WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:05.719 It's Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm WBZ Koston's Radio. 2 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:10.640 Our number two away here at BZ. My name Morgan W. Junior, 3 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:14.560 filling in for Dan Ray. Dan will be back. I'm 4 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:20.359 expecting on the twelfth of August next Monday. I'm here 5 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:24.239 tonight until midnight tomorrow and Friday as well, eight to midnight. 6 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.320 And I want to tell you that my next guest 7 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:33.280 is the president and director of Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator at 8 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:38.439 Hair of the Dog and Hair is spelled Hare and 9 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:42.439 that's in Massachusetts. And remember, the heat is dangerous to 10 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:48.920 injured wildlife and domestic pets. Dehydration happens quickly, and you 11 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:52.399 have to kind of watch out, not just for your pets, 12 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:56.439 but depending on where you live, there may be squirrels 13 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:01.439 or raccoons or rabbit apossums in your immediate neighborhood, in 14 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:04.640 your yard. You've got to pay attention to make sure 15 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:08.879 that they two are healthy. Believe it or not, squirrels 16 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.799 can fall out of trees. And if you don't believe me, 17 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.079 my guest, Mariel McCann can speak to that. Marielle, Welcome 18 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:18.599 to BESY and good evening to you. 19 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:21.879 Thank you so much, good evening to you too. 20 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:25.120 Now, how is it that a squirrel can fall out 21 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:25.799 of a tree? 22 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:31.480 Now, generally there's two ways that I usually see, maybe three. 23 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:36.760 Two ways that I usually see are if their babies 24 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.959 and their mama isn't around anymore, whether you know it's 25 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:45.239 a hawk or you know different ways. Then when they 26 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.480 get hungry enough, then they'll start looking for food and 27 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.719 they find a way down. And we always say the 28 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:55.000 bravest one comes down first, so they'll climb down in 29 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.400 hopes to find food somehow, even with their little eyes closed. 30 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:03.560 And so then they'll be crawling around the ground looking 31 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:07.480 for someone, sometimes with some facial injuries, that sort of thing. 32 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.479 And then they'll find their local rehabber like myself or 33 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.520 there's a bunch of us listed on mass dot gov. 34 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.439 Find a rehabber and you can find one close to you, 35 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.879 and then we can give you great advice on whether 36 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:24.800 they need help or not. In that situation, one hundred percent, 37 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:26.159 it needs help, Okay. 38 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:29.719 And now I'm going to say people, you've heard this. 39 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:34.400 I know listening to BZ during the day, the newscasts 40 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:40.719 repeatedly tell you about not just animals, but our kids 41 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:46.639 don't leave pets and kids in the hot car while 42 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:49.960 you run to buy bread and milk from the store. 43 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:55.800 Don't do that, Oh absolutely so in ten minutes on 44 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.919 a seventy five degree day, in ten minutes, your car 45 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.680 goes up to ninety degree. So you know, if you 46 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.319 have an English bulldog or a French schees are so 47 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:08.520 popular now. Any of those short nosed dogs, they have 48 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:13.479 a hard time recovering, so anytime left in there then 49 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.240 it's really dangerous, very quickly for them. You know, there's 50 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.599 stats obviously, if it's a ninety five degree day, ten minutes, 51 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:24.879 it's one hundred and fourteen in your car. So we 52 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.439 are thankful that Massachusetts did make the law that now 53 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:30.759 we can we do something about it. So if you 54 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:34.439 see a pet that isn't a car and you're worried 55 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:36.840 about it, there are rules and steps to take to 56 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:41.400 save that dog or cat. Sometimes that happens as well, 57 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.360 but reaching out to your local police station or animal 58 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.919 control officer and trying to find the owner, and if 59 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.919 you can't, then you can't and that owner is out 60 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.960 a new window replacement costs and up to one hundred 61 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.879 and fifty dollars fine be because pets are important to 62 00:03:58.919 --> 00:03:59.960 the state of Massachusett. 