1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: You were listening to Petlifradio dot com and. 2 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: Welcome in good morning to all of you on this 3 00:00:27,839 --> 00:00:30,800 glorious Sunday, oh at least glorious here in Los Angeles. 4 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,439 I hope it is the same wherever you are listening. 5 00:00:34,439 --> 00:00:37,079 You are with me, your host, doctor Jeff Werber here 6 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:39,560 and ask the bets with doctor Jeff for the next 7 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,600 thirty minutes here on pet Life Radio, the only live 8 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,479 call in radio show that means call in, that means 9 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,960 you need to pick up your phones and you need 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,560 to give us a call. And that's eight seven seven 11 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,439 three eight five eight eight eight to two. We're here 12 00:00:53,439 --> 00:00:56,840 to answer your questions about your pets. Ninety nine point 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,600 nine percent of your dog and gat questions. I will 14 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,079 give you immediate answers, and if there's some rare exotic 15 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:04,760 pet you may have, I will get the answers for 16 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:07,599 you through my network of good friends and colleagues that 17 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,040 do exotics and other strange animals, and we will get 18 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,079 answers for you by next show. Also, I want to 19 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,959 thank our sponsors, KNG Veterinary Products and pro Sense Pet Products, 20 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:20,480 because without them, we wouldn't be here, and it wouldn't 21 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,560 be here to help you. We did have a great 22 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,680 call from a listener during the week. It was actually 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,680 an email. It's a great question. So I'm hoping that 24 00:01:28,719 --> 00:01:30,920 she's going to give us a call back because I 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,159 think it's something we should share with all of them, 26 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:35,519 because it really is. It was a great question about 27 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,599 her dog and a problem that her dog is having. 28 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:40,159 We have, as you know, those of you listening, hopefully 29 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,560 all of you have been listening. We have been going 30 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,359 through a lot of different endocrine organ systems and those 31 00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:51,959 are the systems that deliver and secrete the various hormones 32 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:56,079 that affect much of what our bodies do, how they react. 33 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,879 And we've covered things like the adrenal gland which is 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,840 over secretion called Cushing's disease, an under secretion called Addison's disease, 35 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,400 and all the ramifications and treatments and things. We were 36 00:02:08,719 --> 00:02:13,240 in the midst of covering some thyroid issues, and we 37 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,479 were going through some of the hypo thyroid and that 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,520 is what we commonly see in dogs, and that is 39 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,199 an under delivery and under secretion of the thyroid gland 40 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:26,439 and kind of what we see along with that, and 41 00:02:26,479 --> 00:02:30,080 we were just going into some of the hyper thyroid 42 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:33,120 issues with cats. We were getting into the treatment, but 43 00:02:33,439 --> 00:02:36,319 before we continue with that, what I wanted to do, 44 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:39,919 since the holidays really are coming around the corner. Next week, 45 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,199 I'm going to be talking to you live from Park City, Utah. 46 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:46,719 I will take a break from my snowboarding on the 47 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:49,800 slopes to join you for a thirty minutes in my 48 00:02:50,039 --> 00:02:53,479 home or my hotel or my condo room studio. But 49 00:02:54,039 --> 00:02:56,319 what I wanted to talk about today, and if we 50 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,319 have time, we can finish up our discussion on hyper 51 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,560 thyroid cats later. Hopefully we'll get that phone call because 52 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:04,520 that was a great call. But we want to talk 53 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,840 about holidays. Now. Holidays the festive time we just had 54 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,039 our depending on what you want to call Halloween, whether 55 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,639 that's our first installation. Obviously, the biggest threat there is 56 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,000 going to be all the candy and junk our dogs 57 00:03:16,039 --> 00:03:18,400 gonna get a hold of. But then we just finished Thanksgiving. 