Hostility towards veterinarians

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

I actually love my vets! They're really great (both my mammal and reptile vets). I do understand the hostility though, because I have often seen people post on other forums about how they took their reptile to their cat vet and the cat vet misdiagnosed and subsequently killed their reptile.

Well, one of the most common misconceptions I've seen is that people assume our salaries are on par with human doctors (even though my debt WILL be). Trust me, I'm not doing this for the money. Average starting salary is around $60,000, but by the time you figure that half of that will be going to pay off my $250,000 student loans (which is what I will owe including interest by the time it is paid off)... it certainly is not as lucrative as some might think.