Notes from a conference Part 2: Psychological Aspects of Abuse and Neglect

This is part 2 of a 4-part transcription of my notes from an IAABC conference. Part 1 is here. Keep in mind that these are transcribed notes, and thus don't really read as a blog post so much as a series of musings.

Warning: This is going to be a pretty sad one, being about animal abuse/neglect and PTSD and such. Skip it if you feel it will upset you, as that is not my intention. The next couple of posts will be a lot shorter and a lot less depressing.


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Psychological Aspects of Abuse and Neglect

by Dr. Frank McMillan

Bats- group photo

Oh my god, look at all these bats!

Today's stars are the Mexican Freetail and the Little Brown Bat, both of whom I've made before, but you'd hardly be able to tell considering how different all my creturs are from each other. What can I say, consistency is dull.

Mr. Freetail

Mr. Brown

Notes from a conference Part 1: Compulsive Disorder Across the Species

Hi! I went to a conference in Rhode Island last weekend, organized by IAABC. I took lots of notes in a semi-disjointed style, writing down particularly intriguing points in my notebook. In the interest of purity, I will transcribe my notes here pretty much exactly as they are in my notebook, across a 4-post series spanning 6 conferences (I took more notes in some than in others; some talks were mostly geared towards professional animal trainers and thus I couldn't quite relate). Here is the first one:

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Compulsive Disorder Across the Species

by Dr. Nick Dodman

Spotted Bat & Island Flying Fox

Oh hi! It's been a while, again!

What have you been up to? Me, I've been making bats and going to animal behavior conferences. Yeah! It was pretty awesome. I took lots of notes, I'll show them to you soon. Say, wanna see a couple of bats I finished recently? Here, take a look:

Spotted bat - Euderma maculatum

Island Flying Fox - Pteropus hypomelanus

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