Comment on Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread

Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sirnuke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The bird is for a normal x-ray. Here’s the context.

  CT scans take much longer, but an x-ray is just a few seconds. I think it’s just a practical way to get the bird in place for a quick x-ray, and by practical I mean the vet techs minimize their (very real) risk of being murdered.

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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    hehe

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    Random mirror linker btw:

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    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      where’s the seed lebirdsky?

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      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        😆

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• its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Birds have very delicate aie sacs. For small birds like that constricting them can seriously damage them and cause issues breathing.

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  • Lyrl@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think they lack a diaphragm. It was weird reading in my cockatiel care books that some handling on the neck was fine, but even small pressure to their chest could prevent them from breathing.

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    • its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That is correct. :)

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some animals don’t do well on their back. It can interfere with breathing.

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