63 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:05.360 I'm going to make our conversation personal. This is Mriol 64 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:14.759 and Morgan. No go back one. It's about Joseph. I 65 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:18.680 know that Joseph. I know Joseph loved you, and you 66 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:20.120 love Joseph, but. 67 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:21.279 I certainly did. 68 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.279 Joseph never wrapped his tail around your neck, did he. 69 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:29.360 Well, you can only be so special, you know. 70 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:34.199 Right, Joseph would consistently if I'm in bed, he would 71 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:39.879 come into the bedroom and wrap his tail almost completely 72 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:40.720 around my neck. 73 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:44.360 Yeah, he was pretty pretty close to perfect. 74 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:48.800 And I know Nancy told you the story about the 75 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:52.519 flesh off. I'm not going to tell the story again 76 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:56.439 on the air, but next time you speak to Nancy Hafer, 77 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.839 retell that story to you. No, I'm going to ask 78 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:06.439 people if you want to call him six one, seven, two, five, four, 79 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.040 ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine to nine, ten thirty. 80 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:14.199 And Mariel, we hit thirty eight states with our signal 81 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:17.519 and also parts of Canada, so you've got a wide 82 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.800 audience if you want to call it. Maybe some go ahead. 83 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:26.199 There may be some wildlife. I'm not familiar, not familiar 84 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:30.000 with rehab wives in some of those other states. Right, 85 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.759 I have advice for our ones in Massachusetts. 86 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:37.079 Okay, And if you were calling from an area that 87 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:47.759 does have wildlife raccoons, possums, rabbits, mariell can speak to 88 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:53.759 quick care. But always if you can let a professional know. 89 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:57.079 What's that eight hundred? You didn't mention an eight hundred number, 90 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:01.279 but you did mention a number that allows you, an 91 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:05.800 everyday citizen to get in touch with professionals. What is 92 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:06.639 that information? 93 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:11.519 Well on Massachusetts. So Massachusetts is the mass dot gov, 94 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:16.560 so every state will have their own wildlife listing and 95 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.800 mass dot gov. Find a Rehabber is the fastest and 96 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:25.240 easiest way to find a local rehab rehab center near you, 97 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.800 and it will give you phone numbers and how to 98 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:31.680 contact and what animals they take care of, and everyone 99 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.240 can give you advice on whether an animal even needs help. 100 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:37.959 We never want to we never want to take in 101 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:43.879 a baby that it's mama's looking for it. So calling 102 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:46.519 an educated rehabber is the way. 103 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:47.000 To go for that. 104 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:51.879 Okay. I've got to break coming up in about a minute, 105 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:54.480 and I'm going to ask you to touch on these 106 00:06:54.519 --> 00:07:03.519 two subjects. Rabies are obviously something that people need to 107 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:08.680 be aware of and ticks. Tell a lot of people 108 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.560 don't know what a tick looks like, and they don't 109 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:16.959 know where to look for a tick on their dog 110 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.720 a cat. I remember when I was a kid, I 111 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:23.879 used to spend summers in a community called Plimpton. We 112 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:29.839 had family down there and they had a big old 113 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:37.040 dog and my aunt Margaret, every now and then would 114 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.079 have to pull ticks off this dog because the dog 115 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:44.959 ran into the brush consistently chasing whatever. And a lot 116 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.560 of people may have never had to do that. So 117 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:52.160 I want to talk about rabies and ticks and again, people, 118 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.800 if you want to call in Mario mccanna's hair and 119 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:59.800 she can help you with the care and proper treat 120 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:05.160 meant of your kitty, your puppy, your iguana, whatever you 121 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:09.360 may have. Six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty 122 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.839 eight eight, eight, nine to nine, ten thirty and the 123 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:17.839 show's night side. The time is nine point fifteen and 124 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:20.759 the temperature is sixty six degrees. 125 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.920 Now back to Dan ray Li from the Window World 126 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:29.160 night Side Studios on w b Z, the news radio. 127 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.000 Dan is off. I am here Morgan right, Junior, and 128 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:38.120 I'm speaking with the president and Director of Licensed Wildlife rehibator. 129 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.759 I was doing so well until I got to that 130 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:48.600 word rehabilitator at hair Hare of the Dog in Massachusetts. 131 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.320 Her name is Mariol mckainn, and Mariol before the break, 132 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.320 I want to know about ticks and I wanted to 133 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:59.240 know about rabi's. Which one do we tackle first? 134 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:07.240 Well? I deal with both relatively routinely at this point. Now, 135 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:12.559 raccoons are the majority of what I rehab They're my favorite. 