58 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:21,039 That's a good one. But now we're heading to Christmas 59 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,080 and Hanukkah, and these are the ones that seem to 60 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:27,599 pose the biggest threat to our pets, and for many 61 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,520 different reasons. First of all, let's face it, for all 62 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:33,800 of us that have been sharing our home with pets, 63 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:37,919 sharing our lives with pets. We would clearly say I 64 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,319 know those of you that hear me say it will agree. 65 00:03:40,479 --> 00:03:42,960 Pets are part of the family. So it's not like 66 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,560 we're going to have all these festivities and we are 67 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:48,319 going to send our pets to the garage or to 68 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,759 the backyard to be by themselves. They want to be part. 69 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:53,560 We want them to be a part of it all. 70 00:03:53,919 --> 00:03:56,039 But we have to keep in mind that there are 71 00:03:56,039 --> 00:03:58,639 certain conditions, certain things we need to look out for 72 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:03,599 that may cause some safety issues for our pets. So 73 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,439 let's first talk about the obvious, and these are some 74 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,960 things that we discussed whenever we talk about Thanksgiving, and 75 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,159 that are the foods. And typically a lot of the 76 00:04:14,199 --> 00:04:17,560 foods that we like to eat during the holidays, be 77 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:22,120 it turkey with the skin, dark meat turkey, especially ham, 78 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,720 those of us that eat latkas, which are the fried 79 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,319 potato pancakes for hanka or doughnuts. These are all things 80 00:04:30,319 --> 00:04:34,279 that are usually fried in oil. So dogs and cats, 81 00:04:34,319 --> 00:04:37,279 but mostly dogs. Dogs are the idiots. They would eat 82 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:42,439 this stuff. Are basically very sensitive to fat, and when 83 00:04:42,439 --> 00:04:45,240 there's too much fat in the diet, that can predispose 84 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,439 them to pancreatitis. And matter of fact, I have a 85 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,399 dog here with me in my office. This came in 86 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,279 a Friday that does have pancreatitis. And pancreatitis happens when 87 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:59,040 dogs get into too much greasy, fatty food. A lot 88 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,720 of times we recommend and keeping dogs away from nuts, 89 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,759 macadamia nuts, walnuts, pistachio nuts. They have a very high 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,000 fat content. The nuts themselves are okay, but it's the 91 00:05:09,079 --> 00:05:11,079 high fat content that's going to get them and it 92 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:15,000 can make them very very sick. Dogs with pancreatitis are very, 93 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:19,920 very sick. It's the one condition, one disease that even 94 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,639 the sweetest, happiest dog, the nicest dog, that if you 95 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,720 were to palpit or press on their abdomen in the 96 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:31,519 midst of a pancreatitis infection, they might turn around and snap. 97 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,519 That's how painful their abdomens can be. So it's very 98 00:05:35,639 --> 00:05:40,759 very very serious condition. Treatment would involve hospitalization, ivy fluids. 99 00:05:40,959 --> 00:05:43,800 It's something that the first symptom that you're probably going 100 00:05:43,879 --> 00:05:47,959 to see is vomiting, and I'm talking a lot of vomiting. 101 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,279 Dogs probably won't want to eat, but if they do 102 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,839 eat or drink water, they're going to vomit again. So 103 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,040 your first clue that something is wrong is, oh my god, 104 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,439 my dog is hunched over, seems to be in pain, 105 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:02,759 is vomiting, puking his guts out, And these are all 106 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:07,360 really really serious signs and a strong clue that obviously 107 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,519 this is a gastrointestinal to all got into something, but 108 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,399 very well could be one of the fatty foods you 109 00:06:13,439 --> 00:06:16,360 worry about. Now, how about chocolate. Chocolate, As we've talked about, 110 00:06:16,399 --> 00:06:18,800 I'm sure many of you know by now, chocolate is 111 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,160 a toxin. It is interestingly a bit overrated in the 112 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:26,439 sense that most of the chocolates that our pets are 113 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:29,800 going to get into are the chocolates that are in 114 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,879 cakes or brownies or chocolatesip cookies, are the chocolate bars, 115 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,680 the candy bars that we like to eat so much 116 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,680 milk chocolate, and that chocolate is the least serious. The 117 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:45,959 chocolate that's really bad is the pure, bitter or unsweetened chocolate. 