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I don’t know much about careers and stuff but if they’re equally appealing you could go for whichever has the higher salary, so you have a bit more financial stability if you want to change to the other one in future?
Or whichever offers experience to help you get into the other (if it works like that)
If I was being selfish I’d say vet nutrition so you could invent poultry free prescription food.
Good luck :)
I had an interest in a certain line of work around 10 years ago. I literally drove to those companies unannounced and asked the the owners if I could chat about the career for a bit. To my surprise they were very accommodating and answered all my questions. It helped immensely.
Maybe try that?
E: maybe make an appointment first lol. I can be passionate and impulsive at times.
When I volunteered at Lort Smith, many people were there to build up their resume for animal/vet roles. In case you're looking for more ways to get good things on your resume.
They'll probably start you in the laundry room for three months. It's a pretty easy four hour shift doing industrial laundry and delivering clean towels to the areas. I later moved to kennels. The laundry shift is great in winter, it's really warm with the big dryers. I left because a kennel tech cracked the shits at me for playing with a 'red' coded dog that I'd asked the lead tech about. The dog wasn't aggressive but it was strong and would jump at people with an open mouth creating a bite risk. I'm also a big strong dude so I was trying to help socialise the dog in a calm manner and the mid range tech came in an yelled at me without knowing the full story so I quit.