r/Veterinary

Uk? Canada? Australia?

I know that us indians as a people are generally frowned upon for a variety of reasons when it come to immigration but please help me out here. Im a 20yr old student whos about to start a 5.5 year bachelor's in veterinary science and animal husbandry course here in india, what are my chances of making of better life for myself abroad. I know id have to write qualification exams, and that the uk employers help with theirs, and that navle is very expensive. What would be the best route for me for permanent residence in a better country?

I’m an exotics vet. Except for vaccine clinics and 1-2 time per year GP shifts on Roo, I only see exotics. In fact, I don’t just see exotics- I see exotics in zoo and wildlife facilities. I rarely see pets anymore and that’s for good reason. I feel like when I did exotic companion animal practice, what I could do for people was severely undervalued. I would get a lot of, “Well I don’t want to spend that. It’s not a dog.”. I see fish. I had a client come in with a sick goldfish with lumps and a swim bladder issue. I gave him the rundown on what I could offer him diagnostic wise- cytology, rads, etc. I can understand if someone just doesn’t have the money but this guy just plain laughed in my face and said, “Why would I do any of that for a fish?”. seriously. Did he think it was free? I think people go into vet clinics thinking we can just diagnose their animals right off the bat without doing anything to try and figure out what’s wrong. It seems to be the trend in human medicine but here’s one problem with that in vet vet med- our patients can‘t talk. And hobbyists- don’t even get me started on that crap. Not all, but many reptile hobbyists kind of suck. They think they know it all and refuse to listen to backed scientific data, but get mad when their beardie dies of egg binding or their leopard gecko dies from MBD. A lot of them I couldn’t even convince to do a $30 fecal exam on their animal. I would sometimes try to be helpful on exotic pet subreddits and Facebook groups and actually give free vet advice only to be struck down by a hobbyist who probably has no ability to analyze a scientific research paper and relies on Wikipedia for knowledge. People are constantly hassling me for free advice but when I give it without being asked I’m treated like shit. There are reasons why I went into zoo and wildlife medicine and clients are many of them.

I’m a new graduate vet, in my second week on the job at my first practice. To make a long story short, yesterday I had a client get extremely angry and demand a refund from the practice manager (which she got) because she felt that her appointment took too long. I know that as a new vet I am just going to be slower than someone with experience, I know the client was being unkind, I know no one I work with is mad at me or views me as incompetent, but I’m still just stuck on the idea that I am incompetent, that I embarrassed myself yesterday and that I should just be better despite being so incredibly new to this. I’ve always had a hard time not taking it very personally when people are mad at me, and I know clients being mad at me will just be part of the job, and that would still be true even if I somehow became the most perfect vet on the planet.

I hope it will get better, but I’m worried that I’ll just burn out of the field by taking it extremely personally every time a client throws a fit. I really do like practicing medicine, and most of my clients so far have been really kind and great to work with. I don’t want a few bad apples to spoil my whole job.

Edit: I really appreciate everyone’s kind words. I know I’m at the start of a long road towards getting used to the work I’m doing and every challenge that comes with it. I’ll do my best to stick with it and stay positive ❤️