Nine Lives Blood ServicesAssistant and Blood Technician
Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2019Lansing, Michigan- Cleaning group housed cat rooms and ensuring freshness of bedding, moving furniture for environmental enrichment, etc.
- Cleaning isolation cat rooms for new arrivals and sick cats
- Feeding (including special diets) and medicating those cats that required it
- Monitoring cats for illness and weight change, etc.
- Managing inter-cat interaction issues and housing changes for stressed / aggressive cats when necessary
- Assisting with blood draws on anesthetized cats
- Processing blood samples (separating serum and plasma, ensuring absence of clots and fibrin, adding appropriate labeling) for shipping to various veterinary hospitals