text; un: romano

[badlydisarmed]

Does anyone know if the fast child-sized squirrels are dewormed? Do we need rabies vaccines? Are there any vets in town?

For those who don't know me, I'm Dr. Robert Romano. As of a few days ago I was the only non-magical medical doctor in Etraya. If that's changed please talk to me, I'm so lonely.

And I'm serious about the fast squirrels, I also got anti-flea treatments for anyone covered in fur.

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text; un: fungus

[hyphanated]

Do squirrels usually have worms in them? And what is a rabid vaccine?

[badlydisarmed]

Wild animals usually carry parasites, deworming kills the parasite. Rabid vaccines was a typo, I meant rabies vaccine, a shot that prevents rabies.

Rabies is an incurable disease that causes, among other symptoms, the brain to swell.

[hyphanated]

Oh. The squirrels don't seem very wild, though.




Can plants get rabies too?

text | un: plushiecatcher

[reincarnesiac]

Aren't bats usually the worst vector for rabies?

I'm not a doctor, unfortunately, but I've been trained as a field medic and have extensive experience with first aid. Also with hospitals. On the patient side, but you pick up enough when you're in and out of hospitals and clinics as a kid.

( or an adult. #details )

Have fleas been a problem here before? Talk about one of the more annoying things to have carry over across worlds... what about mosquitoes? Leeches? Do we have waters warm enough for leeches?

[badlydisarmed]

I'm pretty sure the local bat people are actually humans in costumes, so they're not a point of concern.

We haven't had any infestation issues, but there's... so many of the fast squirrels now. I don't know what the hygiene standards are like in the land of fast squirrels.

[reincarnesiac]

So there's a dedicated naming theme? That's a new one. At least that lays aside the potential rabies concerns.

Or if the parasites of their world would thrive here and were on any of them in the first place. Have there been disease concerns with so many different people's immune systems and world-unique virsuses or bacteria, or is that one of the things somehow handled by the fact we are here to compete for... reality continuation privileges.

text; un: HadesRodriguez

[untsundered]

Have you infected creations running about here? There really is no order to this place at all, let alone upheld policy for these unruly creatures. Is there truly no proper Overseer? I do not mean that projection of a woman, either.

[untsundered]

[Noticing his username, he is now going through the menus to change it as quickly as he can. HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO HIM..!!!]

[badlydisarmed]

[ You know what? Hades Rodriguez is not the weirdest name he's ever seen, and he can attribute the weird diction to the universal translator.

This is a normal interaction they're having. ]

What exactly would be the role of an Overseer? We have the bots for general help, and a bunch of costumed heroes running around and making themselves useful. Everything is free so there's no crime.

text; un: Dwayne ir'Dorn

[will_chase_balls]

we have giant squirrels here? are we allowed to chase?

also, seconding what the guy above me wrote about the whole 'rabid vaccine' and 'deworming'

also, how do you type capital letters on this thing?

[badlydisarmed]

They're smart squirrels, you'll have to ask if they're okay being chased.

I mistyped, I fixed it. Must this haunt me forever?

Rabies is a bad disease that kills painfully. Vaccine prevents the disease.

Deworming kills internal parasites. Parasites are bad.

You can make a keyboard appear, the keyboard has a Caps Lock key. Looking forward to your next message being all caps.

text un: shigeru

[mysophobic]

I am a doctor, but of the magical kind. Does that make me ineligible to talk?? :(

Isn't that a little rude to people covered in fur?! [ Robert, you can't just offer anti-flea treatments for furry people?! ]

[badlydisarmed]

Magical doctors make me feel inadequate 🥺 I don't have any magic 🥺 I'm here on my own with my first-aid kit and anti-flea treatments 🥺

Why would it be rude? Being covered in fur makes you more likely to get fleas.

I thought about it, but he's not here and just eavesdropping.

[thelightshines]

[....This guy. He remembers them responding to the whole train derailing situation. Weird guy constantly rambling about deworming and vaccines, like now. Staring at the rest of this post.

...

He kind of just wants to set this to read honestly.

...

Yea. Consider talking to these "squirrels" in person next time.]

un: firefist

[donfire]

Hi Doctor!

I didn't know we had a squirrel population!

Also, what's a vaccine? Is it tasty? Why do furry ones get fleas? And how fast are these squirrels?

[badlydisarmed]

Preventative medicine designed to fight off specific viruses

Fur is homey to fleas

Possibly faster than the fastest method of transportation you know

un: hawks

[velocityraptor]

Child-sized squirrels?

I would assume people who have some kind of fur know how to take care of it, you know.

[badlydisarmed]

You wouldn't be saying that if you'd ever spent an afternoon in an emergency room.

text ; un: bluejustice

[bluejustice]

There are actual giant squirrels running around this place? Wait, just how fast are we talking?

[badlydisarmed]

[ He's absolutely not looking at userpics because it is funnier this way. ]

I suspect at least one of them reaches sonic or near-sonic speeds. If you don't know what that means; likely faster than the fastest vehicle you can think of.

text | un: ulysses

[restingstitchface]

You make it sound like telling you I'm a psychiatrist is a civic duty.

[And he is! And here they are!]

[badlydisarmed]

It is. But now due to past events here involving a psychiatrist, I need to ask you of you eat people.

un: SquirrelPower, hope you are ready for a squirrel infodump

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Hey there! If it helps, it's very, very, VERY rare for a squirrel to catch rabies, let alone survive long enough to transmit it to someone else! Their immune systems can't handle the strain of the virus, plus, like... rabies is spread through puncture wounds, right? Squirrels have not historically had great odds against predator animals, so that lowers the odds of catching it even more. I keep an eye on the local scurries here, and none of them have been sick, but I agree, having a vet on hand would be super handy!

[ and then, a few seconds after pressing 'send'... ]

wait hold up CHILD-SIZED SQUIRRELS??

i love her and she deserves better than this man 😔

[badlydisarmed]

I've been informed they're not squirrels, they're hedgehogs. They're about three feet tall.

[Text; UN: philanthropist]

[ghostlord]

Why worry about diseases? Just kill them when they get close. That's what I did.