Lacey originally hails from South Wales and is an RVN who trained via the diploma route. Having ricocheted through the counties and across the bridge she has enjoyed a varied career across GP, OOH, Referral and charity medicine.
Embracing the portfolio career and veterinary passport, Lacey has since travelled the world using her nursing skills and is a nurse career ambassador and creative for Vets: Stay, Go, Diversify. Lacey now splits her time between Mind Matters Initiative, VSGD and locuming. She is also the founder of Veterinary: Pay It Forward, a project set up in 2018 which organises anonymous care packages to members of veterinary teams throughout the UK!
Exotics or NTCAs: What should you call the ‘weird’ pets?
February 8, 2023
You may have heard us mention these types of animals on Veterinary Ramblings before: they include hedgehogs, sugar gliders, and many other small furry friends – often called ‘exotic’.
But why do we call them exotic? Is this term really accurate? And what does it mean for owners of these animals?
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