118 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,279 They call it baker's chocolate. It's the chocolate that bakers 119 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,720 use to make all these chocolate delicacies, and then they 120 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,639 like to add their own sugar to taste so they 121 00:06:55,639 --> 00:06:59,240 don't buy hunks of milk chocolate, they will actually get 122 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,639 real pure chocolate and then seizing it to with their 123 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:07,199 own liking, depending on the recipe. That chocolate is very toxic, 124 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:12,160 has a high concentration of theobromine. It can cause some neurotoxicities, 125 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:13,959 meaning you know, it's sort of the dogs. Can he 126 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,279 actually seize. They can get very depressed, they can be lethargic, 127 00:07:17,519 --> 00:07:20,439 they'll of course can vomit. So we want to keep 128 00:07:20,519 --> 00:07:23,920 our pets away from chocolate. But it's not just the chocolate. 129 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,519 When it comes to when we warn you against chocolate, 130 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:31,079 rarely are we going to unwrap that chocolate bar or 131 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,519 chocolate candy and offer it to our dog. So basically, 132 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:37,519 when dogs get a hold of chocolate, they get a 133 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:40,360 hold of the entire thing. I'm talking in the bag 134 00:07:40,519 --> 00:07:43,399 they're wrapping the chocolate bar itself or the candy itself, 135 00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:47,240 et cetera. Well, they are not very adept at unwrapping 136 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,759 these bars carefully, leaving just taking the wrapping and putting 137 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,680 out aside or throwing it in the garbage for you. No, 138 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:57,759 they're eating the whole thing, and when they do, there's 139 00:07:57,839 --> 00:08:00,680 more to deal with than just the chocolate. It's we're 140 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,160 dealing with all the tinfoil and the wrapping and the 141 00:08:03,199 --> 00:08:06,439 paper and anything else that this chocolate may have been 142 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,360 hidden in. Because they really don't care, they just want 143 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:11,360 to eat the chocolate. They will get all that other 144 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,720 stuff along with it just so they can get a 145 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,120 hold of the chocolate. So it is very important to 146 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,000 keep those things away from pets, and of course if 147 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,079 there's fruits that they have access to. Again, this is 148 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,319 nothing new anymore, but it was several years ago. Grapes 149 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:30,240 and raisins can be toxic, and I mean highly toxic 150 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,639 to some dogs. Unfortunately, we don't know which ones, and 151 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:38,240 there's no simple test that we can take or your 152 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,200 veterinarian can take to let us know, oh, do we 153 00:08:41,279 --> 00:08:43,720 have one of those dogs that's going to be sensitive 154 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:47,039 to chocolate or not. And because there's no way to tell, 155 00:08:47,279 --> 00:08:51,679 the recommendation to all is no more raisins and grapes 156 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,080 for your pets. No more taking those grapes, putting them 157 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,480 in the freezer and using them as a treat for 158 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,519 your pet, which is something I used to do all 159 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,480 the time. So I never gave a lot of them, 160 00:09:02,879 --> 00:09:05,960 and fortunately or I've never had a dog that was 161 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,960 one of those sensitive ones. But when you have one, 162 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,360 it is pretty bad. So very important to keep that 163 00:09:12,399 --> 00:09:14,399 in mind as well. So what do we do. It's 164 00:09:14,519 --> 00:09:17,039 very important to give don't You don't want to shoot 165 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:19,559 them away. You want to keep your pets busy while 166 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,399 you're there and you're you know, opening your gifts and 167 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,600 you're hanging out and you're eating and you're doing all 168 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,440 this fun stuff. Make sure you take care of your 169 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,159 pets by giving them something that is okay for them 170 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,320 to eat. And if you want to park them right 171 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:34,120 next to you and put it on the floor right 172 00:09:34,159 --> 