Today was the 45th annual Vet-a-Visit at Michigan State University. One day each year the hospital and school are open to the public to explore. Several thousands of people come to see just what goes on inside. We attended with some friends of ours (Joyce, Deb and Paiton). There are animals of every type inside. The first one (pictured above) is an alligator. Rooter enjoyed feeling his cool scaly body.
There were several ferrets wondering around the exotics exhibit. Roots liked their soft fur and thinks that we should have a pet ferret in our house... we will have to see about that one.
We were amazed at the types of animals that Rooter liked and didn't like. She had no problem with the snakes and alligator, but she was pretty scared of the 3 week old lambs. Go figure.
The wildlife ward (of which James was a coordinator for 2 years before he started his clinical rotations) released a rehabilitated Red Tail Hawk. It had come in as a juvenile with a wing injury and was fixed up over about an 8 month period. He was released in front of a huge crowd. He was thrown up in the air and never looked back. With all the spring baby animals (bunnies, squirrels, etc.) he should have easy pickings until he improves his hunting skills.
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That looks fun! I always wanted to go to the vet days, but never made it for whatever reason.
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