Real People Don't Own Monkeys: And Other Stories of Pets, Their People and the Vets Who See It All

by Kiklevich, J. Veronika; Austad, Steven N.

• ISBN13: 9781570718229
• ISBN10: 1570718229
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks

Summary

This collection of strange but true stories evokes the hilarious, often poignant world of a veteran veterinarian. The reader gets a sneak-peak at the secret world of those staid-looking veterinary hospitals -- the joy, the grief and the catastrophes that no one ever mentions.

Author Biography

J. Veronika Kiklevich, D.V.M., is a clinical instructor at Washington State University Veterinary Hospital, where she practices clinical medicine and teaches veterinary students. She has also dispensed veterinary advice on her cable television show called For Pet's Sakes, which was broadcast throughout suburban Boston Steven N. Austad is a professor of zoology at the University of Idaho where he studies animal behavior and the biology of aging

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xv
Microwave Cat	1	(5)
You Are Not Necessarily What You Eat---Thank Goodness	6	(7)
Lazarus Turtles	13	(7)
I Don't Think We're Seeing Eye to Eye	20	(8)
A Pig's Best Friend	28	(7)
Down and Almost Out	35	(8)
The (Imagined) Emotional Lives of Animals	43	(12)
We Seem to Be Having Some Technical Difficulties	55	(12)
A Bird in the Hand	67	(10)
Monty---Psycho-python	77	(9)
Just Think If He'd Really Been Sick	86	(7)
Come On, Iggy, Say Hello to the Doctor	93	(11)
Ever See a Skeleton in a Tree?	104	(9)
At Least I'm Not Hung Up about It	113	(15)
A Pack of Trouble	128	(16)
Night Tales	144	(27)
Guns	171	(16)
Michael Kelley, Kelli Kelley, and the Law	187	(18)
Fortunately, I Have Just What You Need	205	(11)
Kosrae	216	(16)
Ike, the Irrepressible	232