136 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:14.559 I say that about a lot of species, but they're 137 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:20.279 my favorite. So both ticks and rabies is something that 138 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.799 raccoons deal with routinely. Kick Why is that? 139 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.679 I'm sorry for interrecting, but why is that a common 140 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:34.679 malady that we find within not just raccoons, but rabbit, squirrels, 141 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:40.200 et cetera. Why do they seemingly have a great proliferation 142 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:41.399 of that disease. 143 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:47.480 Well, there's different levels of risk for different species, and 144 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:51.440 rabies and bats. Raccoons and bats are up at the 145 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:56.480 top that we see in Massachusetts. So it's certainly something 146 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:58.840 that I'm aware of. I'm not afraid of, but I'm 147 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:02.600 aware of the reason that I'm we take it so 148 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.320 seriously because it does transmit to humans and it is 149 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:09.039 one hundred percent. I say one hundred percent. There has 150 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:12.879 been some cases of people you know surviving through, but 151 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:16.200 they're never the same. But you know, once you get symptoms, 152 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:20.279 you can't fix it. So every single raccoon that is 153 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.399 rehabbed and released from hair of the dog is fully 154 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.679 vaccinated against rabies as well as other live other diseases 155 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:32.799 as well. But rabies is you know, something that it's 156 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:37.559 caused by, uh, It's spread through the animal biting another animal. 157 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:42.159 So any fighting, any communication you know, these social animals 158 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:47.919 is more apt to spread more rapidly. I feel as if, 159 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.480 you know, without the actual data to the end of 160 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:52.879 the year, it feels like I'm seeing it a little 161 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.320 bit more this year than I have others. I don't 162 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:59.159 know why, but you know, I've known of a couple 163 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.559 other rehab as well that have dealt with it more 164 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.639 this year than they have others. I am very thankful 165 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:10.679 to the USDA and mass Doc GOV for helping to 166 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:17.080 support and do testing and epidemiology for helping to educate 167 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:20.320 us through whether an animal is at risk or not 168 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:23.960 and what signs they're showing and what we should do 169 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.919 if we are if you know, if we're worried about that. 170 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:34.000 I think, yeah, ticks. So we're lucky now. You know, 171 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.559 when you were a kid in visiting Limpton, which is 172 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.759 close to me here in Pembroke, right, you know, we 173 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:44.000 didn't have the same medications and preventatives that we do 174 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.639 now we're I'm very thankful of all the different options 175 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:52.759 that veterinarians have for for ticks and fleas that it 176 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:54.879 is so much better than it used to be. But 177 00:11:55.960 --> 00:12:00.240 ticks are so much more common now too, so we're 178 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:06.519 kind of it's a double edged sort physical removal of ticks, 179 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:11.600 finding them in those spots behind the ears, in the ears, 180 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:15.840 on the belly where there's less spur, you know, seeing 181 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.799 those you can always send pictures to your vet. I 182 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.120 can't tell you how many times a client has tried 183 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.559 to pick a nipple off for a day and a 184 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:26.600 half and then find out that it wasn't a tick, right, 185 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:31.279 So you know that sort of education, having a relationship 186 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:34.879 with your veterinarian is really important and showing what you know. 187 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:37.799 They can educate you on the different pros and cons 188 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:43.639 of flea preventions and tick preventions that works for you, you know, 189 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.240 it depends on what you're most worried about. 190 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:50.919 Wire ticks so common among deer. I mean you even 191 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.600 hear the phrase deer ticks, that's how common. 