pets

[cellio]

The Stack Exchange site for questions and answers about pets is now in public beta. Most of the people there now seem to be pet owners, though the goal is to also attract some professionals (like veterinarians). I know a bunch of my readers have pets, so you might want to check it out. (This was my first Stack Exchange private beta. Interesting to watch the earliest stages of a site forming.)

There are, as expected, a lot of questions about dogs and cats, but also house rabbits, fish, birds, assorted reptiles, and some others. A week into private beta nobody had yet asked how to give a cat a pill, so I rectified that. (I thought I asked it well and expected it to pick up votes more quickly than it did.) The top answer right now advises the towel technique, but my cats are smart enough to run when they see me approaching them with a towel... (Fortunately, right now Giovanni's allergy medicine comes in a liquid form, but I've had the pill problem before and am sure I will again.)

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[alienor.livejournal.com]

Neat! I'm on there (now) as Zaralynda. :-)