1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: This is pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets. 2 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,719 Speaker 2: And thumbs are up and here we are so anyway, welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 3 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: Mike pou Chaser the number one today. 4 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: That's great and hopefully there'll be many more. But anyway, 5 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:34,479 here for you, here for your past. 6 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: You know the drill and uh, doctor Jeff Warbrett. 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Also here on pet Life Radio and 18 00:01:00,439 --> 00:01:02,399 on Instagram you can join us slide if you have 19 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:04,599 something really good you want to talk about. If you're 20 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,319 not shy on the camera, then please join us anyway. 21 00:01:09,719 --> 00:01:12,920 So you know, first of all, I always say, you know, weatherwise, 22 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,040 here we are in LA and I was just telling Mark, 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,040 our producer who's based in Florida. They're used to the 24 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:20,879 warm weather pretty much even during the winter, and we 25 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,680 were talking about rain here in La. We had not 26 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:26,799 such a great great April a you know April, we 27 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,640 say April showers, We get that. But yesterday it was 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:33,400 the first day that we really had sunshine here in Maine. 29 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,840 It was what yesterday was the tenth and now it's great. 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,640 So today here in La says to make you jealous. 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,840 First of all, gorgeous blue skies. It's going to be 32 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,680 eighty three here in La, eighty eight or ninety in 33 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:48,560 the valley. And so that is really really great. So 34 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:51,359 I'm waving to those who joined those of you at 35 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:55,239 first timers. If you have any kind of questions, now 36 00:01:55,239 --> 00:01:57,400 this's time to ask. We would love to hear what 37 00:01:57,439 --> 00:01:59,959 you any issues you have. So I had a great 38 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,000 The main reason was that, you know, I post, as 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,480 you know on Instagram, I post a lot of my 40 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:08,159 surgeries and love doing surgery, love seft tassue, love cancer surgery. 41 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: So I had two. 42 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,199 Speaker 2: I mean first, besides the fact I said, we had 43 00:02:12,319 --> 00:02:16,280 free sistotomies removing stones out of a bladder in the 44 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,599 last three weeks, which is not unusual. Me I'll do 45 00:02:18,759 --> 00:02:22,599 maybe I don't know. Five a year. I had three 46 00:02:22,599 --> 00:02:25,280 in three weeks, and I have another one coming up. 47 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,439 I think, sadly it's another cat. One of the three 48 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,120 was a cat, and this is a cat that already 49 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,199 had what's called a pu. 50 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:34,159 Speaker 1: What is it pu? 51 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,759 Speaker 2: When you have male cats, typically female cats don't block 52 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,719 as much as males. Why because the opening of the 53 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:44,479 urethrap okay, at the vaginal canal is much wider than 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,840 a male's, so males usually plug that stone can leave, 55 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:49,960 the bladder starts coursing through that in your eath. You're 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,840 ready to come out, and all of a sudden, boom 57 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,680 gets plugged. We have to do as we catharize, then 58 00:02:54,879 --> 00:02:57,479 try to push it back into the bladder and try. 59 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,360 Depending on what it is, some of the diets can 60 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,879 be somewhat still dissolving. It helps a little, sometimes it works. 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,000 Usually still we're gonna have to go in. That'sally if 62 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,080 it's a big stone. Anyway, this cat presents again not 63 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:12,639 only he materia, which means bleeding out of the penis, 64 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,080 but it doesn't even have one anymore, because the last 65 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,560 time it was so small that this cat blocked a 66 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,439 few times they did what's called a pu, A paraneal 67 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:24,280 your a thrust to me, that's where they literally and guys, 68 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,599 don't hold your feet together and cringe. They actually amputate 69 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:30,199 the penis and they go all the way back to 70 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,439 this gland and that's where you want to remove it 71 00:03:34,479 --> 00:03:38,080 and then open up. Basically, you change the male's plumbing 72 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:42,199 into a female and it's called it as your athrostomy. 73 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,639 You open it up, you pull the urethra out a 74 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,680 little bit, and you sew to the outside at the 75 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,840 same area where it would have been, but now it's 76 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:52,439 much wider and they can still they can do everything 77 00:03:52,479 --> 00:03:55,319 they can. Well obviously, oh these cats have been neuter anyway, 78 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,599 so it doesn't make a difference. So this one had 79 00:03:57,599 --> 00:04:00,879 the pu might appear on yourthrostomy and well is past 80 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:03,280 stones again and they're big enough. I don't think they're 81 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,360 going to pass. So now what does that mean? That 82 00:04:06,439 --> 00:04:09,599 means that we are BacT to another surgery. What's so 83 00:04:09,639 --> 00:04:11,800 sad about these cases are? And this is the take 84 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,199 home lesson. If you have a dog or a cat 85 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,040 that is a stone farmer that means form stones and 86 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:20,959 your veterinarian tells you you need to change the diet 87 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:23,279 to one of these special diets. You gotta do it 88 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,480 because so far now we might be two of the 89 00:04:26,519 --> 00:04:31,439 three that I did, they were redos redoing because a 90 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,040 year later in the case that we had last week, 91 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,920 the diet was never changed, even though they came back 92 00:04:37,199 --> 00:04:39,160 like a midway point. I asked, I said, so that's 93 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:41,319 a dog doing on the diet and the new diet 94 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:44,480 you we didn't we didn't try it yet. I don't 95 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,879 think myself, what you didn't try it? I mean, how 96 00:04:48,879 --> 00:04:51,199 do you expect to make a change. So sure enough 97 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:55,079 Stone Farmer again now unfortunately, but they got it and 98 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,480 they're going to change the diet. So so that's what's 99 00:04:58,519 --> 00:05:01,240 going on with this cat. But I had two cases 100 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,360 that were both as I posted. 