Being a Veterinarian

By: Ellie Stephens

Being A Vet

Being a veterinarian can be fun, because you get to work with many different animals. Yes, that is true, but it isn’t always fun and games. There are may steps to becoming a vet. But it is all worth it.

What is a Veterinarian?Vets are doctors that work with animals.

And if you have a pet, you have probably been to the vet before to help your animal feel better or to find out what might be wrong with it. Vets work in big clinics and part of a team. As a vet you get about 50 to 80 thousand dollars a year. Plus, being a vet also involves lots of math and science.

Working with Animals

Being a vet you might be able to work with many different animals, big or small. But not all work with big animals and not all work with small animals, some work with zoo or wildlife animals. Others work with households like dogs, cats, hamsters, even fish. If a fish is sick or needs a surgery or operation of some sort, vets use special equipment to help them breathe outside of water. Vets don’t always just help animals, they teach animals too.

Training To Be A Vet

To be a vet you have to go through lots of training and you have to get certain a doctorate, a doctorate is a PhD. A PhD is one of the highest degrees you can get in college. It stands for Doctorate of Philosophy. You have to study hard to get a B.S., a B.S. is a Bachelor of Science. And you have to get a good Grade Point Average or GPA. Plus an outstanding score on your SATs, an SAT is a Standard Admission Test. Yes it does sound like lots, but its all worth doing something you love.

The Day of a Veterinarian

As a vet you never really know what the day might bring. People, of course, make appointments, but you don’t know what might be wrong with the animal or what might have happened to the animal. Plus the reactions you get from the animals are unpredictable. Because each animal has something different happen to them and each animal will have a different reaction to what's going on.

Conclusion

So we can conclude, that as a vet there are many different things that happen to animals. But being a vet can be very fun, as long as you love, and love to help, animals. But its not all fun and games as a vet; you need to have special training and degrees. And it can be tricky, not knowing what might happen that day.