00:09:36,919 next to you, that's fine. Just make sure that they 173 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:40,399 are eating that which they should be eating and not 174 00:09:40,879 --> 00:09:43,679 that which they should not be eating, and that way 175 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:45,519 they can feel part of the fun, part of the 176 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,720 activity is part of the company, et cetera. Now, of course, 177 00:09:49,039 --> 00:09:51,159 if you have a dog or a cat that likes 178 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,200 to bolt, and we talked about this and we talked 179 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,799 during our Halloween segment, is and you know that people 180 00:09:56,799 --> 00:10:00,200 are coming in, the doorbell's ringing, you're having guests come over. 181 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:02,320 You have to make sure that if you have one 182 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,200 of those dogs or cats that they are well protected. 183 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,519 They are in a different room they don't have access 184 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:09,080 to the front door. If you have a dog that 185 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,240 freaks or panics every time that doorbell is going to ring, 186 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,440 then you might want to put him in a different 187 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,360 part of the house until everybody gets there and things 188 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,759 have quiet down a bit, and then they can come 189 00:10:18,799 --> 00:10:21,639 out and enjoy the fun as well. So this is 190 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,679 a lot of common sense stuff. Now, if you have 191 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,360 any questions about the foods, about things they can and 192 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:27,799 can't eat, go ahead and give us a call at 193 00:10:27,799 --> 00:10:30,399 eight seven seven three eight five eight eight eight two. 194 00:10:30,759 --> 00:10:34,799 Now we're going to go on to the holiday decorations. 195 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,759 And this is where again, though it's beautiful, it's fun, 196 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,600 it's festive, it may not be if you have to 197 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,879 spend the night in the emergency room because your dog 198 00:10:44,919 --> 00:10:46,960 got a hold of one of those things that we 199 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,000 try to caution you against, such as you know, there's 200 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,120 a lot of decorations on a tree in the house, 201 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,879 a lot of ribbons, a lot of tinsel. Well, a 202 00:10:55,879 --> 00:10:58,639 lot of dogs like to eat that stuff, and if 203 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,320 they swallow a big hunk, basically, it could cause what 204 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,799 we call a string foreign body effect. And sometimes the 205 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,519 only way to remedy that situation is via surgery. It's 206 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:12,879 not something you want to have to deal with during 207 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,440 a holiday. Evening ornaments. A lot of these ornaments are 208 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,759 cute for us to look at, but they may look 209 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:21,360 like some things that your dogs have eaten in the 210 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,360 past and like to eat again. Or I always get 211 00:11:23,399 --> 00:11:26,600 a kick out of those glass balls that people use 212 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,039 to put on their trees. Well, they sell them in 213 00:11:29,159 --> 00:11:31,559 packs of three or four, and go to the sporting 214 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,480 good sections and you will see a pack of tennis 215 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,759 balls in three and god, they look a lot alike. 216 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:41,919 And if you have a dog that loves playing with 217 00:11:42,039 --> 00:11:45,279 tennis balls and brings them to you, okay, dad, okay, Mom, 218 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,240 it's time to play fetch. And all of a sudden 219 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,399 they walk out to that tree and what do they see. 220 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,559 They see, Oh my god, look at all these tennis balls. 221 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,159 This is fantastic and they put them in their mouths. 222 00:11:55,159 --> 00:11:58,120 But guess what, as we know, they are not tennis balls, 223 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,000 so one needs to be very careful. Put them higher 224 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,679 than the dog could jump. Point setia a little bit overrated. 