101 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: One was Barney. 102 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 2: Now, Barney had this huge tumor on his album sixteen 103 00:05:11,319 --> 00:05:14,079 year Old Large Redog. I mean, that's that's pretty amazing 104 00:05:14,079 --> 00:05:16,759 by itself, but it was getting bigger based on his 105 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:21,319 feel and its location on an extremity probably something called 106 00:05:21,319 --> 00:05:26,639 Hamanngio Perry's Sitouma. And you know, they are very aggressive locally, 107 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,680 they have a very low metastatic potential that means probably 108 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,759 not going to spread to the loyal liver and lungs. 109 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: So it was like, now what do you do? 110 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 2: So we convinced them owners because it was getting bigger 111 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,120 and it was starting to affect his nobility, let me 112 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:41,600 take it out. 113 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,879 Speaker 1: So I got as much I could. They're very, very 114 00:05:43,959 --> 00:05:44,920 very difficult to get all. 115 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 2: Because they're so intertwined with this issue. It's really really bad. Anyway, 116 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,279 we had it coming Friday for follow up. Took the 117 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:56,759 bandage off. It looks amazing and he is doing so well. 118 00:05:56,959 --> 00:05:58,600 And the good news sea is he's coming back is 119 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,600 probably Tuesday one. We'renn take the stitches out. But for me, 120 00:06:02,079 --> 00:06:03,720 you know, as a bed on the area, as a surgeon, 121 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,920 knowing that these hands are helping this dog. He look, 122 00:06:07,959 --> 00:06:09,560 I can't promise he's going to make it to seventeen 123 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:15,279 or eighteens, sixteen. He's already way past his longevity statistical longevity. 124 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,439 But he's doing great. His blood's were fine, your analysis, 125 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,079 everything was good. I said, come on, we got to 126 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,839 do it. If he looks this good on the insight, 127 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,279 he will tolerate the anissect very well. 128 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: Which he did. 129 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,959 Speaker 2: So now it's just good knowing that I can't predict 130 00:06:28,959 --> 00:06:30,600 when's he going to go. It might be a year, 131 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,959 might be more, might be less, but I will tell 132 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,560 you it's not going to be because of that to 133 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,519 him and that to me, that brings a lot of joy. 134 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,680 Steph Iya, how are you so question from let's see Potter? 135 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,399 You got to help me on this one. Petter Algiro, 136 00:06:45,319 --> 00:06:46,600 that's a good one. You have to tell me what 137 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:48,720 it is. Potter means father, I know that in Latin. 138 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,079 But my three year old cat has always had very 139 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:52,879 loose tools. Is there a foody, a conrect commend that 140 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,079 might help? She's currently getting Kirkland salmon fila maintenance. Well, 141 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,800 loose tools can be a number of things, number of reasons, 142 00:06:58,959 --> 00:07:01,959 sometimes just simple adding some fiber to the diet. I 143 00:07:01,959 --> 00:07:04,839 mean a cat an eighth of a teaspoon of silium 144 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,519 husk powder pure silium husk. Do not give the silium 145 00:07:08,519 --> 00:07:12,399 that is artificially sweetened, because that potentially could be an 146 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,240 artificial sweetener like xylotol, which is terrible, well, not trouble 147 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,759 for us, terrible for cats. So anyway, we do not 148 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:21,759 want to use that. And or adding a little cooked 149 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:24,519 oat meal or can pumpkin if that doesn't work. I 150 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,879 sometimes put these cats on flagile metronitisol again a small 151 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,680 amount and see if that works. You know, typically it 152 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,399 could be something else that the cat is eating. If 153 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:38,199 that's all he's eating, nothing else and everything else is cool. 154 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,240 Is when we see this soft stool and the cat 155 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:46,759 that is otherwise okay, good appetite, right, good coat, active, animated, Everything. 156 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:47,199 Speaker 1: Else is normal. 157 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,959 Speaker 2: So it's just localized to probably the colon. So we say, okay, 158 00:07:52,279 --> 00:07:58,319 he's got this colitis. Nerves, stress, anxiety, excitement, diet, diet change, 159 00:07:58,519 --> 00:08:01,120 parasites unlikely to vi real cap but if he hasn't 160 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,040 had a fecal sample in a while, it would be 161 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,639 worth just to rule it out before you start worrying 162 00:08:05,639 --> 00:08:08,959 about some sort of food hypersensitivity. Now, if all that 163 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,720 is negative, you cannot come up with anything else, then yes, 164 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,519 I would recommend slowly trying to switch on to a 165 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,040 different diet. And if it is a diet related problem, 166 00:08:19,079 --> 00:08:21,279 hopefully it'll resolve. But the only way to test it, 167 00:08:21,319 --> 00:08:23,360 but first I would rule out other things because that 168 00:08:23,439 --> 00:08:26,519 you know, salmon is probably good. It's a feline maintenance diet. 169 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,439 It's a kirkling. I know people are saying, oh, and 170 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,680 all of that stuff is crap, And is it the 171 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,159 best food out there as far as ingredients and the 172 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:33,759 way it's made. 173 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: Probably not. 174 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:36,759 Speaker 2: But you know a lot of these commercial foods you 175 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,320 have to go through a lot of testing, AFTCO, certification, 176 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:40,039 et cetera. 