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Ashley Farmer

Ashley Farmer

Licensed veterinary technician and veterinary social media creator (@ashleythevetnurse), known for emergency vet medicine content and hospital operations work with Veterinary Emergency Group.

Oct 6, 2026

LottieHOST
0:59
Why don't we start by talking about how you got into vet tech and what made you want to get into it?
1:06
Okay so I mean obviously I think as young kids we always are like we know when we have like an affinity for animals like whether we're outside kids inside kids but like you know from a young age you're like I want to work with animals and I think that Generally, at least when I was coming up, it's like, OK, I want to work with animals.
1:27
But your first instinct is I want to be a vet.
1:30
I want to be a vet.
1:31
I want to be a vet.
1:32
Right.
1:32
And I felt like that's kind of where I wanted to go.

50 MINS LATER

LottieHOST
51:14
What are the routes people can take to get to being a vet tech if they wanted to get into it?
14:21
Yeah.
14:21
And that I think is a big difference.
14:22
You were talking about like a veterinary technician versus a veterinary nurse.
14:26
Um, no matter what that title is, they only want to, they always want to talk to a doctor.
14:30
Right.
14:30
Like it makes, it feels good to talk to a doctor.
14:32
So getting them on the phone with the doctor is our first, like that's our first way to get them through the door.

12 MINS LATER

26:13
Which do you prefer, inpatient or

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