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Tamara Cox - Registered Animal Health Technologist

Tamara & Cora

Tamara was born in a small community just outside of Montreal, Quebec. Her great grandfather was a veterinarian and like most little girls, Tamara
wanted to be one too!
After the family's move to northern BC, Tamara always had animals around
her, whether it was the family dog and cat, her gymkhana pony or the variety of livestock her family raised on their farm. After high school graduation, Tamara won a scholarship to Fairview College in Alberta. Here she enrolled into the Animal Health Technology course, which is exactly the career that she had been looking for!

The 2 year course involved all aspects of small and large animal medicine,
as well as exotic pets and laboratory animal care. Over the summer breaks
she worked at the Northern Lights College Experimental Farm, where they
raised reindeer and bison to see if it could help local farmers make better
use of their land. It was a fantastic learning experience and in 1991 she
graduated as an Animal Health Technologist. After graduation Tamara worked on a local bison ranch, as well as helping the regional district
veterinarian on some of the reindeer and red deer farms. Working with large animals and wildlife can be dangerous (and very cold in the -40ºc winters!) and Tamara wanted to use more of her skills, so in 1992 she applied for a job at Eagle Ridge Veterinary Hospital. As they say..."The rest is history".

COOL CORA

During their years on the coast, Thomas and Tamara have shared their home with many "furry" kids. Most notable was "Gizmo", an always grumpy-looking (but sweet) Flame-point Himalayan who passed away Dec 2004. Currently the kids are "Gibby", a local stray kitten that was brought into the hospital years ago now sporting a saggy belly with a tiny head and tail! "Cora" a Rotti/Shepherd cross, who is very hyper and seems to never slows down and recently "Pete" a special senior cat from our local SPCA, who everyone says looks like a lion!

Pete & Gibby

Being at Eagle Ridge Veterinary Hospital has been a wonderful experience for Tamara. She is able to utilize many of her skills, her favorite being dental
work because it is so important to the pet's health and there is such an
immediate and visible improvement for the pet and the client! Above all, the
doctors and staff are fun to work with because everyone gets along and
enjoys being there! Over her many years at Eagle Ridge Vet Hospital, Tamara feels fortunate to have met many wonderful clients and their family pets. Many of these pets she has seen grow from cute puppies and kittens to sweet seniors.

Tamara continues to love her job and along with the rest of the staff,
strives to give their clients and their pets the best, most compassionate
services possible.

Cora