bondi vet is useless

[jcunningham]

first thing is he has some knowledge of local species how would he know that broadies live in the area 2nd its tv they make things up to make it excitin but most importantly how many of u amatuers at a glance could tell the difference between a young e. brown n a marsh or a young red belly and small scale without pikin it up stop with the procrastinating ur all DH"s with too much time on ur hands

 

[daniel1234]

I have said it before, doctors have it easy because the human body never changes, vets need to know so much about so many animals. You cant expect vets to know it all.
I would like to know why people actually call him out to catch and relocate. I have a good relationship with my vet along with my 20 or so different animals, but I would not ring them to remove a snake from my yard, even before I knew how to do it myself.

 

[sarah_m]

I would like to know why people actually call him out to catch and relocate. .

Have you seen him???
If he were my vet I would be calling him every time I stood on a snail or my cat had a hairball. Any excuse!!!
Didn't you see how eager the old lady was to give him a kiss, until she realised he meant the snake?

 

[Megzz]

Didn't you see how eager the old lady was to give him a kiss, until she realised he meant the snake?

LOL!

But seriously I guess people call him out to relocate snakes cos hes a famous vet and they want to be on tv and he probably agrees to do it from time to time cos it makes his show more interesting.

 

[ezekiel86]

haha sounds like a good laugh..when abouts was it on?

 

[MrSpike]

As for pitty vs staffy... I used to work for one of the notorious councils as an animal control officer... here in qld ^_^
Now... the reason they do a blood test is simple... actual pitbulls are rare and 'pitbull type' animals were being taken. They were taken on the basis that people were breeding new strains from other breeds to fight in pits. Creating new australian pitbulls from staffy, mastiff and other lines.
Some people with some money got together and faught this and now DNA is required which has completely thrown out eliminating the new pit rings. And all because of the general incompetence of one person If you know the story behind it all you will know who that one person is
I put in objections... and got fired. Anyone interested in the story, I will be happy to PM about it ^_^
As far as identifying them for sure... it is easy. Staffy and pitty are easy to tell apart. Purebred amstaff and pitty may be more difficult as they are essentially the same breed. Even crosses of certain breeds bred to look like pittys are generally easy to spot. Though some people have merely bred purebred staffys... papered... to take the place of pits.
My concern would have rather been eliminating dogs that clearly had been in fights or bred for fighting instead of going on the ridiculous rampage that the notorious council went on... taking peoples pet dogs from them for no reason other than one persons personal vendetta.
Man I have some stories from that place... I almost got involved in the court case that stopped the pet dog killing because they resembled a pitbull a little.

Ok... ima stop ranting now ^_^

There is no pitbull blood in the sampling used in Australia for DNA testing, therefor there is no way that the test can come back as a "Pitbull". Regardless, DNA testing is innacurate.

Amstaff's and APBT are completely different dogs, they may look similar but you'd be hard pressed to find an Amstaff with the athletic ability and gameness of an American Pitbull Terrier.

And any people dumb enough to try and throw in other breeds of dog to create fighting dogs are usually street level wanna-be-thugs that think agression is what wins a fight. And all they are trying to do is get away with it. I suggest you read Colby's book "The American Pitbull Terrier" and learn about the history of these dogs.

I'd be interested in reading this story you are talking about.

 

[dickyknee]

first thing is he has some knowledge of local species how would he know that broadies live in the area 2nd its tv they make things up to make it excitin but most importantly how many of u amatuers at a glance could tell the difference between a young e. brown n a marsh or a young red belly and small scale without pikin it up stop with the procrastinating ur all DH"s with too much time on ur hands

Even the OP has trouble ID'ing snakes ..... http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/australian-snakes-37/d-117715/

 

[cris]

I unfortunately missed it. Why? My boyfriend hates him. Why? Cause he is a pretty famous boy.

The show is rubbish(like most reality TV), could be why he doesnt want to watch it. If it were a hot chick in a bikini we would watch it and you would probably whinge about how crap the show or host was.

 

[Megzz]

The show is rubbish(like most reality TV), could be why he doesnt want to watch it. If it were a hot chick in a bikini we would watch it and you would probably whinge about how crap the show or host was.

You might be onto something. Get Dr chris to take his shirt off and also get him a hot girl who wears a bikini as an assistant. Imagine the ratings!

 

[D3pro]

holy cow this thread hasn't been closed yet? lol

 

[BrownHash]

For those that haven't seen the episode it can be found here. Its Episode 11 (3/4). Its about 3 minutes into the 3rd segment.

Personally I see little wrong with what he did. Although he did make hard work of getting it in the bag.

 

[stockhorse]

You do all realise he did actually get tagged.

 

[BenReyn]

That segment basically encapsulates general vet's inability to deal with anything scaly, after doing work experience as one- and being friends with a son of a vet, I can vouch for how true the sometimes perceived 'paranoia' is.
There's only a few vets I would trust with reptiles, and evidently the Bondi vet isn't one of them.

 

[Chimera]

People are too quick to get on their soapbox about vets when it comes to birds and reptiles. Consider your average veterinary practice who will deal with only 2 species for about 80% of cases with the last 20% comprising of small mammals, a few birds and the occasional reptile. It is definitely true that unless a vet has decent experience with reptiles that the knowledge may be lacking, however this is not the vets fault.

If you present anyone, regardless of experience with a diamond python when the last reptile they laid eyes on was a bearded dragon over a month ago, mistakes are understandable. Fortunately there is plenty of (NON INTERNET!!) literature available for reptile keepers to read to form their own opinion. If you don't have access to an experienced reptile vet, this is a must.

 

[AnimalCollector6]

I dunno if anyone else has said this yet, but a broad headed snake will grow to a max of about 90cm, yet most are around 60cm. he has a 6ft snake or somethin like that and he still doesn't know whether its a broad head or a diamond!?

 

[Megzz]

I dont even know what a broad headed snake looks like, probably because I have nothing to do with them.. Maybe he usually doesn't either!?

 

[JasonL]

Better to err on the side of caution was the message the show was trying to get across, not all members of the general public are experts on herpetofauna, some don't even have field guides or even know who Harold Cogger is!!! Go figure hey?

 

[dickyknee]

Here's another pic , this one was dropped off to my place by a person who thought it was diamond , he told us his mate was holding it ....

 

[jordo]

He's a vet, not a herpetologist. May as well be whining about a baker not knowing the different cuts of meat...

 

[cris]

People are too quick to get on their soapbox about vets when it comes to birds and reptiles. Consider your average veterinary practice who will deal with only 2 species for about 80% of cases with the last 20% comprising of small mammals, a few birds and the occasional reptile. It is definitely true that unless a vet has decent experience with reptiles that the knowledge may be lacking, however this is not the vets fault.

Some vets cant even ID every fish species that would live in their area or know in detail how to look after such critters, considering humans are also animals they should know as much as any specialist surgeon too. I reckon vetinary degrees must be given away in raffles :lol: