by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog, Wildlife and exotics
I have a falcon on my head. It is training time for the birds of prey. Focus is an American Kestrel or sparrow hawk. It is her turn in my office and she is flying from the perch to the window and detoured to the top of my head. I think she is annoyed at me. Falconry...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
We need to talk. Nobody ever likes to hear an conversation that starts with that phrase, but sometimes we really do need to talk. Veterinary medicine is changing. It started several years ago. Sophia Yin was a brilliant veterinarian. She spoke at many conferences...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
I got caught by a stoplight so I was parking as my shift began Sunday morning. I was in the building by 8:02AM. The doctor I was relieving seemed happy to seem me. She quickly went through the cases. She had done two enterotomies (for a gunshot and a eaten towel), had...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
COVID 19 has certainly changed our world. Things that we used to take for granted are now different. Simple things, like moving animals through the hospital or communicating with clients are now more difficult. But through all of this, I have had the knowledge that...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog, Vet Life and It's not just a vet life
Sometimes it feels like it still should be May. Sometimes it feels like it should be 2021 or maybe 2022. Even practiced introverts like me are starting to feel the stress of social distancing, uncomfortable masks and this parking lot thing we have called curbside...
by Dr. M.J. Wixsom | Aug 10, 2020 | Animal Care, Blog
COVID 19 has probably changed the rest of our lives. Everyone who is alive now will change in some way. While I am quick to point out the ways these changes have not been ideal (just ask my best friend), not everything that is COVID 19 related has been bad. I must...
