Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Phantom Vaginas

Sun was a pretty chill day, I got to watch an upper years dog and we went for a few walks in the botanics and he kept me company while I studied all day, so a pretty relaxed day. Monday was business as usual, class all day and it was, once again, super cold and rainy, so once I got home it was time to hunker down.
Today was another Cochno day, and what a day it was! First, we didn't have class in the morning so I had a bit of a lie in and some pancakes for breakfast in honor of pancake day! The took the bus to campus with plenty of time to spare to catch the bus, only to find that the bus driver had decided to leave 30 mins early!! Fortunately like half of the class was left behind, so I was able to hitch a ride there with a friend. Once we got there we were greeted by rows of metal boxes half filled with water and with sheep pelvises positioned in them. What were these boxes for you may ask? Why for putting dead frozen lambs in and then trying to pull them out the 'phantom vagina' with the use of ropes and wearing gloves up to our shoulders. Good times at vet school! After that (today was a particularly long cochno day) we had pig and poultry handling. We had a bit of lunch then watched a movie about poultry handling and watched someone, out of nowhere, neck a duck (aka break its neck) then moved on to hold japanese quail, layer hens, and pet some pigs! The pigs were totally the best, and they kept biting our trousers! But they were super adorable! Well that's about it for now, the term is winding down! So crazy how the time flies!

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like quite a fun day (minus the dead lambs and the murdered duck)!!

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