177 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,279 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't jump to that yet. 178 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,159 Speaker 2: But again, it wouldn't surprise me after all that it 179 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,480 turns out to be just a food hypersensitivity, or more 180 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:52,720 specifically that food hypersensitivity. However, I would not jump to 181 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:55,559 another salmon diet. I would jump to something else first. 182 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,600 All right, hello, steph Okay, Now, the warm weather. We 183 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,679 talked about it just a little bit ago. Eighty three 184 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,639 degrees here. That kind of brings me to a subject 185 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,759 that we need to obviously discuss. It's great that here 186 00:09:08,799 --> 00:09:11,120 it is in May, we're already talking about it. Hopefully 187 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,759 it'll be a lesson throughout the summer. But we really 188 00:09:13,799 --> 00:09:17,720 do need to treat our animals in this heat differently 189 00:09:18,159 --> 00:09:21,840 than we would otherwise. So too cold, those of you 190 00:09:21,919 --> 00:09:26,279 who live in climates where it gets below zero, I know, Minnesota, Illinois, 191 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:27,720 I mean it gets pretty cold. 192 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,519 Speaker 1: Kansas. 193 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: I've been there in the winter February and Kansas City 194 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:34,879 not nice, not good. I mean, when I was walking 195 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,360 three blocks and when I got to my destination, I 196 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,519 had to feel my ears. I felt like they were 197 00:09:40,519 --> 00:09:43,159 going to crack off. Then you know it's cold. Well, 198 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,080 it's also that cold for our pets. So just like 199 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,159 we have a lot of precautions during the cold weather, 200 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:52,759 here's some hot weather precautions. Number One, exercise a lot 201 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:55,200 of these animals, a lot of you. It's nice outside, 202 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,960 you want to get out. You want to work off 203 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 the excess winter weight that you may have put on, 204 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,080 And same thing with your pets. First of all, you 205 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,159 don't go from zero to sixty all right in one day, 206 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,519 so you got to paste it and slowly gradually get 207 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:09,960 them back into their routine. 208 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: There's some routine. 209 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 2: Number Two, you don't do it in the heat of 210 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:16,919 the day. I haven't seen too many animals come in 211 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:22,080 with heatstroke because of they're running the trails at noon 212 00:10:22,519 --> 00:10:24,639 or one or two o'clock or three o'clock in the afternoon, 213 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,840 So that's not a good idea. When you do exercise them, 214 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,960 you want to do it early in the morning, late 215 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,279 in the evening, and you want to make sure you 216 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,720 have plenty of water with you and take plenty of stops. 217 00:10:35,919 --> 00:10:39,480 It's very important take some stops. Let them have a break. 218 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,919 That's good for them as well. Now, also just remember 219 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,320 another couple of things. Let me just wave for you 220 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:48,039 guys here all right, Luise, Hello, Okay, if you need 221 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,799 to give fleam edge here around a just mind, we'll 222 00:10:49,799 --> 00:10:51,519 talk about that in a minute. Oh go, we got 223 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:53,600 some questions coming in, so maybe let's talk to these 224 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,080 questions because then we'll complete and we make it to 225 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:56,879 some of these answers. 226 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: Things that I want to talk about in these questions. 227 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,480 Talk about that. 228 00:11:00,519 --> 00:11:03,159 Speaker 2: But so far is plenty of water early and late 229 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,039 in the afternoon. You got to read them, by the way. 230 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,759 You gotta read when they are starting to pant. Remember 231 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,080 FESSI dogs, they love us, they want to be with us. 232 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,039 They will do anything we want them to do, and 233 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,600 they will actually over exert just to satisfy that need. 234 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:19,159 So you got to be really careful read your pet 235 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,320 to learn. Watch the tongue, watch the panting, take a 236 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,919 break with them. See if they continue to pant aggressively. 237 00:11:25,159 --> 00:11:27,039 Make sure you have water with them. What I like 238 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,159 to do sometimes is I take like a bandana, I 239 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,279 wet it, roll it up and stick it in the 240 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,240 freezer overnight. In the morning before the walk, I wrap 241 00:11:35,279 --> 00:11:37,639 it around their neck and tie it and then it'll 242 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,240 just add some chilling and it seems to keep them 243 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,679 a little more calm. But again, the water is essential. 244 00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:47,000 Foot protection essential foot protection is also essential. Let's talk 245 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:49,559 about that after a couple of these questions. So do 246 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,279 we need fleam edge year round or just when it's warm, Well, 247 00:11:52,639 --> 00:11:56,720 really that depends on the fleet population. Typically in many 248 00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:59,159 climates we don't see a lot of fleas during the winter, 249 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,679 even here in LA when it's not freezing cold, but 250 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:04,919 we see a drop in flea population. Now, if you're 251 00:12:04,919 --> 00:12:07,559 in the southeast, if you're down in Texas, if you're 252 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,120 in Florida and run the Gulf coasts Louisiana, you have 253 00:12:11,159 --> 00:12:14,720 fleas year round and you should never stop flea treatment. Now, 254 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:17,679 having said that, the same thing goes because you have 255 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,240 fleas and ticks. Now, if you're an area where ticks 256 00:12:20,279 --> 00:12:22,399 aren't afraid of cold weather, so you still might get 257 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:24,080 a lot of tick disease during the winter, in which 258 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,399 case you want to continue throughout the year. And lastly, 259 00:12:27,519 --> 00:12:30,000 heartworm if you're going to get either one of the 260 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,320 newer eieshocks, azoleine treatments which are Next Guard, Simperico or 261 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,120 Cordelio pervectos. Also they have vectos that doesn't have one 262 00:12:38,159 --> 00:12:40,440 for heartworm, but you can get Next Guard or Next 263 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:44,879 Guard plus Cordelia or Cordelio plus, Simparico or Simperica trio, 264 00:12:45,159 --> 00:12:47,799 the plus plus and the trio that takes here as fleas, 265 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,960 ticks and heartworm. So again, warmer weather, moist weather, humidity. 266 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,240 So up in the northeast, for example, where you have 267 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,480 tons of mosquitoes, we're starting to see more more mosquitos 268 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,600 here in La as well. Then you want to get 269 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,440 a trio. And during the warmer weathers or the climate, 270 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,080 you want to make sure that you're doing then for sure. 271 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,600 And if fleas take some mosquitoes are year round, then 272 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,200 your protection needs to be year round. So as I said, 273 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,279 it all depends on where you live in what kind 274 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,320 of threat you have during the different seasons. So if 275 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,919 a threat is seasonal, you can use the medication seasonally, 276 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,080 but if the threat is year round, you got to 277 00:13:23,159 --> 00:13:25,120 use the ear Around twelve year old female dog keeps 278 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,440 getting irritated in your vaginal area, red and crusty and 279 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,200 smells and he okay, So cushings test because the skin 280 00:13:30,279 --> 00:13:33,600 issues is not my first thought. Excessive water drinking and 281 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,840 excessive peeing, that's my first thought. And then I would 282 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,320 do a blood test and if the alkaline phosphatas is 283 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,399 very high, then yes, why I consider cushings as a 284 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,480 rule out just bad skin, I would say allergy. But 285 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,720 here's what we see in when we have this kind 286 00:13:48,759 --> 00:13:52,759 of dermatitis in the vaginal area, we call it vulvar 287 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,759 fold hioderma. That is an infection deep in the vulvar folds. 288 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:00,759 Because when you have a dog that is either overweight 289 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:05,759 or just has prominent vulvar folds inside around the vulva, 290 00:14:06,039 --> 00:14:09,440 it's dark, it's moist, and it's a perfect environment for 291 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,399 easton deck carrier. So you need to first of all 292 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,559 check that if you stick your finger in there, and 293 00:14:14,639 --> 00:14:16,759 I know it's gross, but there's something called soap and water, 294 00:14:16,919 --> 00:14:18,919 so if you have to, you can wash your hands afterwards. 295 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,799 And if you feel a moisteness like stickiness and you 296 00:14:21,879 --> 00:14:24,600 have a lot of black debris or dark renfigures, it's 297 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,679 vulvar fold biodharma. And that's what I be treating now. 298 00:14:27,759 --> 00:14:30,159 If we have dogs that are not overweight and are 299 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,519 always getting its volvo fl polyderma, then we have to 300 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:38,240 do a vulvar fold plastic, which is we reduce the 301 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,559 vulvar fold. It's a plastic surgery procedure. Most veterinarians should 302 00:14:42,559 --> 00:14:44,960 be able to do it. Unfortunately many won't. I'm not 303 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,639 going to get into a discussion about the lack of 304 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:50,080 surgical training a lot of our new graduates are getting. 305 00:14:50,399 --> 00:14:53,480 But it's not a difficult surgery. And if there's concern 306 00:14:53,639 --> 00:14:55,200 and your veterinarian doesn't do it, take it to a 307 00:14:55,279 --> 00:14:57,399 surgeon or find a veterinarian that does so. What it 308 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:02,320 does basically, it reduces the depth of those volvar folds. 309 00:15:02,559 --> 00:15:04,519 Now another thing you can do is, if you want 310 00:15:04,519 --> 00:15:08,120 to work with it again, treat allergy side a point 311 00:15:08,159 --> 00:15:13,159 apple quill or old fashioned corticosteroid antibiotic for sure, And 312 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,840 for those I really like either some sort of anti fungal, 313 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:23,679 anti bacterial, something with schlorhexidine and ketoconazole. I for example, 314 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,519 have a spray called dermamist. I also have my derma 315 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,159 wipes which have both of those ingredients. For that reason, 316 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,080 we see a lot of this and also neopreedaf powder 317 00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:38,840 and not getting page produced any to endorse these. Well, 318 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,320 maybe on my product I am, but not the Neopredaft. 319 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,399 It's fantastic. It's a powder you kind of take your fingers, 320 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,399 you spread the folds open a little bit and put 321 00:15:47,399 --> 00:15:51,919 this powder around. It's anti inflammatory, it's anti itch, it's drying, 322 00:15:52,279 --> 00:15:55,559 it's antibacterial, it's anti fungal. It's got it all and 323 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,799 it really helps those areas as well. So one hundred 324 00:15:57,799 --> 00:16:02,320 percent I would recommend that okay, And cushings only if 325 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,759 the dog is If all that fails and the dog 326 00:16:05,879 --> 00:16:07,919 is has a high alcin faster any dairy eye, it 327 00:16:07,919 --> 00:16:09,799 could be eight hundred and nine one thousand or more. 328 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,159 And you're coming not because of the valagin a problem. 329 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,080 You're coming because my dog doesn't stop drinking water and 330 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,519 it's peeing all over the place. That ivy thinking of 331 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:21,039 cushings or of course diabetes or kidney problems. All right, 332 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:22,600 is it okay to keep a tu shirt on your 333 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,559 dog to cover up stitches? Does that cause a problem 334 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,240 to heal and popts and an air little orange? 335 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:27,799 Speaker 1: C's okay? 336 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 2: So we have two maya, Luise, and I'm gonna keep 337 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,320 you guys guessing. This is my teaser because we're gonna 338 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,480 break this for a couple of minutes right now for 339 00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:38,679 a word from our sponsors, and then I will we'll 340 00:16:38,679 --> 00:16:41,519 come back on cut Life Radio. Here on Instagram. I'm 341 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:43,639 gonna mute myself and we'll talk for a minute. 342 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 3: Oh sure, it's all fun and games until someone ends 343 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,879 up in a cone. That's right, we are animals. 344 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:51,639 Speaker 2: Deal with it. 345 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: HEADLFE Radio, Let's talk pets, Let's talk past, Let's do 346 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:02,399 that radio, Headline Radio. 347 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 3: Hetlight Radio dot com. 348 00:17:13,279 --> 00:17:15,039 Speaker 1: Then we're back here live on bet life Radio. 349 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 2: We're talking about baby teeth and neutering, so I like 350 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,079 for all the teeth to be and unfortunately the large 351 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:23,519 breeds and giant breath don't usually get deciduous teeth, so 352 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,359 it's less common to have to worry about it. So 353 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,920 I then look at how badly misplaced is the adult tooth. 354 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:32,640 If it is badly misplaced, we got to get the 355 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,519 baby tooth out of the way and give the chance 356 00:17:34,559 --> 00:17:36,720 of the adult tooth to go back into normal position. 357 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,759 If it's really not that badly displaced, then I would 358 00:17:39,759 --> 00:17:41,920 wait until I can do them all in one sitting 359 00:17:42,079 --> 00:17:44,519 or wait till neutering. With the large breeds, if I 360 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:47,680 do have one, I may recommend six eight months or so, 361 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,480 taking the baby and then still coming back because the 362 00:17:50,519 --> 00:17:53,400 anesthesia for deciduous teeth is really quick, so it's not 363 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,440 like it's a long procedure. So I would probably do that. 364 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,000 But you know, every case is individual. It depends on 365 00:17:59,039 --> 00:18:01,799 a lot of factors. So but neutering, there you go. 366 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,119 Small breeds, it can be really anytime after they're fully mature. 367 00:18:05,599 --> 00:18:07,880 Big breeds, I like to wait until they are built 368 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,000 fully mature, but it might be a year to year 369 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,720 and a half a large breeze, and it could be 370 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:14,240 up to two years in a giant breed. Okay, now 371 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:16,839 let's go back to some great questions from El Luis 372 00:18:16,839 --> 00:18:19,000 pat Rescue. VICKI always has good questions for me. Is 373 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,599 there okay to keep a T shirt on your dog 374 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:23,400 to cover stitches? It won't a pede healing because T 375 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:25,480 shirts are loose, it's not good and pedealing at all. 376 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,920 But because it's lose, it may also not keep the 377 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,839 animal away from licking. So it's a double edged swords. 378 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: There. Is it convenient? Yes? 379 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: Is it less obtrusive for the dog, and yes, because 380 00:18:36,319 --> 00:18:38,400 they can still get around it pretty easily. It's not 381 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,839 going to confine them. We want them, and it's going 382 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,720 to really protect the incisions. And it may not do 383 00:18:43,839 --> 00:18:47,240 such a great job, however, it is easier for you. 384 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,319 And because it is not as confining, then the dog 385 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,599 seems to like it better. All right, we have palm 386 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,200 trees and my dog keeps eating the little orange seeds. 387 00:18:55,599 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: Your dog mostly. I can't it what you would do? 388 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,759 Speaker 2: You know what, I'm not sure exactly those little palm 389 00:19:00,799 --> 00:19:04,240 seeds how toxic they are. If they're swallowing them, and 390 00:19:04,279 --> 00:19:06,119 they can swallow a bunch at once, I'd worry more 391 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,119 of an impaction than I wore to toxic. I don't 392 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,079 think they're toxic, but that's something I would even have 393 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,359 to look up. You can go to a toxicology if 394 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,359 they're a toxicology website, or ask Google. All right, are 395 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,839 orange palm seeds toxic to pets? A lot of things 396 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:25,440 we try to avoid are not that they're toxic, but 397 00:19:25,559 --> 00:19:29,319 they're irritative to the gastro intestinal trap, meaning could cause vomiting, 398 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,599 could cause impaction if they're clumped up together. But it's 399 00:19:32,599 --> 00:19:35,319 not like a poison, So that would be my answer 400 00:19:35,319 --> 00:19:37,640 for that. One necessary to give your dog the lepto shot. 401 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:38,599 What are side effects? 402 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:39,039 Speaker 1: All right? 403 00:19:39,079 --> 00:19:42,799 Speaker 2: So all the vaccines leptoi, it's very personal. I look 404 00:19:42,799 --> 00:19:45,519 at the lifestyle. For me, except for a couple of 405 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:48,240 years ago here in La it wasn't lifestyle because they 406 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,640 were finding hotst of lepto. Cases of dogs are just 407 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:53,359 going to parks because of the rat feces, so you 408 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,880 haven't seen many cases. I personally do not do my dogs. 409 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,960 If dogs are hiking, if they're going places where they're streamed, 410 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,480 either in canyons or in the mountains, and there are 411 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,079 a lot of wild animals, wild rodents that might be 412 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,359 urinating and defecating around streams, and the stool in the 413 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,759 urine gets into the streams, then the dog going dreams 414 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,359 though stream water, then yes, I would protect them against lepto. 415 00:20:14,599 --> 00:20:17,319 We don't see it very often. It is very serious. 416 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,640 I've had a number of cases back a few years ago. 417 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,160 Fortunly they're all still alive. Some of them still have 418 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,519 an active tighter and we have to keep an eye 419 00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:27,440 on the kidneys because it definitely caused kidney problems. So 420 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,880 That would be my criteria. What is your lifestyle Do 421 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,720 you take your dogs to these areas where the disease 422 00:20:34,839 --> 00:20:38,119 is prevalent because of these wild animals and wild rodents. 423 00:20:38,319 --> 00:20:40,200 If the answer to that is yes, then the lepto 424 00:20:40,279 --> 00:20:43,599 vaccine is a necessity. If it's not, then don't now 425 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,720 side effects. It seems, even though they've claimed a lot 426 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,440 of the companies claim that the nectro shot has gotten 427 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,599 so much better than it, doesn't call it. I've seen 428 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,000 a lot of dogs that will have a day or 429 00:20:54,039 --> 00:20:57,400 two of soreness. I have never, in all my years, 430 00:20:57,559 --> 00:20:59,599 seen a dog die from a lecto shot. So get 431 00:20:59,599 --> 00:21:00,519 that out of here system. 432 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: Doctor. 433 00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:04,079 Speaker 2: Google says it's that dangerous. No, doctor, Google doesn't know 434 00:21:04,519 --> 00:21:06,880 if there was one death, and therefore you have to 435 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,480 report it and Google gets a hold of it, and 436 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:12,079 all these people talk about the other people about what 437 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:13,160 they read on Google. 438 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: Doctor. 439 00:21:13,599 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 2: That's how it expands into like fear. But there's no doubt. 440 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,559 I get call some people after a lepto shot. My 441 00:21:19,599 --> 00:21:22,400 dog's depressed, he doesn't want to eat, and it goes 442 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:23,279 on for a few days. 443 00:21:23,519 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: Not the worst. 444 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 2: So I would not use only the post op potential 445 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,880 problem as an excuse not to get it. If your 446 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,839 dog is going to be exposed, why because the lepto 447 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,519 SHOT's not going to kill him, but lepto can. So 448 00:21:36,599 --> 00:21:38,359 it's you got to do the right thing. So we 449 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,519 got them all. We got them all, the palm tree seeds, 450 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,920 the lepto shot. Uh right, all right, Janice JB. How 451 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,599 you doing any other questions? 452 00:21:46,759 --> 00:21:49,839 Speaker 1: Ask away? We got three minutes, so all right, let 453 00:21:49,839 --> 00:21:50,519 me there was. 454 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 2: One thing I wanted to talk about, and unless we 455 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,640 get a question that I will do that first. 456 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: Okay, the question is it's not me a question. 457 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,079 Speaker 2: I get it a lot of questions in my practice, 458 00:22:01,079 --> 00:22:03,039 and I always like to share because I guarantee if 459 00:22:03,079 --> 00:22:05,680 I'm getting them, you're thinking about them. And that is 460 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,200 food allergy. How many times the animal people come in 461 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,559 and they're concerned about food alogy? Why is on the 462 00:22:12,559 --> 00:22:15,079 internet it talks about all these food allergies. So let 463 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,039 me give you what I know. And again things can change, 464 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,880 and probably so foods can more frequently cause a GI 465 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,359 upset than actual skin allergy. So keep that in mind. 466 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,599 When I'm talking about food allergies. They're going to divide 467 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,799 it into allergies that are affecting the skin and allergies 468 00:22:33,839 --> 00:22:36,440 that are affecting the gi trap and the treatments are 469 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,960 unfortunately pretty much the same but so critical signs of 470 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,640 food allergy. As far as skin, you're going to notice 471 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,720 an animal that first of all is chewing its feet, 472 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,759 especially front feet, licking like crazy, but enough that we 473 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:51,119 see saliva staining. I have a lot of people to 474 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,480 come in with dogs with just licking their feet, almost 475 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,240 like an ail bier or a thumbsucker. They just it 476 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,720 soothes them, It gives them some mental relief. That's non 477 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:04,079 allergy food allergy. Dogs that have true food allergy that 478 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,359 also often you might catch them rubbing at their face 479 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,400 or dragging their face against the carpet or a wall. 480 00:23:09,759 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: Okay. 481 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 2: And lastly ears, so food face and ears, those are 482 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,279 the things that we most commonly see in dogs that 483 00:23:16,319 --> 00:23:21,599 are food allergies and most importantly non seasonal. Why because 484 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,000 unless you're changing your dog's food every season, okay, and 485 00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:27,039 you're probably eating the same thing if it was true 486 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:29,960 food allergy but only happened started April, May, June, July, August, whatever, 487 00:23:30,319 --> 00:23:35,279 it's not food Because why atopy atopic dermatitis okay, which 488 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:40,279 is the inhaled allergen dermatitis much more common. That is 489 00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:44,079 seasonal and also could be lictric ear, terrible ears, ears 490 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,799 and overlap ears, get both and even chewing the feet, 491 00:23:47,039 --> 00:23:51,000 so you gotta be really careful. Dermatologists say that fifteen, 492 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:56,319 maybe max twenty percent of all skin allergies are actually 493 00:23:56,559 --> 00:23:59,839 food related. That means eighty to eighty five percent are not. 494 00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:03,440 So don't just jump to food allergy now. If it is, 495 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,440 if you have everything that completely fits the bill, it's 496 00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:10,799 all year round, it's feed ears, rubbing the face, all right, 497 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,000 then I would. 