ farm animals and if you were in floriday you may have to deal w/ alligators normally though you would probably deal w/ birds, hamsters, guinea pigs(and other small rodents like mice),rats probably wouldn'tbe that common along w/ snakes but it would again depend on where you work also you could always choose to work somewhere where they specialize in a specific animal like horses or some vet clinics only do dogs and cats so you do have the chance to make a choice about where you work and what you work with hope this helps :D
2007-01-28 20:50:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Veterianarians have specialties. Besides dogs and cats some treat barnyard animals, some treat rodents.
2007-01-29 01:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Terry Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you become a vet it will be up to you what you want to work with, but during school you might have to work a little with reptiles and rats because they have to teach you everything. Don't let that stop you if you really want to become a vet you will over come fear of reptiles and rats. I'm only a veterinary technician but when i went to school we had to work with rats and i never liked them but my teachers were great and taught us how to work with them and now i have no problem working with them if i had to.
2007-01-28 21:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by nina21o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses.
Maybe you should reconsider being a veterinarian if you don't like working with lots of different animals.
2007-01-28 20:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Jess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses, cows, pigs, birds, hamsters, etc.
2007-01-28 20:43:31 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