I think it's probably less the vet does not consult with others and more they are having a hard time coping with the responses their posts are getting. It sounds like she does consult with other vets - she is talking about going to MRI locations hours away and needing to get to locations with MRI techs that are experienced with reading results from parrots. They put themselves out there to help fundraise for Tank's care and I would imagine that they are getting lots of comments/messages/emails/calls with advice, beyond just what is in the FB post. For a small rescue that has not gone viral before, that can be overwhelming. And as open to advice as one can be, it also takes a lot of time - reading it all, responding to it - for people that have other jobs at that rescue that likely aren't experienced in public relations. After the umpteenth time about being told about something like milk thistle, which you already know about, it becomes a lot harder to react gracefully especially at the late hours she is posting at. Especially when you are invested in the care of your animal, that can be super frustrating. When one of my elderly GCCs was towards her end of care, I posted on several forums online asking for advice. I was hoping for a golden snitch of something that would help, but having to deal with unhelpful/unrealistic responses or repeating things ad nausea for people that had just read the title and not the post... it was emotionally draining. If I had hundreds of responses like that? I would have snapped.