#smallies

"Listen to my story. This may be our last chance."

✨Final Fantasy X Cover🌊

One of great hits of Playstation. You know the main team, but also the Aeons by their side.

My notes: Doing the characters was really fun, and some Aeons were really cool to draw. And I could do different wallpapers or even stickers.

My favourites are Shiva, Ifrit and Ixion.

I hope you like it!

My daughter has decided the name for this little fella!

A little teaser for the Christmas booklet in the making.

Smallies peeking curiously out of the window at the commotion outside.

I’ve always had a soft spot for what’s referred to as “pocket pets”, you know the ones, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, hedgehogs, etc. What I didn’t know is just how much they would influence my life.

My name is Liz, and I’m a staff member at the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA). I work a lot in the area of the shelter known as the Small Animals, or the smallies as we like to call it. And let me just say, these little animals are full of so many surprises, with lots of personality, joy, and spunk, each is unique in their own way. That simple fact, is something that is overlooked by perhaps almost the entire world, or at least what it seems like.

In my line of work, I spend each and everyday educating and advocating for the proper care and treatment of these animals. Each day may also bring along the animals which have not received such required care and treatment… and the fact that some of these animals even survive, amazes not only me, but our veterinary staff as well. From a rabbit revived from the brink of death, a guinea pig with bladder stones, an under socialized rabbit with attitude (there actually might be a lot of those), and hamsters with bulging eyes, there’s never a dull moment.

I invite you to join me as I tell my story, as I share what care these animals really need. And how each and everyday, they prove me to that they’re Small but Mighty!

Anonymous said to @ask-drferox: Hello! Vet medicine student here! Just a quick question... do you think it's possible to work with both small animals and wildlife in practice? I'm near the end of my course and can't really decide what to specialize in, I find both areas interesting but can't figure out which one to choose... how did you decide working with small animals was for you?

It’s certainly possible if you’re working in a practice that has a good reputation for wildlife, and the more rural you go, the more likely that is to be.

I didn’t want to specialise when I graduated. I wanted to work with everything! Big, small, wild and domestic. So I went to work at a reasonably large clinic, about 7 full time equivalent vets, in a large rural center so there was a good mix of everything. It was a true mixed practice, I even treated a meerkat from a local zoo once!

Mixed practice straight out of graduation is great for when you’re still finding your way and trying to experience everything.