192 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.080 It's a type of Yeah, it's a type of tick, 193 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:01.120 and they it's a social animal thing as well. They're 194 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.799 always walking through you know, they're going through the grasses 195 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:07.639 and they're covered. It's hey, it's better than the ticks 196 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.799 with moose up north of us. You know, they have 197 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:15.559 it worse than us. I always hear. So you know, 198 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:18.200 what we have to do is make sure that the 199 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.039 wild stays wild. And you know, we're encroaching on all 200 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.559 of their land. They don't have anywhere to go, so 201 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:28.919 they're in your yards and spreading stuff. But really, the 202 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:33.039 majority of wildlife that I get in, whether they're injured 203 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.960 or orphaned, they have some sort of ecdo parasite, so 204 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.960 just a parasite that lives on the outside of them, 205 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:44.320 and fleas and ticks. The animals are covered in them, 206 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:47.440 so it's not just here, they're they're all getting them. 207 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:52.720 You mentioned people have sent in photos and other communicates 208 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:57.840 to you. What is your website? So if somebody listening 209 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:01.399 right now has a question and they want to get 210 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.480 in touch with you, how do they do it. 211 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:09.639 Yeah, we're hair offthdog dot org and and as you 212 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:16.799 said that, it's hair h A R E. And so 213 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.320 they can send in questions. There there's a section where 214 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:23.360 you can you know, you can donate, you can contact me, 215 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:29.000 there's things to purchase if you know you want to 216 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.720 help support. Everything goes directly to the rehab and the 217 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:37.799 care of the animals, and or texting me at seven 218 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:43.840 seven four two seven seven zero seven five five. Pictures 219 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:47.240 are always a huge help I can that way, I 220 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:49.519 can see you know, sometimes I can tell that an 221 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:53.679 animal needs to be rehabbed immediately based off the picture. 222 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:57.200 I don't even need the story in the background. And 223 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.000 that can be hugely helpful. Or I can help you 224 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:02.320 find the resource that can help you. 225 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:07.879 Okay, why is it in this day and age listening 226 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:11.120 right now? Thirty eight states worth of people and parts 227 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:17.600 of Canada. Tomorrow somebody's going to put little Peppy a 228 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:21.759 little fife in the cage in the back seat and 229 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.960 wind up the windows. What does it take to get 230 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:29.440 across the people? Don't do that? Leave the dog at 231 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.600 home for goodness sake? 232 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.000 Yeah, I don't know. We want to bring our pets everywhere. 233 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:38.559 They're family. I totally get that, but there's a lot 234 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:41.840 of our animals we are breeding to be very cute 235 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:45.440 in that cuteness. Those all those breakycephalic I say, the 236 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:50.440 short note dogs, the bulldogs, they cannot recover. So you know, 237 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:56.720 German shepherds are longer nosed dogs can recover a little 238 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.960 bit better. But they don't want to be in your car. 239 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.360 Are They don't want to be tied out outside your 240 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:08.840 car that it just leaves them at home. Go run 241 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.320 your errands and then bring them inside. Keep them inside, 242 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:14.919 take your walks in the morning or the evening when 243 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.480 it gets a little bit cooler, and that can be 244 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:21.639 really helpful as well. Some people tell me that their dogs, 245 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:23.639 like if they don't get their run, if they don't 246 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:26.320 get their jog, if they're not outside playing, then they're 247 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.919 so anxious use use their brain more than their body 248 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.840 on days that it's riskier for them. Teach them a 249 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:38.759 new trick. Using that brain will also settle that anxiety 250 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:42.120 to when they can't be out and use in exercising 251 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:44.919 because you don't want to. You know, if they start 252 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:51.080 doing that frantic panting, that over drooling, labored breathing, big, 253 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:54.000 wide chested stance. You're going to have to bring them 254 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.759 to the er, so it's not worth the risk. 255 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:01.240 I remember as a kid, and I couldn't tell if 256 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:04.720 it was Channel four, five or seven, but one of 257 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:07.640 the weather people had a story on in the middle 258 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.920 of summer. The pavement was so hot you could fry 259 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:16.240 an egg, and they cracked open an egg right on 260 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:21.039 a downtown sidewalk. If it's that hot to fry an egg, 261 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.759 imagine if you are walking barefoot, as your dogs have to, 262 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:30.839 their paws are not meant to absorb that type of heat. 263 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.240 Talk to the listeners about what you can do to 264 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:39.200 protect your pet's feet from walking on hot pavement. 