Vetcetera Beware! Dolittler 2.0 goes Beta!

OK, so it’s live now, not really Beta at all (I’m not even sure what that means, really). Nonetheless, I’m all nervous about Dolittler’s newest incarnation. Will you like it? Will it work?

Just so you know, Dolittler 2.0 will be arriving in stages over the next few weeks (including new visuals), so if you didn’t get everything you asked for don’t worry, it’s probably on its way.

And you’ll...

February 27th, 2008 16 Comments

Vet P.O.V. Does size really matter? Incision lengths in veterinary surgery

Ahem. Yes, size matters. Predictably, surgeons who like to make long incisions in the surgical theater think it’s a better measure of their thoroughness. Meanwhile, surgeons preferring short ones believe their way is less painful and less fraught with incision-site complications.

To my, mind, it’s a general question of style, neither one better than the other, both of which have their place in...

February 27th, 2008 12 Comments

Vet Stress Top ten stupid vet tricks: Pet healthcare confessions from the front lines

Hot on the heels of my malpractice insurance fiasco comes this timely post. Here I detail the top ten mistakes seen in vet practice (yeah, we vets do stupid stuff sometimes):


1-Forgetting to take out the IV catheter when pets go home: This is common (three or four times a year for us), though not so much since we started including CATH OUT! checkboxes on our patient’s cage cards.

For the...

February 27th, 2008 22 Comments