What skills do people need to have to become a veterinarian?

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To be a vet you need to love animals and be very patient. Animals cannot tell you what is wrong so you must be a keen observer. You must look at how the animal is behaving and put this together with lab results and physical findings to know what is wrong with the animal.
You must have extensive education and training to be a vet. So you must be willing to work very hard and spend a long time in school to get there.

I was prevet for a while. I was on my way into vet school when I changed my mind about becoming a vet. Like the first person said, you must love animals and be able to communicate with them. You must have excellent grades to be accepted to a good vet school. The school I applied to required a minimum GPR of 3.5. You must be good at most of the sciences; biology, chemistry, physics and math classes like trigonometry and calculus.

Most people just think that you have to love animals to become a veterinarian. This is true. But what people never think of is that sometimes you will have to turn people away because they can't afford treatment for their animals. For me, it was not the people I had to turn away that made me change my mind. It is the animal itself you have to turn away! Being an animal lover, this was something I knew I wouldn't be able to deal with. I knew I would be broke all the time because I would want to help all the animals.

Also, you will see abused animals. Not just by owners, but sometimes by people who work in the field. There are some people who are in the profession just for the money. I have seen a lot of animals being 'man-handled'. I have a serious problem with this. You will also sometimes see people who would have an animal put down rather than treat a perfectly treatable problem. Sometimes you see people who just can't let their animal go because they love them so much. I remember in particular a chow that had been brought in. He drank anti-freeze, which is deadly. The chances of an animal surviving this is very, very low. The owners kept the dog alive for several weeks even though it was obvious he would not make it. That dog suffered a lot being kept alive. I think that the kinder thing to do would be to let him go rather than suffer the way he did for so long. But it wasn't my choice.

These things are the realities of being a vet. It's not always fun. If you can deal with these things and have the apptitude to get into vet school, you might make a good vet.

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I would personally have math skills and science skills and some animal sense and knowledge.

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I would personally have math skills and science skills and some animal sense and knowledge.

obvious skills with animals either large or small (depending on your expertise). Knowledge of animal illness, symptoms and treatments. be able to draw blood, give vaccines, nutritional knowledge, most importantly being able to see some really terrible animal treatment.

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