225 00:12:04,919 --> 00:12:08,159 But they can't digest it, even the tree itself. Not. 226 00:12:08,399 --> 00:12:12,519 Pine needles are not digestible. They're not necessarily toxic, but 227 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,960 they are sharp, and they can get caught in the 228 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,600 tonsular crypts in the mouth, they can get stuck in 229 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,039 the esophagus, in the back of the throat, they can 230 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,159 get stuck somewhere. I mean, So again, we need to 231 00:12:24,159 --> 00:12:26,240 be very careful that we don't have these types of 232 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,639 dogs or cats, especially cats. This is where you gotta 233 00:12:29,639 --> 00:12:32,600 be careful. Cats. Cats love to munch on plants, and 234 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,480 especially if they're real, there's some kind of sweetness sometimes 235 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,039 of these things, and they will eat some of these 236 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:40,960 things that we don't want them to eat. So again, 237 00:12:41,159 --> 00:12:42,519 it's one of those things that we need to be 238 00:12:42,639 --> 00:12:46,679 very very careful to how we decorate, where we decorate 239 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,840 what kind of access we allow for our cats. And 240 00:12:48,879 --> 00:12:50,720 I'm going to come up after our break, coming up 241 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:53,759 right now, we'll talk about some solutions, but also we're 242 00:12:53,759 --> 00:12:55,279 going to talk a little bit more of some more 243 00:12:55,279 --> 00:12:57,639 hazards that we need to be careful of protecting our 244 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:00,639 pets during these great time of year, the hull season. 245 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,840 So don't go away. We'll be back in about two 246 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,919 minutes right here in Pet Life Radios as the Beets 247 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:07,360 with Doctor Jeff. Don't go away. 248 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,399 Speaker 1: We'll be right back right after these messages. Stay tuned. 249 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 2: This is my tired of itching face. Does your dog 250 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:23,759 suffer from persistent itching and scratching? 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Eight seven seven three eight 281 00:15:21,279 --> 00:15:24,080 five eight eight eight two is the number once again, 282 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:26,960 eight seven seven It's free, guys, three eight five eight 283 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,320 eight A two. Or just join in the conversation online. 284 00:15:30,399 --> 00:15:32,600 You could start typing away. Just go on to the 285 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:36,120 ask the Vets tab and you there's a box right 286 00:15:36,159 --> 00:15:40,039 there that says join the conversation. How easy is that? 287 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,759 Or we can send an email to Dr Jeff. That's 288 00:15:42,799 --> 00:15:46,679 doctor Jeff at Petlife Radio dot com. Anyway, just before 289 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,120 the break, we were talking about some of the holiday 290 00:15:49,279 --> 00:15:53,519 decoration hazards, ribbons, tinsel causing string, foreign bodies is a 291 00:15:53,559 --> 00:15:56,759 problem point setia and the and the actual tree itself. 292 00:15:56,879 --> 00:15:59,519 Things that are they are not really that toxic, but 293 00:15:59,679 --> 00:16:04,919 irrit irritative and undigestible. Then we were talking about the balls. 294 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,600 Be careful, especially if you have labradors or dogs as 295 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,080 I do, that can't wait to get their next ball 296 00:16:10,159 --> 00:16:13,320 into their mouth. Candies, of course we talked about. And 297 00:16:13,879 --> 00:16:16,200 the next thing I wanted to discuss, and this is 298 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,320 a safety issue, and that is that many trees, especially 299 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,039 in houses, are decorated lights all over the place, and 300 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,159 most lights, I would imagine, I don't know because I've 301 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:27,159 never purchased them, because I've gotten one of the alternatives, 302 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,000 which to talk about a minute, But you plug the 303 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,039 light into a socket, that means there is one hundred 304 00:16:32,039 --> 00:16:36,320 and twenty voults traveling through the exposed cords. Now, I'm 305 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,480 sure none of you would like it for yourselves and 306 00:16:39,519 --> 00:16:43,120 therefore for your animals, and this includes bunnies. Rabbits love 307 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,519 to chew on exposed electrical cords, so that's a lot 308 00:16:46,559 --> 00:16:49,080 of voltage. So what you want to do is look 309 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,639 for two alternatives. One is you can buy beautiful lights 310 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:57,039 the same that run on a few batteries like two 311 00:16:57,159 --> 00:16:59,600 or three or four, you know d batteries one and 312 00:16:59,639 --> 00:17:02,759 a half volts each. You're looking at six vaults. That 313 00:17:02,919 --> 00:17:04,559 is the way to go because if you bite into 314 00:17:04,559 --> 00:17:07,279 one of those and you're gonna do nothing, probably maybe 315 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:11,680 a little tingle. Or or you can buy lights that 316 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:15,000 actually plug into the socket, but they actually function on 317 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,680 a twelve vault transformer. That's something that will take the 318 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,960 one hundred and twenty vault household current, drop it down 319 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,960 to twelve and operate the lights. The lights still are 320 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,119 shining bright, they're pretty, everything is nice, but there's no 321 00:17:28,559 --> 00:17:31,720 danger to a pet who happens to like to chew 322 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:34,680 on this stuff. Now, another thing that we see, especially 323 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,160 with the lighting and Minora for the Hankkah candles, and 324 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:42,000 a lot of animals, especially cats, are intrigued by flame. 