This is basically my shopping list, or we already own it. My oldest would love to be a vet, or at the very least work with animals when she grows up. Her reading list from the library would attest to this. These are great gifts for aspiring vets.
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Gift Ideas for Young Aspiring Vets
If you are looking for a gift for a kid who wants to be a vet I have you covered!
The Melissa & Doug examine & treat pet vet playset is a 24 piece set with a plush dog and cat, pretend to play vet medical equipment, and a tote bag for easy storage.
This vet doctor set with animal includes a stethoscope, reflex hammer, otoscope, syringe, mouth mirror, pill bottle, pillboxes, soap, doctor coat, and more! Everything your little vet needs!
30-piece pretend play wild animal expedition play set with a plush rhino, lion, and elephant, and tracking and rescue essentials, perfect for pretending to be a zoo vet.
This vet toy lets kids take their new pets for vet checkups. Color and clean these adorable pets.
For the child who says, “I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up!” And for any child who wants a gentle behind-the-scenes look at being a veterinarian.
Now you can find answers to these and hundreds more questions and curiosities right at your fingertips! Featuring 2,500 species and packed with stunning color photographs, amazing animal facts, maps, and more, the new National Geographic Kids Animal Encyclopedia.
Wildly imaginative and told in rollicking rhyme, this beginning reader about careers could ONLY have been written by Dr. Seuss!
When I grow up, I want to be a veterinarian! With stickers, fill-out forms, and pop-out pieces, this fun activity book for kids aged 3–7 includes everything aspiring vets need to provide top-notch care for their stuffed animal friends.
Gifts for Older Elementary Aged Children who Aspire to be Vets
Simulate Veterinary X-ray and Sonograms with red and blue lenses that reveal the insides of animals on 4 different posters. Close up wounds and cuts with the soft plastic suture training skin, plastic surgical tweezers, needle, and thread.
Custom kids veterinarian lab coat with embroidered name and animals. My oldest loves her lab coat!
Packed full of fun, educational activities, Vet Academy lets children explore life as a veterinarian, from the rigorous training involved in learning about different kinds of animals to the importance of food, exercise and conservation. We almost need a new copy of this book in our home, it has been well used.
Color your way to a complete mastery of veterinary anatomy. 400 easy-to-color illustrations and corresponding anatomical descriptions guide you through the head, neck, back, thorax, abdomen, extremities, reproductive organs, and many more body parts of dogs, cats, horses, pigs, cows, goats, and birds.
Place yourself as the narrator in seven unique stories about dogs and cats. When a medical emergency or illness impacts the pet, you will have the opportunity to diagnose the problem and suggest treatment.
A career as a veterinarian is an exciting one! But do you really know what it takes to become one? This book takes you inside the career and shows you the day and the life of a veterinarian.
Build a LEGO Friends Vet clinic with a special Starter Brick base to quickly get your young animal lover building and playing out endless care-giving LEGO Friends vet scenarios.
