what kind of career involves animals?

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i'm studying to be a vet nurse atm, but havebeen a groomer for the past 3 1/2 years. Both are wonderful (howevergrooming takes a lot of patience ;):shock:)
 
For a long time I wanted to work with animalstoo, but the more I thought about it the more I became unsure. Like avet - there is no way I'd be able to handle having to put animals tosleep:(. AndI don't like dogs:tongutwo:. And you can't do avet course in any of the Universities in NI, you have to go to Dublinor England, but I'd rather go to Belfast because I want to be able togo home most weekends to see my bunnies (and familytoo...:expressionless)

Are you definitely sure you want to work with animals? There are plentyof other opportunities too, maybe with higher pay. Are there anyCareers conventions etc. on nearby you? I went to one in my school andit's convinced me to try out for Dentistry. So lots of maths andscience exams for the next few years, then 5-7 years inUniversity...and lots of debt....:lookaround
 
I worked in an animal shelter for 2 years asstaff not volunteer, tho I was volunteering a year or so before I wasstaff.. and it is a lot of physical labour outdoors and a lot ofcleaning 'poop n stuff' :?and also very hard on your heartespecially around halloween.

Soo now I work in a vet clinic at weekends and during the summer and itis a lot nicer but also you have to be strong emotionally, as ive put afair few animals into their body bags and it isnt nice, nor is loadingthe bags into the crematory van every month. (luckily not many coz itis a good clinic <3 )

And you have to deal with a lot of arrogant pet owners who refuse to dowhat is right for their pet, and are mistreating them.

If you wanted to be a vet but dont like 'icky' stuff then it prob isntfor you, as there is a lot of blood and guts, and even routine thingssuch as taking temperature can be 'icky' ;)

I'm studying in uni on a science course to become a zoologist..I want to get into conservation in africa and such.


Zookeeper could be fun, and as far as I know, the person who cleans upafter them is also in charge of feeding and general care. I think youget assigned a section or species to be their primary caretaker.

Otherwise you could go into animal training and behaviour which isreally really interesting and rewarding :) I'm friends with abehaviourist and im really interested in it.
 
For A vet, I'm not sure but i'm gonna say 5+ years.

I did a little work at an animal hospital and the vet tech I talked to said she went for 2 years.

The difference is a vet tech is the assistant to the vet. Kind of like a nurse to the doctor.
 
Vet Tech is usually a 2 year program, although there are some 4 year programs whose graduates would most likely earn more pay.

It may not look like much money, but it's better than most jobs you can get with only a high school degree.
 
oh I get think i get it. to be a vet tech youneed a high school degree and then 2 years of college after that. Ithought it's get a high school degree and then get a 4 years of collegedegree and then another 2 years after college.
 

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