325 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,599 So if you're going and when you're going to light 326 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,160 or when you're gonna light candles for decorative purposes, make 327 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,400 sure again you keep them away from pets, because again, 328 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,920 that is a heck of a great way to spoil 329 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,799 a wonderful evening by having a fire to have to 330 00:17:56,799 --> 00:17:59,319 put out because your pets were playing with the candles. 331 00:17:59,759 --> 00:18:02,200 So one of the things that you can do well. 332 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,119 First of all, you should be training your pets to 333 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:05,720 making sure they don't go near the area. You can 334 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,359 get one of those those little fences as a barrier 335 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,960 to keep pets away. There's also something that I've seen 336 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,559 and I thought was pretty cool. It's not dangerous, it's 337 00:18:14,599 --> 00:18:17,319 not cruel, so don't start jumping on me. But it's 338 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,440 called the scat mat, and it's a mat that you 339 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,960 can put around any perimeter around that which you don't 340 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,279 want your pets to go, and you plug it in 341 00:18:27,799 --> 00:18:31,119 and basically what it does it delivers a it's also 342 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,599 it's like less than it's a few vaults, and all 343 00:18:33,599 --> 00:18:36,400 it does is give like a little vibration to their pads, 344 00:18:36,799 --> 00:18:41,680 something that pets find unenjoyable, possibly hopefully even objectionable, and 345 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,680 they won't want to go on it. And it's a 346 00:18:43,759 --> 00:18:48,240 great way to keep pets off of furniture, off of countertops, 347 00:18:48,279 --> 00:18:50,559 away from places that you don't want them to go. 348 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,640 You could put a scat mat in front of it. 349 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,799 They do work, and as they said, they don't give 350 00:18:55,839 --> 00:18:58,599 a shock. It's not like a shock collar. It does 351 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,440 the job. It is a form of remote correction, no 352 00:19:03,599 --> 00:19:06,480 different than you standing there all day long and all 353 00:19:06,599 --> 00:19:09,440 night long watching them and either giving that firm no 354 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,440 or that handclap or the penny can when they go 355 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:14,680 near that which you don't want them to go. So 356 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,400 it works really, really well. It's almost like the invisible 357 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,480 fence concept. But it's just the math that you put 358 00:19:20,519 --> 00:19:22,519 on the floor or on a counter. As I said, 359 00:19:22,599 --> 00:19:26,880 it does work really well. Now other things to be 360 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,519 careful of that. So we had the tinsil, the balls, 361 00:19:29,599 --> 00:19:32,039 all that good stuff and the artificial plants as well. 362 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,160 It's very important to keep our pets safe and creating 363 00:19:35,519 --> 00:19:38,440 a safe haven for them. So if you have pets 364 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,680 that don't tolerate all this activity, well it's not cruel 365 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,720 under those circumstances to keep them in their safe place, 366 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,279 and that's a place where they have their toys. By 367 00:19:49,319 --> 00:19:52,440 the way, there are a lot of fun cool toys 368 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,880 that you could be giving to your pets while your 369 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,519 kids are opening their fun cool presence, so things that 370 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:02,480 will keep pets busy. They like to chew on they're 371 00:20:02,519 --> 00:20:07,200 having fun, so that's important, you know. Nyla Bones gumma bones, 372 00:20:07,319 --> 00:20:10,480 calng toys, greenies. I mean, there are so many really 373 00:20:10,519 --> 00:20:12,839 cool stuff out there now that you can buy for 374 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,119 your pets. You give them that bone, they are going 375 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,200 to go and sit in the corner and they are 376 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,799 going to leave you alone. Why because they don't like 377 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,039 to share either, no more than your kids do. So 378 00:20:23,079 --> 00:20:25,240 it's gonna happen is they're gonna get that really cool 379 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,440 thing and they're gonna go off to the side somewhere 380 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,200 and have a blast. So that's a great way to 381 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,759 