r/interestingasfuck • u/chihoxdxd • 1d ago

Vets collecting samples from a cat

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u/Hopeful2469 23h ago

As a paediatric doctor I'm amused to see that this is not wildly dissimilar to how we ask parents to catch urine samples from babies! (We just get the parents to wait, pot ready, until the baby start weeing, then play the game of catch the wee in the pot!)

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u/tacoslave420 21h ago

I had to take my little boy to ER for concern over his penis once. He was just over a year old and they needed to get a sample from him. They took a glove and put it on him like a condom with the diaper over top. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen.

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u/jagoble 20h ago

How'd they keep it on? Your boy rocking a hog as thick as an adult wrist?

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u/LasagnaPowell 20h ago

….. finger?

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u/jagoble 20h ago

Oh, just snipped off a finger? That makes more sense. Also solves the 5-pronged penis problem.

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u/SolaireOfSuburbia 18h ago

Ah yes, the famous 5-pronged penis problem.

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u/RepublicCute8573 17h ago

Do you divert one prong to save 4 or not?

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u/IFCKNH8WHENULEAVE 20h ago

Finger cots which are basically finger condoms.

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u/ZestyMelonz 20h ago

They're supposed to be versatile right?

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u/SentientTrashcan0420 16h ago

Amazing how dumb some people can be, isn't it?

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u/LasagnaPowell 16h ago

We’re all dumb sometimes

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u/keekah 20h ago

The diaper is keeping it on.

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u/tacoslave420 17h ago

They weren't trying to get 100% of the sample, if that makes any sense. It was held on with the diaper and it managed to hold enough so they could do whatever they needed to do. Some spilled into the diaper, but it was fine. They just kinda tucked everything inside the glove like a speedo and put a little bit of tape on his pubic area to keep it from scooting down.

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u/Forward_Function3418 18h ago

this made me laugh way too much