Anyone else work with animals?

Ravenskunk
Ravenskunk Posts: 3
edited December 18 in Chit-Chat
I'm just curious if anyone else around this place works with animals. If so what kind? Are thy wild or domestic. What kind of stuff do you do?

I work at a Bird of Prey rehabilitation center as the assistant rehabilitator.
I work in the ICU with the wild and injured birds. I also work with our education birds and do small group bird programs and large group meet and greets where people can meet the animals.
I spend most the day on my feet and running around. It's a stressful and sad job but has a lot of fun parts and is extremely rewarding.
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  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
    i worked 2 and half years on an alpaca farm love it to death
  • Amy_nz
    Amy_nz Posts: 145
    I'd love to work with animals but I don't at the moment. I used to volunteer at the zoo which was great - trained giraffes and porcupines and hand-fed wee serval kittens and cuddled cheetahs (they had been hand-raised and were pretty friendly!). Loved it.

    Now I've only got two cats at home, one of whom needs to join MFP. He steals baking. In the last month alone there's been a date scone, a cheese scone, and today a bread product of some description but he had eaten most of it, I couldn't identify it. No idea where he's getting them from, but I suspect the elderly neighbours next door are wondering where their morning teas are going!
  • marzinator13
    marzinator13 Posts: 149 Member
    I volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center -- just a few things we have
    eagles
    hawks
    deer
    coyotees
    pelacan
    squirrels
    foxes
    swan
    geese
    mink
  • caitlinlws
    caitlinlws Posts: 401 Member
    I do!

    I work at a pretty large barn as a horse trainer...I certainly get a lot of exercise at work!
  • kellyo15
    kellyo15 Posts: 51
    I'm a vet student! A week away from finishing up my first year. Technically I don't yet "work" with animals but have spent a lot of time volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center, shadowing in small animal clinics and doing volunteer work with sheep and cows :)
  • susanloveszumba
    susanloveszumba Posts: 182
    i am a receptionist at a small animal hospital.
  • tobafa
    tobafa Posts: 344 Member
    I work with animals every day. Look at my "About Me" area ha ha! If we could afford to have more, I'd like to have buffalo, camels and few other things that could potentially kill me. :laugh:
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    Yep. I am a veterinary parasitologist. I make the world a less itchy and bitey place for pets and livestock. :smile:

    I can't imagine a better career for myself.
  • ashleighk90
    ashleighk90 Posts: 112 Member
    I work with dogs at a cage-free dog daycare. Supervise 25-35 dogs at a time and make sure everyone is safe and happy. I absolutely LOVE my job. =] Also farm animals are part of my daily life. Held a newborn goat yesterday.

    Not sure where life will take me but I will always want to work with animals, (love all but specifically dogs,) hopefully in a rescue capacity. This is a really cool thread. I love hearing what other jobs with animals are out there.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Sue, you make the world a better place for their owners, too. You know how allergic I am to fleas! :laugh:

    Former vet tech. Loved the work. Hated my boss.

    Wildlife rehab sounds amazing. :heart:
  • CallieRettig
    CallieRettig Posts: 30
    I'm an RVT and just celebrated 5 years of employment at my hospital. We are a 3 doctor practice and see small animal only and some exotics
  • L00py_T0ucan
    L00py_T0ucan Posts: 1,378 Member
    This is a really cool thread. I love hearing what other jobs with animals are out there.

    ^ This. Bump!
  • kellyo15
    kellyo15 Posts: 51
    Yep. I am a veterinary parasitologist. I make the world a less itchy and bitey place for pets and livestock. :smile:

    I can't imagine a better career for myself.

    This is awesome!! The 3 veterinary parasitologists that we've had teaching us have been some of the coolest, most interesting people we've met during school so far! They tend to give the best lectures too, even if I can't help but itch uncontrollably the whole time! From my experience so far, it seems to take a certain (awesome) type of personality. :)
  • aqua_zumba_fan
    aqua_zumba_fan Posts: 383 Member
    My dream job is to work with animals but currently working in academia. Moving on to something new (who knows what) come October though! Maybe I'll get into animal work - not sure how except starting with volunteering. Any tips anyone?! (I'm in UK)
  • SarahE1092
    SarahE1092 Posts: 83
    I love finding other animal lovers that work in the field!
    I am a licensed veterinary technician and have been at my practice for 2 years now. I work at a animal dentist. Yes, all we do is teeth and mouth stuff. I love it, and couldnt think of anything else I would rather be doing. I guess its the satisfaction of helping animals in need when they cant eat or have broken and ouchie teeth!

    Feel free to add me!!
  • Argent78
    Argent78 Posts: 151 Member
    I'm a wildlife conservation biologist. I'm currently doing my PhD in Wildlife ecology and management, and my job is in Argentina as a researcher in this area. My research currently is as an ornithologist, studying birds in agricultural landscapes. I do wild bird captures, etc.. :)
  • MarinaPacheco
    MarinaPacheco Posts: 95 Member
    My dream job is to work with animals but currently working in academia. Moving on to something new (who knows what) come October though! Maybe I'll get into animal work - not sure how except starting with volunteering. Any tips anyone?! (I'm in UK)

    I run The Mammal Society in the UK, mostly I just talk about animals these days, but I got to hold a pygmy shrew last week which was very exciting.