involve them, to keep them, you know, happy and excited, 382 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,799 to keep the festivities fun and really make it fun 383 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,720 for everybody, including your pets. If you have any other 384 00:20:39,759 --> 00:20:42,160 other ideas. By the way, as we have all of 385 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,519 about four minutes left, I want to know what you 386 00:20:44,599 --> 00:20:47,799 guys do with your pets for your pets on the holidays, 387 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,839 any good gifts that you found anything networks really well 388 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,559 as far as occupying them, ways you kept them away 389 00:20:53,559 --> 00:20:55,839 from the decorations, whatever it is, give it you call 390 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,680 a quick call here at eight seven seven three eight 391 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:00,920 five eight eight eight to two, or go ahead and 392 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,759 just text me your question your comment. I'll read it. 393 00:21:03,799 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 4: Oh. 394 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 2: By the way, anyone. This always holds true. Anyone who 395 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,119 calls us online, who joins the end of the conversation, 396 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,240 who sends me an email to Drjff, Doctor Jeff at 397 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,599 Petlife Radio dot com, they will get a free speaking 398 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,920 of Kong, a free contoy, and a pro sense pet 399 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,000 product and process. Pet products are available at your local 400 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,920 mass retailers, and they are the closest thing you're going 401 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,400 to find to veternight quality, but it's going to be 402 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,559 available to you at mass market prices. No need to 403 00:21:32,599 --> 00:21:35,200 go to these fancy pet specialties stores. You could pick 404 00:21:35,279 --> 00:21:37,200 up a lot of great pro sense products, for example, 405 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,920 at your local Walmart. So I do want to hear 406 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,960 from you. And in the next minute or two we 407 00:21:42,039 --> 00:21:44,480 have left, and you know, the time goes so fast. Boy, 408 00:21:44,519 --> 00:21:46,920 I don't like these thirty minute shows. So anyway, we 409 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,119 were talking about hyperthiroidism. I have mentioned that one of 410 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,160 my cats, Oreo, my my sixteen year old cat, ended 411 00:21:52,279 --> 00:21:54,799 up as a hyperthyroid cat. I sent them in for 412 00:21:54,839 --> 00:21:58,240 the radioactive iodine the treatment of choice. The original treatment 413 00:21:58,279 --> 00:22:01,720 of choice was surgery, however, being cautious to remove the 414 00:22:01,759 --> 00:22:06,880 thyroid gland but not touching the parrot thyroid gland. There 415 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,279 is a medication that we often have to use called 416 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,440 film is al or methemisol, which is a all that 417 00:22:12,519 --> 00:22:16,839 does is counteracts the effects of the thyroid hormone. It 418 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:21,599 doesn't really reduce the problem. It doesn't affect the thyroid gland. 419 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,559 It just acts on the thyroid hormone. So the problem 420 00:22:24,599 --> 00:22:26,359 is still there. And as soon as you stop the 421 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,279 medication then that thyroid hormone goes up again. The values elevate, 422 00:22:30,519 --> 00:22:33,119 as do the symptoms. To me, it's a band aid. 423 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,720 Is it indicated? Oh, of course there are indications. It's 424 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,240 indicated if you have a nineteen and a half year 425 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,079 old cat who's also got other kidney disease, for example, 426 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,160 or heart disease, and you're not going to subject them 427 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,079 to radiate active iodine. You're not gonna do surgery, so 428 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,680 to help him out, you know, for whatever time he's 429 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,640 got left or she's got left, you go ahead and 430 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,799 use the methemisol or film is all. That's fine. But 431 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,720 if you have a cat that tests healthy in every 432 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,519 other way regardless of age, don't. Age is not a disease. 