When I first started watching I enjoyed seeing the animals. After a while though, Dr K's disdain for "vets who only treat...dogs and cats" started to grate. Her admiration for exotic pet owners seems to be based on how much money they are.prepared to spend in her practice. This was painfully obvious in the episode dealing with a marmoset. From the start of the episode, Kelleher speaks of the possibility of an agressive form of herpes. She repeatedly mentions that the marmoset is in pain, but decides it could be something else -- roll out the CT scans and other expensive tests. After three days (during which the animal continues to suffer), it becomes obvious that yes, this is the aggressive herpes she had mentioned three days earlier, so the animal must be euthanised. They also filmed and showed the owner's hysterical crying at the loss of her pet, which I found disgusting. Personal grief is private, or should be.
After a few more episodes in which exotic birds and reptiles died under anaesthesia, some of which were revived only to die a few hours later, I realised this show isn't for me. The giggly-girl babytalk of the vets and techs is seriously out of place when it's a constant in the back room, and the profit motive is a bit too obvious for comfort.
After a few more episodes in which exotic birds and reptiles died under anaesthesia, some of which were revived only to die a few hours later, I realised this show isn't for me. The giggly-girl babytalk of the vets and techs is seriously out of place when it's a constant in the back room, and the profit motive is a bit too obvious for comfort.