Not All Internet Advice Is Good Advice...

[LisaAli]

On the forum we are always careful to remind members that not all information / advice found on the internet relating to pets is reliable, the main reason we advocate that a registered Vet is consulted with regard to piggies illnesses.


The Internet is full of awful pet advice.

Unfortunately, many people believe what is written, which can be very detrimental to the animal.

Here, Dr. Andy Roark and friends humbly present — in the style of Jimmy Kimmel's "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" — just a small sampling of actual bad advice found online.

Thanks to the Cavy Savvy Guinea Pig Community for the link...

 

[Maisy and Poppy]

Oh gosh! Thanks for the reminder I have seen many people on the internet giving out wrong info including me!

 

[Mother Hubbard]

Wowzer! Lost for words... the same can be said for reading the tabloids!

 

[Lady Kelly]

I think what people need to remember is it is impossible to diagnose and treat an animal without full training, experience and actually seeing the animal. All we can do is "educated" guesses and same with treatment but a good vet will be so much better able to pick up on issues and prescribe correct dosages etc. Also we need to think about the reason behind claims, research etc. More so in places like the US than the UK where companies can pretty much claim what they like about their drugs as long as they are paying for advertising! Just because someone who is supposedly knowledgeable claims one thing doesn't mean there isn't a company behind him/her lining their pockets for the privilege of being the best medication etc

 

[Freela]

Oh my! LOL! I'm constantly surprised by the bad info floating around out there. One of my friends just got a new dog (with minimal planning and foresight) and in the past week or so I've had to tell her things like rabies is communicable to humans and has no treatment once symptoms show, that heartworm is mosquito-borne, and that parvovirus is not 'extinct.' Not that she believes me, she is just convinced she knows what she's talking about, and she ends up repeating this story about how once her vet told her that her dog had cancer, but she wouldn't believe it and took the dog home, where later the dog died of cancer. Somehow the moral of this story when she tells it is not that the vet was right, even though quite obviously the vet was right. Sigh....