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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/4693/hairy-caterpillar</link><description> I was sat in a pub garden on Sunday afternoon quite happily drinking a pint when I put my arm down on my leg and quickly pulled it away because I&amp;#39;d put it down onto a hairy caterpillar which had some how appeared! I&amp;#39;ve now got an itchy rash on my arm</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45705?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:25:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:1fc590be-916b-4b7e-82b7-60be046bb6b4</guid><dc:creator>Saskia Quinn</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Vicky C&amp;quot;]
&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;SaskiaVN&amp;quot;]she asked me if I was ok without him - and I replied honestly that I was - and I meant it [/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt; VERY pleased to hear it &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;thank you xxx &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Tonque_out_smiley.png" alt="Stick out tongue" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45700?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:18:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:36d6edc0-cb7c-4a6a-b610-6b008985404a</guid><dc:creator>Vicky RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;SaskiaVN&amp;quot;]she asked me if I was ok without him - and I replied honestly that I was - and I meant it [/quote]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt; VERY pleased to hear it &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45697?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:15:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:43b6f44e-516f-4a20-95fb-cb8daec78a48</guid><dc:creator>Saskia Quinn</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;aw, thanks Vicky &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Left_hug.png" alt="Left Hug" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I heard a disturbing story about him and his drinking last weekend from my mum tonight.&amp;nbsp; At the end of the conversation she asked me if I was ok without him - and I replied honestly that I was - and I meant it &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As far as I am concerned, onwards and upwards &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45696?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:13:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:13a7400c-0924-479f-999a-aea0d654910d</guid><dc:creator>Vicky RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Awww i&amp;#39;m glad!&amp;nbsp; Some good quality time with your boys, sounds fab &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; Glad you don&amp;#39;t miss the WOS, you and the boys are now free to get on with your lives as you so wish&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Big Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45694?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:10:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b9951c10-1a1b-441f-ac11-293019c3a27b</guid><dc:creator>Saskia Quinn</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Vicky C&amp;quot;]
&lt;p&gt;Awww hope you&amp;#39;re ok &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Left_hug.png" alt="Left Hug" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Hey, I&amp;#39;m fine, I didnt mean it in that way &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Ashamed_smiley.png" alt="Embarrassed" /&gt; I just meant that symptoms always get worse at night.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am actually very well thanks Vicky, adjusting to life as a single&amp;nbsp; mum and its grand so far.&amp;nbsp; Its lovely going to sleep in the same bed as my little sons every night - we have a super kingsize bed and its now in their room, along with me &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Tonque_out_smiley.png" alt="Stick out tongue" /&gt; of course the boys think this is great lolol getting to sleep in a &amp;#39;big&amp;#39; bed. &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Big Smile" /&gt; ps (I dont miss the &amp;#39;waste of space&amp;#39; one bit.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Life is full of opportunities, and I am going to grasp them with both hands from here on &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Winking_smiley.gif" alt="Wink" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45691?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:04:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2f112991-3000-4fe2-a0b8-85e598aaaf0c</guid><dc:creator>Vicky RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Awww hope you&amp;#39;re ok &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Left_hug.png" alt="Left Hug" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45689?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:03:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:56a85655-0b14-4608-9a92-0c5566e345cd</guid><dc:creator>Saskia Quinn</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;Vicky C&amp;quot;]
&lt;p&gt;I always find things like flea bites itch most in bed when you&amp;#39;re trying to sleep!&amp;nbsp; And you can&amp;#39;t stop yourself from scratching it!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Everything seems to get worse at night &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-40.gif" alt="Hmm" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45656?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:45:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8fe3bf7a-0500-45a7-a003-5a7ac767a094</guid><dc:creator>Vicky RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I always find things like flea bites itch most in bed when you&amp;#39;re trying to sleep!&amp;nbsp; And you can&amp;#39;t stop yourself from scratching it!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45653?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:40:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a366c77c-449f-4fac-8efb-1c0d85d79380</guid><dc:creator>Kim Buckley</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve put all sorts on it. It doesn&amp;#39;t itch all the time, just every now and again. Started up as I was trying to fall asleep last night! Grr! I think I&amp;#39;ve just got weird skin! I&amp;#39;m always getting dog hairs stuck in me and I even got a really bad bacterial skin infection from this a few years ago! It was horrible! Hopefully it will go away soon!! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45651?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:37:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:22def13f-01e4-4197-a236-390105bfd26f</guid><dc:creator>Vicky RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Glad to hear you&amp;#39;re still with us!&amp;nbsp; A long time for an itch though how annoying!&amp;nbsp; Have you tried putting aloe vera on it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45649?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:34:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:030cfc63-9404-4d6a-b86f-54aa23991f1e</guid><dc:creator>Kim Buckley</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Still got my rash and it&amp;#39;s super itchy but at least I&amp;#39;m still alive! Phew &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Tonque_out_smiley.png" alt="Stick out tongue" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45378?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:25:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:4e7e2aa1-0a59-426c-9785-d053becc44b2</guid><dc:creator>Kim Buckley</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Ooo well hopefully I&amp;#39;ll have just got the rash and it will go away. I moved him with a wooden spoon and put him nicely on a leaf &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45376?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:13:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b224102b-19f6-44f2-ae7b-41b2172f0808</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;bing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/pale_tussock_moth_caterpillar_poisoning/intro.htm"&gt;http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/pale_tussock_moth_caterpillar_poisoning/intro.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45375?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:09:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:24788b05-7ad3-49e5-956f-c17cb6a45eb4</guid><dc:creator>Diane Westwood</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s a pale tussock moth caterpillar. They are quite pretty. Good job you didn&amp;#39;t squash it. The rash shouldn&amp;#39;t come to anything. They are brightly coloured as a warning to predators that they don&amp;#39;t taste particularly good&amp;nbsp;and should always be moved on a piece of paper, leaf or beer mat!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45374?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:53:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:178e2805-5d36-4777-b90d-701e7379fb2a</guid><dc:creator>Kim Buckley</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#39;t say that!! I feel fine apart from the stupid rash. If it&amp;#39;s still there on Friday then I&amp;#39;ll go to the doctors. And to think I went and put it in a bush. Should have squashed it! lol &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45372?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:51:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:14c97923-e7f0-49f7-b996-5e029906fca8</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;ooo careful now!! some furry caterpillars can make you really ill and can even cause death! &lt;img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Confused_smiley.png" alt="Tongue Tied" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Hairy caterpillar!</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/45362?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:54:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2c4eace2-4c06-4b2a-bd10-670ae599dcc1</guid><dc:creator>Vicky RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Urgh freaky caterpillar!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>