498 00:24:12,079 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: Look at the food. So a couple of things we know. 499 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: It seems like the most common proteins that are implicated 500 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,880 in food allergies are your poultry it's so ticket and 501 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,000 turkey beef. Okay, keep that in mind. And as far 502 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,039 as grains is corn, wheat and rice. So the first 503 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:29,240 thing you want to do is look for foods. And 504 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,240 the same thing, by the way, let's talk about the 505 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,559 GI allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, Okay, things like that. Those 506 00:24:36,839 --> 00:24:39,240 also could be food related, and we want to get 507 00:24:39,279 --> 00:24:44,559 them on hypoallergenic diets, single antigen diets and best could 508 00:24:44,599 --> 00:24:47,480 be both, but it's not only single aanagen, but it's 509 00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:51,759 either low fat and it is HA which is hypoalergenic, 510 00:24:52,039 --> 00:24:55,720 or HP hydrolyzed protein. So they're what we're looking at. 511 00:24:55,799 --> 00:24:59,440 We're looking at low anigen diets and single protein, single 512 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,960 grain or a single car But it could be a vegetable, 513 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,039 it could be a fruit, it could be an actual grain. 514 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:07,200 Things that the body has never been exposed to before. 515 00:25:07,519 --> 00:25:09,920 It's really hard to be allergic to something if the 516 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,480 body has never seen it before, such as and you're 517 00:25:12,519 --> 00:25:19,480 gonna some of these are kind of wacko venison, bison, rabbit, alligator, kangaroo, salmon. 518 00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:24,160 Most of the time, tilapia cod duck is a good one, 519 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,359 so whitness last time a dog eate kangaroo or alligator. 520 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:30,200 So you're looking for weird proteins. So chances are they 521 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,519 won't have signs of allergy. At least it could happen 522 00:25:33,559 --> 00:25:36,039 six or eight months later. They can develop analogy. They've 523 00:25:36,039 --> 00:25:38,960 already shown that they have that sensitivity. However, it's going 524 00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:41,039 to be a while. As far as great again, you 525 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,960 want to avoid the cornba so you're can look it 526 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:48,559 things like barley, oats, sweet potato, potato, quinoa, so again 527 00:25:48,839 --> 00:25:51,839 things that they've probably never seen, or green pea and 528 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,519 broccoli cauliflower. 529 00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 1: So you can look for foods that. 530 00:25:56,599 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 2: Have really weird, unique combination that the body has never 531 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,680 been exposed to before and put them on that minimum 532 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,319 minimum six weeks, might take eight. Well, here's the key 533 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,279 during this food trial as we call it, called them 534 00:26:11,319 --> 00:26:14,920 elimination trial. If we truly suspect food allergy, it's going 535 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,079 to take a while to see a result. And that 536 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,839 means also means six eight weeks. And also you got 537 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:22,200 to watch the treat that you give. The treats they 538 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,920 have to be the same as the food. So if 539 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,960 you're going to buy a cod based or a venison 540 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,039 based or a rabbit based type, you need to get 541 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,319 rabbits treats, rabbit or venison treats the same things, the 542 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,319 same protein and very small amount, and don't mix it 543 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:35,920 with something else. 544 00:26:36,079 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: It's the biggest mistake. 545 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,880 Speaker 2: A lot of people make the food, They feed the 546 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:40,880 right food, but then they're going back to the regular 547 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,799 treats and guess what, there's chicken or beef in the treats. Well, yeah, 548 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,359 that's not going to work. So you've got to be really, 549 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:52,000 really strict. That's my recommendation. How long can ibdcat be imbudesciinie. 550 00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:54,559 That's a great question. So first all, we love being estaite. 551 00:26:54,599 --> 00:26:56,200 It's a steroid that a lot of us are using 552 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:00,200 over predice own or a cat pritness alone, And it 553 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,960 really depends on I liked it. We start every day, 554 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,839 then we try to go to every other day, and 555 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,000 I would just do routine lab tests maybe every twelve, 556 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,279 sixteen weeks or four months, whatever, and just make sure 557 00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:13,599 that their values the liver values. One good thing about 558 00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:16,039 a cat when it comes to cats and steroids is 559 00:27:16,279 --> 00:27:18,480 they can tolerate these. 560 00:27:18,319 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: Steroids way better than dogs. 561 00:27:20,279 --> 00:27:23,039 Speaker 2: So it's almost and don't get this the wrong way, 562 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,839 they can tolerate almost as I care with reckless abandon 563 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,759 They seem to do so much better than dogs do 564 00:27:28,839 --> 00:27:31,400 on steroids. We don't see the same side effects, and 565 00:27:31,759 --> 00:27:34,920 they do tolerate the steroids. But even still, sometimes we 566 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,400 can't see how the liver is doing on an outward sign. 567 00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:39,799 Speaker 1: So I would still. 568 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,759 Speaker 2: Monitor their bloods, and if their bloods are fine, they're 569 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:45,920 doing fine, they're still maintaining their appetite, et cetera. Then 570 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,319 I would just try decreasing as much as you can see. 571 00:27:48,319 --> 00:27:50,039 If you do it every other day, every third day, 572 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:51,920 you get to a point where youding b neestla every 573 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,160 third day, there's very little damage to be able to do. 574 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,920 You still monitor, but that's what I recommend. 