265 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.160 So the general rule of thumb is if you can 266 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:47.599 put the backside of your hand down on pavement and 267 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.240 it's comfortable, then they'll be okay. But if you hold 268 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:55.759 it down there for five ten seconds and it's burning, 269 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.559 I mean, that's their paws burning. And so we see 270 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:06.079 lots of burns, and you know, cares of those popads 271 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:11.599 because of heat. They do sell plenty of shoes, they sell, 272 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.480 there's tons of products for that, but really keeping them 273 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.400 off of pavement walking, you know, like I said, walking 274 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.680 in the morning or the evening is really helpful. And 275 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.599 you know they have go on grass. Go on grass. 276 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:27.240 It's more fun anyway, you know you. 277 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:31.400 Can, yes, but some people necessarily don't have that option. 278 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:35.079 Let's say you live in the core of the city. 279 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.519 There's not necessarily you might have to walk I half 280 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:43.000 a block to get to the park area with his grass. 281 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:46.920 Yeah, then I would go with the shoes. So they 282 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:50.759 do sell dog shoes. Some are better than others, and 283 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.000 that you just want to make sure that they're good 284 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:59.759 rubber sold bottom ones that stay on nicely, and then 285 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:02.359 just making sure that when you get home and they're 286 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:05.880 not wearing them anymore, that their feet are knife and dry, 287 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:09.000 and you know it didn't gather too much moisture in 288 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.839 between the toes or anything like that. 289 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.680 All right, As you know, I am a cat owner, 290 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:19.440 so I want to talk more now about cats. And 291 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:22.960 I don't know why people put a cat on a leash, 292 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:26.279 because that's just not natural for them. But when we 293 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.359 come back from the break, let's talk about cats or 294 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.000 anything you want to talk about out there where I've 295 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.279 already got a call from Weymouth six one, seven, two, five, four, 296 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.480 ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine to nine, ten thirty. 297 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:44.039 This is Nightside. My name is Morgan, Morgan White Junior, 298 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:48.079 and I've got Mario McCann with me, and we're talking 299 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:53.920 about your pets. Time and temperature nine thirty sixty six degrees. 300 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.599 You're on the Night Side with Dan Ray on w 301 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.839 B Boston's. 302 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:04.599 Yes, you've got night Side and Dan is not here. 303 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:09.799 I'm Morgan, my guest Mariel McCann and tell you what 304 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:13.200 Mariel before we go to the question I put to 305 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.079 you before we took the break. Let's take a phone 306 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:19.880 call because she's been holding for five minutes. Linda and Weymouth, 307 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:22.759 thank you for calling in. Welcome to Night's Side. 308 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:28.160 Hi, greetings, enjoy the show you. I have neither a 309 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:31.160 cat nor a dog, but I'm a dog can't lover. 310 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:35.440 And I listened to your radio and i've stationed and 311 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:38.920 I've heard in the morning the mosquitoes are out. Yet 312 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:42.480 I just heard from her the ticks are not out 313 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:45.519 in the morning. Can you help me flip the coin better? 314 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:52.160 Yeah, so that's not the morning and evening advice. That's 315 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:56.599 for the heat itself ticks her out all day. It 316 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.240 really feels like every day. Now, even in the winter time, 317 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:03.240 we're getting some breakthroughs. Anytime it gets above I think 318 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:07.680 thirty surrey thirty six degrees, we start seeing ticks wake 319 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:11.119 up and start looking for a meal. So they're a 320 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:16.640 risk regardless the morning and evening. That's for temperature and 321 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:21.559 more shade at those times too, So it's for those safeties. 322 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:24.920 You're going to want to use your tick prevention year 323 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:29.680 round regardless. And mosquitoes as well, because as we know, 324 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.640 they can carry the heartworm disease. 325 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:40.160 Okay, yeah, because maybe I misheard it or missed one 326 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:43.440 of the words on it, but thank you for clarifying. 327 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:49.599 So morning and eating are okay odd times. But check 328 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.559 check your animals anyways. 329 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:56.880 Yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely, especially. 330 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:58.599 I know what if you have an outdoor dog. But 331 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.440 then I mean you've got a doggie door in your 332 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:05.279 kitchen and the dog comes and goes on their own 333 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:09.359 into the backyard. If you have a backyard bushes and 334 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:13.000 trees and shrubs, you may have tick issues. 