"I won't turn you in and that just sounds like a fallback excuse because you don't want to help me. I just want to know if this is an emergency or something I can treat at home."
This was just said to me by a guy who called wanting medical advice about his cat. I informed him that, by law, the only advice we can give without a current exam is to have the cat seen if he has concerns. I also informed him that if he suspects an emergency, he should contact the emergency clinic and gave him the E clinic's phone number.
Newsflash: I'm not going to break the law just because you really want me to and a stranger's assurance that you won't turn me in if I do isn't going to change that.
This was just said to me by a guy who called wanting medical advice about his cat. I informed him that, by law, the only advice we can give without a current exam is to have the cat seen if he has concerns. I also informed him that if he suspects an emergency, he should contact the emergency clinic and gave him the E clinic's phone number.
Newsflash: I'm not going to break the law just because you really want me to and a stranger's assurance that you won't turn me in if I do isn't going to change that.
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