I have no idea how this blog is going to pan out.  A few users on a Glasgow based internet forum have mentioned that the stories and tales I have from work are fairly interesting and would possibly do well on a Blog of some sort.  Good idea, think I, but where on earth do I start?  A quick root around and WordPress was the site I chose to start my Vetblog on.

About me, well, I have to keep things here fairly secret due to not wanting to reveal clients names or their animals to the world.  I will change names, not reveal where I work or my actual name, but the associated stories will be the same.  I will post the occasional picture to show interesting and sometimes rare things that I have seen but wont name names or anything like that to keep things confidential.  Basically, I am a fairly recent Veterinary Graduate (BVMS 2006).  I am originally from Scotland but had to move down to England for work.  Most of my friends and, indeed, my lovely boyfriend are in Glasgow, and I am still looking for a job up in Scotland to bring me nearer to them.  I’ve been in this job for a year and a half now and every day new cases are popping up that totally stretch my knowledge.  I have seen the weirdest cases in the last week than I have since i’ve worked here!

What I hope to achieve here is to show cases I have seen, what we found, what we did and just basically inform people of the many weird and crazy things that can happen to their animals and hopefully, how we can fix them.  There are loads of people with access to the internet that come into work with completely wrong information as they try to self diagnose so I aim to help people a little bit more with the most common things we see, rare things we see, when to worry and when to not worry.

I hope I have explained things well here!  If there is enough interest, I may also write a few posts such as what happens when my dog/cat gets neutered?  When to Vaccinate/worm/flea treat etc.  I may write similar informative posts of that ilk as well as discuss various hot animal topics such as one of my favourites – the banning of tail docking in dogs.

Hope you find this Blog fairly interesting!  The day to day life of a young vet can be crazy busy, specially as on call can be where the maddest things can happen!  Any suggestions for topics/questions etc i am happy to receive and answer