I guess this is a thank you note, a plug, and 2 questions.

Recently I had a thorny pet-related issue to resolve, so I decided which MudBud could best offer relevant advice, PMed her, and asked my question (instead of putting it in a thread that would have offered a lot of non-relevant helpfulness). She invited me to Chat; we made an appointment, kept the appointment, had a GREAT discussion, and the case is now solved to the satisfation and peace of all concerned.

1. Thanks, MudBud (you know who you are!);
2. What a GREAT alternative to clogging up the threads that avoids drawing the time/interest/worries of people un-necessarily!!!
3a. Anyone else doing simularly? (sic)
3b. If one opens a private chat room here, how does your invited co-Chatter join you there-- or if you want to arrive as invited, how do you do that?

~Susan