Junior Vet for a Day: Companion Animals
Come and experience what it would be like to be a vet / vet nurse, here at Menai Animal Hospital. You will be working side by side with one of our senior vet nurses and will assist in the daily tasks like:
- Go on a behind the scenes hospital tour
- Learn how we feed and care for patients
- Learn how to use Veterinary equipment such as Microscopes and Endoscopes
- Take vitals such as Heart rate, Temperature and Respiratory rate
- Handling animals of many types
- Clip nails & learn how to groom dogs and cats
- Learn how to check eyes & ears
- Study parasites such as Worms, Ticks and Flea’s
- Learn about animal safety
- Conduct pathology tests
- Learn how to check a pet’s microchip
- Study X-Rays and see if you can guess the problem
- Learn about different breeds of dogs and cats and many more exciting things
The experience will run from 11am – 3pm
Cost is $110.00 per child
The days will be limited to small groups of 12. Please bring lunch and a drink
Vet / vet nurse for a day conditions:
- Payment is essential to secure your booking.
- Enclosed shoes must be worn.
- All participants must agree to follow all instructions given by the nurse at all times.
- Touching of any animal(s) may be permitted after instructions from the nurse and under the nurse’s supervision.
- Menai Animal Hospital does not take any responsibility for any injuries that may occur. First aid will be given if required.
- You will need to sign a liability waiver for your child to attend.
- We will need contact numbers for a parent or guardian in case of an emergency.
Upcoming sessions: July School Holidays – July 10th and 12th ages 5-9 and July 11th ages 9 to 15. Please call us to pay and book your child in. A permission slip will be emailed to you once the payment is made.