In message <[log in to unmask]> Trefor wrote:
> In a message dated 02/07/96 16:19:51, Hotch wrote:
>
> >(Coincidentally, I have always been impressed by how easily cats and
> >dogs vomit - there they are, walking along, then, suddenly, wooomph!
> >- bit like children, really)
>
> I am not that interested in my phone bill and my hard disc being used up by
> musings on vomiting children and animals!
Erk! Can't think of a sensible reply to that, bearing in mind the
size of the message and the tiny cost involved, unless it's the
*principle* under discussion.
> Surely there is a newsgroup (alt.pets.vomit or alt.vomit.watch????) for this
> sort of thing.
There are, and I have also posted the query to these, but there are
reasons for posting the message to GP-UK.
> I know some of the threads are a bit tangential to general practice but
> pleeease!
1) It is difficult enough on many newsgroups to get sensible
replies to serious questions. [fx: holds up hands]
I thought that GP-UKers might know something that would
help.
2) It is possible that the post might generate some interesting
sub-threads: other stories about sick pets, the interface
between veterinary & human medicine, the fact that dogs
(like ours) can be put on human doses of some antibiotics
(eg metronidazole 400mg tds) without ill effects while an
aspirin can kill a cat (or something like that), how we
feel happy about putting down animals to put them out of
their misery yet agonise in all media about euthanasia,
etc.
3) I 'know' many regular posters on GP-UK and would trust, in
general, their advice. I cannot say the same for many of
the newsgroups out on which I hang.
4) I think that's enough justification. I'm sorry if I have
offended you or your wallet. Send me a second-class stamp
and I'll put a penny in the post for you.
5) :-)
6) Why am I always apologising?
7) Number six was a rhetorical question, OK?
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