335 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:20.119 Check the check the animal always, every day, every day, 336 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:24.720 even if you have indoor pets only and you're coming 337 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.519 in and out, you're out in the garden and you 338 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.279 come inside. 339 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:29.960 Sometimes we'll bring them in and then they'll stay on 340 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.640 the pets. 341 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:35.240 So that's yeah, I get nervous. Excuse me, I get 342 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:37.720 nervous just walking around on the grass. 343 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:45.519 Right, yeah, I understand all but you know you don't 344 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:47.680 want to stay indoors all the time. Go out and 345 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.920 have fun, but you know, be aware of your rests. 346 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:52.759 Absolutely all right, Linda, thank you for the call. 347 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.480 Hope we've helped. 348 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:56.680 Thanks for clarifying. Thank you, bye, thank you. 349 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:00.559 All right. I asked this question before the people that 350 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:05.400 attach a leash to a cat. It's you and I 351 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:09.839 both know it takes a lot to train a cat too. 352 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:14.000 No, when they're little, No, when baby someone love it. 353 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:17.400 I have no problem with that. I don't minding a 354 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:21.319 baby carriage or a dog and a baby carriage. Oh yeah, no, 355 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:24.960 I've learned. I've learned to love it. Absolutely all right. 356 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:28.599 I'm wrong, but I just think you're not wrong. I 357 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:31.880 just think that some felines, I mean, you see the 358 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:36.359 well you used to see the lion tamers and the 359 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:40.000 circus or the old Sikh Freed and Roy and Vegas 360 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:44.200 shows they're dealing with Yeah, yeah, you're dealing with four 361 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:50.240 hundred pounds tigers and lions and whatnot. I think that 362 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:55.920 felines resist training when it comes to that sort of thing. 363 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.039 I could be wrong. 364 00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:01.640 Yeah, you might be. You might be on this one. 365 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:05.319 Okay, All right now I'm gonna shift right in mid sentence. 366 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:09.720 Let's talk about got you trained great? 367 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:15.960 Has me trained great? Has me trained? Believe me? Let's 368 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:20.279 let's talk about food. You see these commercials on TV 369 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:26.519 telling us that food X, type of food X is 370 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:31.200 better than type of food? Why coming from you? What 371 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:35.799 are the better foods for our pets? Deal with dogs 372 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.039 first and then cats? 373 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:45.359 Well, this can be wildly controversial, and I am fine 374 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.160 with whatever people want to do as long as they're 375 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:53.720 doing it right. So if you're gonna cook it home, great, 376 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:56.640 work with your vet, Work with a vet that will 377 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:59.960 do that. Work with a system like balance it dot com, 378 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:02.559 something that will help you to make sure that you're 379 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:06.480 doing it balanced and correctly. You know, if you're doing 380 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:09.400 raw food, make sure that it's food that's made to 381 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:11.640 be raw. You can't just go to the grocery store 382 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:13.720 and pick up any food that is supposed to be 383 00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:17.160 cooked fully and then feed it to your animal. It's 384 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:22.000 dangerous for you and the animal. For more of the 385 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:27.960 processed kibbles and things like that. I personally, I think 386 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:31.880 that you know, switching every so often is good for them. 387 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:36.920 Doing that slowly, although that can be very controversial. Some 388 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:41.599 can have some GI issues and some problems with that. 389 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.519 So you know, you have to find out from your vet, 390 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:49.200 whoever your trusted person is, who is in line with 391 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:52.319 you on what kind of food you want to be 392 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.200 feeding a dog. And if you're already feeding something and 393 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.759 everything is wonderful, great stick with that. Want to commercial 394 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:03.160 change your mind or anything like that unless your vet 395 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.559 tells you. 396 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:07.839 There are these commercials that tell you this is food 397 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:12.039 meant to be stored in the refrigerator. And I remember 398 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:16.519 when I was young and I have a dog, cannil 399 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:20.400 rationing out the can was good enough. But nowadays that's 400 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:22.640 just not the way to look at what you should 401 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.440