575 00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: Now. 576 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 2: If you stop and like after a day, and they start, 577 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:02,000 then then you know you got some issues. Do you 578 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,400 think apple cider vinegar with water can help with feet 579 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,200 licking they cleaned with after a walk, Well, that's a 580 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,599 really good question. If we think that the chewing is 581 00:28:09,599 --> 00:28:12,359 because of cleanliness or picking up some bacteria or something. 582 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,319 I don't imagine it could help personally. I've never tried 583 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:17,839 it myself, so I can't tell you. I can't even 584 00:28:17,839 --> 00:28:20,440 tell you how it tastes. But you're gonna baterly gonna 585 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,680 lick for feet. If it also helps prevent them from 586 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,119 linking their feet, ah, that's a good thing too. So 587 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,039 there's no downside to it. There's nothing toxic a poisonous 588 00:28:28,079 --> 00:28:31,680 about it. So I would try it and if it works, fantastic, 589 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,799 and if it doesn't work, you could say at least 590 00:28:33,839 --> 00:28:37,400 I try it. All right, Okay, I think there you go, Julia, 591 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,240 So I see a lot of names I've not seen before. 592 00:28:40,279 --> 00:28:43,440 Thank you for joining me. Please tell your friends I'm 593 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,319 here every Sunday morning, same time, same channel. If you 594 00:28:46,359 --> 00:28:48,480 have questions, reach out to me during the week we 595 00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:50,599 get a great subject for me to talk about. And 596 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,359 if not, if you want to wait until the show 597 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,839 is live, then you can go ahead and ask me 598 00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:55,960 your questions, et cetera. Would love to answer them help 599 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,880 you out. So once again, you can reach me verbs 600 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,759 Underscore DVM here on Instagram. You can reach me on 601 00:29:00,799 --> 00:29:03,680 doctor Jeff at Petlafe radio dot com, and that's here 602 00:29:04,079 --> 00:29:07,400 on Instagram. And other than that, I think that's it. 603 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,640 That's all we have time for. So again, tell your 604 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,640 friends that if they were first of all, I would 605 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,119 love to have them join me. And just check into 606 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,519 my Instagram only because I post really cool stuff. I 607 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:21,119 get a lot of good feedback, especially my surgeries and 608 00:29:21,599 --> 00:29:23,519 the after serve. Oh the other surger I was going 609 00:29:23,559 --> 00:29:26,359 to tell you about was amazing and if you've seen 610 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:29,240 I posted pictures, they were really gross. I even warned 611 00:29:29,279 --> 00:29:33,039 everybody be careful. That was a dog. His name was Brian, 612 00:29:33,559 --> 00:29:36,559 and Brian was bitten. It was my rescue went to 613 00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:39,200 a first foster was bitten pretty badly, but they didn't 614 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,480 know because it was long hair. Foster had him. He 615 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,079 wasn't doing great. You'll know why in a minute. Went 616 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,400 back to the rescue and then to another foster. The 617 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,960 other foster noted this swelling around his neck and when 618 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,559 he was feeling it, he looked at his hands and 619 00:29:50,559 --> 00:29:53,039 it was like a gross discharge. So he brought him 620 00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:56,920 in and the prost discharge was draining two holes. They 621 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,759 said he was trying to get under a fence and 622 00:29:58,799 --> 00:30:02,000 they have cut himself. No, no, no, two holes like that. That 623 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,519 is a dog bite. 624 00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:05,119 Speaker 1: From one or the other. Somewhere along the line. 625 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,599 Speaker 2: This dog was bitten because of the long hair. Was 626 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,000 never really determined why or that it was even there 627 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:14,200 until it blew up. So we knew we had to 628 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,400 open up put some drains in. Well, no, that wasn't enough. 629 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,799 Check my instagram you're going to see what it looked like. 630 00:30:20,079 --> 00:30:23,839 It was absolutely disgusting. We had to cut away so 631 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:28,559 much tissue, so much necrotic dead tissue and smelly and 632 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:33,960 plus pockets. It was just disgusting and horrendous for Ryan. 633 00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:38,240 So we started on drew heavy duty antibotics. Cleaned out 634 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,640 as much as we could, freshen the edges of this 635 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,839 of this disgusting wound. Put suitus in, put a drain in. 636 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,160 We just pulled a drain Friday. You would not believe 637 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,440 what this thing looks like now. It is unreal. You 638 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,559 would never in a million years imagine from what we 639 00:30:53,599 --> 00:30:55,920 did now what it looks like now and what it 640 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,000 looked like when we started. 641 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,559 Speaker 1: It is night and day. 642 00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 2: So I'm of pictures that we took on Friday, still 643 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:03,759 not one hundred percent heeled. 644 00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: We're going to see you next week for the suser and mooval. 645 00:31:05,759 --> 00:31:06,799 There's one little. 646 00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:08,559 Speaker 2: Spot near where one of the drain put in that 647 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,559 is still It may needed just a little refreshing of 648 00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:13,960 the tissue. We call deep writing and then a couple 649 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,039 of suitors, but overall it's a new dog and again 650 00:31:18,359 --> 00:31:21,359 thinking about what we can do to help these animals. 651 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,359 Speaker 1: And this is why I get so excited about what 652 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,799 I do. See you next week. 653 00:31:26,079 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 3: Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on Petlife 654 00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:44,920 Radio dot com.