Tales of a Vet Nurse

 By: Jade Pengelly

Location: FIC PEN

Genre: Real life vet Nurse stories -Furry riends!

You never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital... Clumsy Luna the Greyhound and her fragile front legs; the tortoise in need of a prosthetic leg; Jock the Saint Bernard and his problematic eyelashes; Edward the Burmese cat and his extravagant diet; the burly farmer and the world's tiniest Chihuahua, Lulu-bell... there is never a dull day in the life of a vet nurse. As the people who care for them around the clock, vet nurses are uniquely placed to speak for their patients and help us understand what our pets are going through. From emergency shifts at a posh London practice to a busy country hospital treating all manner of wildlife - snakes, foxes, hedgehogs - to working with equine-surgeons and teaching the art of care to new generations of vet nurses in New Zealand, Tales of a Vet Nurse is about a life devoted to saving our beloved and unconditional friends. Along the way, Jade enlightens readers to the forbidden feasts of Labradors, the dangers of x-raying prize-winning showjumpers, and the most common pets she sees as hospital inpatients.

Review by Sharon

Tales of a Vet Nurse is exactly as it sounds. Stories and behind the scenes of what happens within the Veterinary world. I love animals, and always felt that the veterinary path is for me... but after reading this book and how difficult it was for me to read through some of the more hard and upsetting cases, I know I do not have the amount of emotional control required for this job.

There are so many unexpected situations, and the vet nurses get up close and personal with their animal patients from missing limb tortoises, blind foxes, diabetic cats, hedgehogs and obviously lots of dogs! As I mentioned, it was a tough read for me though. I had to spread this out over a month as I just got too emotional especially for the stories where they couldn't save the animals. Despite that It was absolutely fascinating to read. I loved the clear language and the insights of what vet nurses go through.