    If you want to work in conservation the best way in is still volunteering I'm afraid, but you can do it part time with a paying job to cover the bills the rest of the time and the experience is invaluable.
  • SarahE1092
    SarahE1092 Posts: 83
    I'm a wildlife conservation biologist. I'm currently doing my PhD in Wildlife ecology and management, and my job is in Argentina as a researcher in this area. My research currently is as an ornithologist, studying birds in agricultural landscapes. I do wild bird captures, etc.. :)


    That sounds awesome! Birds really fascinate me, but I have never worked with them. Cool job!
  • InnerFatGirl
    InnerFatGirl Posts: 2,687 Member
    Not at the moment, but I was an animal activist for a while (and still am at heart). I also done a lot of volunteering at shelters and just generally researched a lot of animal related stuff.
  • InnerFatGirl
    InnerFatGirl Posts: 2,687 Member
    I work with dogs at a cage-free dog daycare. Supervise 25-35 dogs at a time and make sure everyone is safe and happy. I absolutely LOVE my job. =]

    Omg, that sounds like heaven. Lucky dogs and lucky you! It makes me happy that some dogs get to go to daycare :-)
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    I am the technician supervisor for a small animal (cats and dogs) emergency hospital. I have over 10 years of experience. I do get burnt out and the pay makes me need a second job (I work part time at another ER) but I can't think of anything I'd rather do.

    My dream is to work with big cats.
  • LilGiselle21
    LilGiselle21 Posts: 110 Member
    I'm a pet groomer, dog and cats mainly. I worked in a salon until I decided to be a stay at home mom luckily me it's a job I can do from home so people still call me to bring their lil ones for me to groom.
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    Yep. I am a veterinary parasitologist. I make the world a less itchy and bitey place for pets and livestock. :smile:

    I can't imagine a better career for myself.

    This is awesome!! The 3 veterinary parasitologists that we've had teaching us have been some of the coolest, most interesting people we've met during school so far! They tend to give the best lectures too, even if I can't help but itch uncontrollably the whole time! From my experience so far, it seems to take a certain (awesome) type of personality. :)
    Haha. I think you have to be really weird to like bugs so much.
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,408 Member
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    used to raise sheep
  • aqua_zumba_fan
    aqua_zumba_fan Posts: 383 Member
    My dream job is to work with animals but currently working in academia. Moving on to something new (who knows what) come October though! Maybe I'll get into animal work - not sure how except starting with volunteering. Any tips anyone?! (I'm in UK)

    I run The Mammal Society in the UK, mostly I just talk about animals these days, but I got to hold a pygmy shrew last week which was very exciting.

    If you want to work in conservation the best way in is still volunteering I'm afraid, but you can do it part time with a paying job to cover the bills the rest of the time and the experience is invaluable.

    That was what I figured I'd do so good to hear it's the way to go. I'd love to talk about animals as I really enjoy giving lectures, seminars and presentations on my academic work and talking about animals would be even more interesting :)
  • Ravenskunk
    Ravenskunk Posts: 3
    So any fun jobs some of you have!

    I'd love to get into wildlife biology and have the chance to study some of these amazing animals in the wild. Though ever since my first day at the center I work at as an intern almost 2 years ago I knew what my true calling was (rehab), i was excited to be hired at the center with these birds.

    Since I'm here and this is my thread. I'll share a photo of me and one of my co-workers.
    http://fav.me/d4ghz5v

    That if Guffey he is a Great Horned Owl. A permanent resident and education bird, he was found injured and after attempts to rehabilitate him he was left with the inability to fly but trained very quickly and does great work as an ambassador for his species.
  • laceylou0702
    laceylou0702 Posts: 226 Member
    I work part-time at a doggy daycare, boarding, grooming & training facility! I LOVE IT!!!
    I also work at an Insurance Company & if I could afford to leave my office job I totally would!
  • Myndi73
    Myndi73 Posts: 270
    I volunteer at a couple local shelters and I also take care of 100+ feral cats. I used to work for a veterinarian, but the pay sucked and I had to find a better paying job. I loved that job though. :(
  • nakedsun
    nakedsun Posts: 115
    I'm so jealous that y'all are still working with animals. I worked with them in a different way that a lot of people are prone to boo.
    For a while I managed a Pet Shop. I liked it, unlike a lot of pet shops we were fierce about the care of the animals we had (reptiles, fish, birds and small animals) as well as well versed on knowledge for pet owners who came. I was lucky that my staff and myself wasn't just happy with the training they gave us (which was crap) and most of us did heavy research on our own to make sure we had the best knowledge possible. I miss working there truth be told.

    I also grew up on a horse farm. Well we had buffalo, rabbits, water fowl, dogs and cats too. The buffalo were more pets than anything though there was the cull :( I loved having the horses - a bunch of Olympic and well standing horses there it was awesome.

    I still work with animal rescues now and work Part Time as a Event Coordinator for the local humane society.
  • Amore219
    Amore219 Posts: 8
    I don't get paid to do it, but I volunteer a lot for animal weflare activities. I have a website, if anyone is interested: www.thehelpingpaws.org. I write grants for animal groups, promote them at events, spread the word about missing/lost/found dogs & cats... Anything I can do! I also am working toward my Master of Public Administration with a concentration in advocacy - I hope to start my own animal charity in the future that would act as a temporary foster network for pets of the homeless and domestic abuse victims. :)

    This is a great thread!
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