433 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:03,319 Age is not a disease. So therefore it is a 434 00:23:03,319 --> 00:23:05,720 condition that we have to deal with when developing a 435 00:23:05,759 --> 00:23:08,920 treatment plan. But if itself is not a disease. So 436 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,720 if you have a pet that a cat that tests 437 00:23:11,759 --> 00:23:15,640 beautifully and everything is working fine, then don't and even 438 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,400 though he's eighteen, don't worry about doing the radioactive eye time. 439 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,319 It's phenomenal. It's a pure fix most of the time, 440 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:24,319 and so much so you don't even have to supplement 441 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,039 them after treatment. As we alluded to that there are 442 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:31,440 some negatives. All it's a little expensive, but I believe 443 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,200 well worth it. When you pick your cats up from 444 00:23:34,319 --> 00:23:35,960 having had the treatment, which is what I had to 445 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,319 do with my OREO, they have to be secluded from 446 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,519 I have a lot of other cats. I had seven others, 447 00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:43,400 so I had to keep them separate. He had his 448 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,559 own room, his own bathroom, his own litter. You have 449 00:23:45,599 --> 00:23:50,400 to get a flushable litter because their waste is radioactive 450 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,960 for about ten days or even more. It's almost two weeks, 451 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,920 so you gotta keep that in mind. It's usually because 452 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,240 they stay at the facility for a few days, so 453 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,559 it's usually about ten days after you pick them up, 454 00:23:59,599 --> 00:24:02,559 but they do really well. You can also just keep 455 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:05,160 the litter in a bag you can't throw it away, 456 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,000 keep it hidden someplace for about two weeks, three weeks, 457 00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:10,640 and then all the radioactivity will dissipate and then you 458 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,799 can throw it out with the regular garbage. But it's 459 00:24:12,839 --> 00:24:17,240 preferred to get a flushable litter one. It's called sweet scoop. 460 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,759 That's what I use for Oreo. He tolerated it well 461 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,279 and we took care of him. He's now out and 462 00:24:22,319 --> 00:24:25,519 about doing great. I am so thrilled a that we 463 00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:28,400 caught it early before I had any clinical signs. The 464 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,200 only thing we noticed is he maybe lost a little weight. 465 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,799 He dropped about four pounds, not that at twenty two 466 00:24:32,839 --> 00:24:35,119 pounds he couldn't afford to lose a little weight. But 467 00:24:35,839 --> 00:24:37,920 he's a big cat. He's, you know, main couon Norwegian 468 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,680 forest cat, so he's not a little teeny kitty. He's 469 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,079 actually pretty big boned, as we like to say. But 470 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,839 it is a very treatable condition. The only thing we 471 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,680 often say is you got to be careful after treatment, 472 00:24:50,759 --> 00:24:54,799 keep a close watch on the kidneys. Why because the 473 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,480 very nature of hyperthyroidism, the speeding up of blood flow, 474 00:24:58,599 --> 00:25:01,920 the speeding up of blood passing through the weakening kidneys 475 00:25:02,319 --> 00:25:06,440 may hide mask the true kidney problem. But once everything 476 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,839 slows down, then you realize, oh my god, these kidneys 477 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,759 weren't working so well. The reason why we didn't notice 478 00:25:10,799 --> 00:25:12,880 it because some blood was going through more than once, 479 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,680 taking a few passes every minute or second or whatever 480 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,759 it was. Now that heart rates slowed down, we may 481 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,920 actually discover a underlying or a hidden kidney problem. So 482 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,720 keep in mind that you still want to keep a 483 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,480 close watch on your pets after treatment, but it definitely 484 00:25:27,519 --> 00:25:29,839 is the way to go. You're more than welcome to 485 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,000 send me a text anytime or to send me an 486 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,200 email here at pet Life Radio if you have any 487 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,680 personal specific questions about your own personal pets that you'd 488 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,720 like me to answer. If you're embarrassed or shy to 489 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,599 come on air anyway, I want to thank you for 490 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,200 joining us here in Pet Life Radio as Ask the 491 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:48,240 Bests with Doctor Jeff. Thanks again to our hosts, our sponsors, 492 00:25:48,519 --> 00:25:52,279 Kong Pet Products, pro Sense Pet Products, and we will 493 00:25:52,279 --> 00:25:55,599 talk next week once again. I will be live from 494 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,519 Park City, Utah, enjoying the snow. The snowboarding slow, but 495 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:03,039 I will take time out to visit with you. Then 496 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:04,119 see you next week. 497 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: Let's talk Pets every week on demand only on petlive 498 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:27,000 radio dot com.