urgent health issues section

i think it would be a good idea to have a urgent health issues forum. it could help save lives??

 

well its easy to post on a certain species so if there is a Bearded Dragon Problem then you do it there and then if you have a Boa Problem then you do it there much easier

 

i dont know maybe it will bring more attention to problems. and for the people who are well rounded with species they could help too. overall i think it would bring more attention to important issues some1 might have.

 

I can see why it could be a good idea, but my fear would be that a lot of newbies wouold post there because they just got thier gecko home yesterday and its not eating ect. We would have a forum full of people who just don't know the basics yet, and people would get kinda fed up with that. I think that you probably get faster more accurate information in the specific forum.

 

but you wouldnt have to answer them?..

 

then what is the point of having the forum? in addition, such a forum would promote double posting. People would post "HELP SICK BEARDIE" in the health forum and in the beardie forum. I am not trashing your idea, I think it is a really good idea, I just wonder whether or not it would be misused and therefore become useless.

 

i dono then maybe have a genral help forum?

 

Lots easier if you just post in the species specific forum. And good thread titles are a must. I think you would get a faster response, say if you have a sick beardie, and post in the beardie forum, than say post in the health forum, where there may be nobody hanging around.

 

There's already many different species-specific forums, so I really don't see much of a need for this.

If it's ever that urgent, chances are you'd need to get straight to a vet anyway.

 

True a vet is always the best option (a reptile vet that is)