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I want to apply for Veterinary Medicine with a view to specialising in large animals. However, I have a phobia of snakes and spiders... does this make veterinary medicine a no-no? I'm fine with blood, needles, and everything else medically related; it's just snakes and spiders that I don't like. Is there some way of training without having to handle them?
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daj198
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- 08-02-2010 17:13
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- 08-02-2010 17:16
Do you get spiders at vets??
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- 08-02-2010 17:19
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- 08-02-2010 17:19
I went to the vets the other day with my rabbit, and the vet was really allergic to...rabbits, I'm sure if he can be a successful vet you can too
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- 08-02-2010 17:19
err providing you can cope being in a room with them you should be ok- we had a handling session but maybe 3 out of 11 chose not to touch the snakes/spiders and no one had a problem with it
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- 08-02-2010 17:20
Psychologists have apparently found a way to cure snake and spider phobia but I haven't looked into it too much since I am **** scared of snakes! I also have no desire to cure my fear of snakes as I believe that one day my snake fear will save my life lol!!
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- 08-02-2010 17:23
I think having to acknowledge this would make it harder, but you don't get snakes or spiders visiting non-herp or arachnid specialists all that often.
Seriously, I think the best thing to do is try and overcome the phobia.
You could expose yourself to them occasionally and increase the amount of time you spend with them.
Even if that means doing something as little as going in your local pet shop and walking down past the snakes every so often!
I keep snakes and believe me - they're lovely creatures! With a horrible reputation lol.
Also, with large spiders you've just got to bite the bullet and hold them to find out they're sensitive little things that feel a bit furry!
Face it rather than work around it, I say.
If it's an extreme phobia you could always get help from a psychologist - my sister is one and she completely changed one womans view of spiders lol. -
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- 08-02-2010 17:26
(Original post by Broderss)
Do you get spiders at vets??
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- 08-02-2010 17:29
I also have a snakes phobia.Glad there arent many dangerous species in Europe
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- 08-02-2010 22:23
Thanks everyone... I suppose a lot of people don't like snakes and things but still make it in the vet world...
"err providing you can cope being in a room with them you should be ok- we had a handling session but maybe 3 out of 11 chose not to touch the snakes/spiders and no one had a problem with it"
I presume you're doing vetmed at the moment then? Where? Sounds like I could work with that system! Being in a room with them I wouldn't mind but examining them.... -
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- 09-02-2010 15:35
I'm terrified of spiders, moths and crane flys, to the point that if there not touching me, or attempt to touch me its absolutly fine. I was in a barn once on work experience with a farmer stood next to me, and a hugeeeeee moth was fluttering around my head. It took all the willpower to not run away screaming as not to look stupid, i just stood rooted to the spot completely paranoid that it was crawling on me, ahhhh, i'm reliving it lol. But anyway, a vet i worked with is terrified of spiders aswell, she didn't seem to ever have any problems, and said as long as its not an extreme phobia, you should be fine.
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- 09-02-2010 15:41
You could try and get over your phobias? I had a massive phobia of spiders, but had a few months of CBT and am starting to get over it
I still have a long way to go, but i'm getting there! It's not easy but every time you take a step it's such a great feeling
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- 09-02-2010 16:57
(Original post by daj198)
Thanks everyone... I suppose a lot of people don't like snakes and things but still make it in the vet world...
"err providing you can cope being in a room with them you should be ok- we had a handling session but maybe 3 out of 11 chose not to touch the snakes/spiders and no one had a problem with it"
I presume you're doing vetmed at the moment then? Where? Sounds like I could work with that system! Being in a room with them I wouldn't mind but examining them.... -
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- 09-02-2010 21:59
(Original post by daj198)
Thanks everyone... I suppose a lot of people don't like snakes and things but still make it in the vet world...
"err providing you can cope being in a room with them you should be ok- we had a handling session but maybe 3 out of 11 chose not to touch the snakes/spiders and no one had a problem with it"
I presume you're doing vetmed at the moment then? Where? Sounds like I could work with that system! Being in a room with them I wouldn't mind but examining them.... -
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- 11-02-2010 04:26
(Original post by skipp)
I went to the vets the other day with my rabbit, and the vet was really allergic to...rabbits, I'm sure if he can be a successful vet you can too
until i realised that was a cat not a rabbit lol
i have to wait a day anyway -
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- 11-02-2010 19:09
(Original post by Annaconda)
this made me laugh so i tried to rep you with this picture
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until i realised that was a cat not a rabbit lol
i have to wait a day anywayAh man I love Nekozawa and Bellzeneff thanks Anna
And ye the poor guy...amazingly good vet, he gave them a proper check up...despite being obviously uncomfortable, some of them just inject and send you on your way unless you specifically ask otherwise, massive kudos to himLast edited by skipp; 11-02-2010 at 19:11. -
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- 13-02-2010 21:46
I'm at the **** Vet, we recently had a handling practical, and I know of at least 2 people in my class that were afraid to touch it. The staff encouraged them to do so but did not MAKE them. One girl had been cornered by a snake she said as a girl, so even being in the same room was difficult-she pushed her chair all the way back. At the end she asked the handler if she could go into the room privately with a friend and the handler, and they did that. So I agree, it is not the be-all or end-all of things.
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- 14-02-2010 11:26
As long as you don't go into exotic medicine you'll be fine
As for the "vet's don't treat spiders!" comments, ok, this isn't a spider, but they certainly do treat arachnids (including spiders):
http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/spide...nterested.html
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- 15-02-2010 22:37
I'm really, really creeped out by spiders, creepy crawlies etc etc and I'm in my third year, doing fine. Had a tick practical a couple of weeks ago that just about killed me though! :P
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