Day 4; taking things into my own hands!

Today was a morning shift, so I was up and out by 6.45.  Getting up early is so much easier here than at home, I guess because of the heat

Ive spent the last few days feeling pissed off and frustrated about been told what to do by so many different people, and feeling like I'm not getting anything out of this, so today I decided to take things into my own hands.  I got straight to work, I fed, cleaned out and walked the animals in the 'recovery' area, I walked a couple of the other dogs and did a few other tasks.  Then I went to find Hal the vet, he knows that I want to train as a vet nurse and is really good at explaining things.  I asked if there was anything I could help him with.  I got to watch/ assist with a cat sterilization, a cat enema, a cat PTS and an operation on a dog with a mouth wound.  By the end of the day I felt like I had learned quite allot.  Hal lets me get stuck in, he lets me clean wounds and areas which are to be operated on, as well as cut stitches, organise the equipment we need and tattoo the animals which have been sterilised.  (When a dog or cat is sterilized, it get a tattoo inside both of it's ears to show that it has been done).

I don't think this went down well with a couple of the other volunteers, maybe they felt like I didn't pull my weight when it came to the other jobs of the day, but, as Ive said before, Ive recently realized that sometimes you have to look out for yourself, regardless of what others think!

After my shift I took my bike for a ride around the north end of the island, it took about 3 hours including a stop for lunch and some very big hills!  I also stopped at the elephant trekking centre.  I'm not sure the elephants are that well looked after there but who am I to judge?!