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So, this has kind of been happening since I first started working in clinics, but it's a lot more common now that what I'm doing has become common knowledge . . . How do people here deal with family and/or friends soliciting veterinary advice? I've gotten everything from "Why do Fufu's ears stink?" to "Should Spot get surgery for this foreign body?" and most of the time I'm like
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Maybe it's because I didn't spend as much time shadowing as most of you, but I always feel so uncomfortable when someone appoints me the local expert on vet care (especially for an animal I've never laid eyes on). Even if all I say is "You should really talk to your vet about that," I'm always terrified that I'll misjudge and think something isn't a big deal when it's actually emergent, and then whatever happens would be ALL MY FAULT.
Am I crazy?


Maybe it's because I didn't spend as much time shadowing as most of you, but I always feel so uncomfortable when someone appoints me the local expert on vet care (especially for an animal I've never laid eyes on). Even if all I say is "You should really talk to your vet about that," I'm always terrified that I'll misjudge and think something isn't a big deal when it's actually emergent, and then whatever happens would be ALL MY FAULT.
Am I crazy?