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Josh Davis Vet Q&A for December 11th, 2024 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Doctor Josh Davis, veterinarian friend. Doctor Davis is here to
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  answer your questions about your puppies and your kiddies, and
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  so if you have questions about the health of your pets,
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  please call us and doctor Davis. Morning, Good morning.
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  Speaker 2: How's it going good?
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  Speaker 1: So is there anything we should be aware of our
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  pets at the holiday season? The things that they you
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  got to be aware of or worried about or.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, definitely, I was actually hoping we could mention some
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  of those things.
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  Speaker 1: So sea I read, but the only minds I can
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  read are the minds of veterinarians.
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  Speaker 2: All right, I think that's a good skill.
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  Speaker 3: To have, superhero level probably, But no, we already kind
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  of made it through Thanksgiving holiday, and personally, I saw
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  a couple of end results of that.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot of.
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  Speaker 3: Pets getting food they shouldn't be getting, so that is
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  a big watch out.
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  Speaker 2: They can get really sick from that. So you know,
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  what are some of the food items that they you
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  should avoid? Pretty much anything people food. I know we're
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  going to do it anyway.
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  Speaker 3: But high fat stuff is really a big problem. So
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  it can cause a lot of vomiting, diarrhea, and dogs
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  specifically can get pinkrea titus, which can be life threatening
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  if they get it severe enough.
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  Speaker 2: So food items really really be careful.
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  Speaker 1: But my cat loves mashed potatoes and grainy they love it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah they do, but I mean it keeps me in
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  business after the holidays. But you know, I'd rather not
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  see your pets for that kind of stuff. So and
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  then the other thing we see a lot with cats,
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  sometimes with dogs too, but ornaments and things around the house.
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  They love to eat those, They love to swallow those.
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  So if you own cats, I really really would be
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  careful about tinsels and ribbons and all of that kind
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  of stuff because they they will eat it and swallow
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  it and then they'll end up in.
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  Speaker 2: Surgery to save their life. So watch points the plants
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  around the house.
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  Speaker 3: Point settas can be toxic, lilies can be toxic if
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  you have those around. And then dogs, you know they'll
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  eat anything. So yeah, your ornaments, your presence, So just
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  really be careful about that kind of stuff because it
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  can be a really big problem around this time of year.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't gonna have to tell Klaus my cat, no
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  no stuffing this year, No more stuffing for you. Six
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  zero two ninety six ninety six. Any questions yet.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I do have people on the line, but I
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  actually had a question for doctor Davis first. If that's okay,
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  go ahead, Nick, I'm back here at the studio with
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  my Bassett hound at the moment. Who the other day
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  I noticed on the equivalent of like her elbow, a
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  skin tag coming out of her fur. That's large enough.
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  It's like semi vascular. Is that something I should be worried.
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  Speaker 2: About or it's a it's not.
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  Speaker 4: It looks like something that would grow off of like
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  a chickens gizzard.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and those kind of growths are They're very common
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  as pets get older, and elbows or places of.
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  Speaker 2: Contact like that are very common most of the time.
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  Speaker 3: They've been nine but I would say that they do
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  keep growing most of the time. So it's not about
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  idea to get them removed during a teeth cleaning or
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  something simple like that, because you do need downassim most
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  of the time for that.
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  Speaker 4: So have it checked out, Nick, Okay, I'll get.
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  Speaker 5: Don't stop touching it.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 1: One call.
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  Speaker 4: Let's take a quick I got Selena on the line.
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  Speaker 1: Selena, and what what's your question? And what's your pet's name?
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  Speaker 7: I have a brand new rescue wattweiler named Zena.
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  Speaker 8: And I'm just trying to forgot what the best type
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  of dogwood is for such a big breed.
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  Speaker 1: Well, good question.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that is a good question, especially with the Roddy's.
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  Speaker 3: They are prone to overweight and obesity if you're not careful.
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  So how old are we with Sina?
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  Speaker 7: She is three years old?
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  Speaker 2: Three years old, three old.
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  Speaker 3: Good, So we're just normal adult age at this point.
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  So I would just find a good quality adult maintenance food.
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  Speaker 2: So there there are many brands out there.
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  Speaker 3: The veterinary brands we like are like the Hills, Sance
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  Diet and Royal Canaan Purina pro Plan. Those are all
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  good quality foods and just a good adult maintenance. Now,
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  if we are overweight already, then I would probably go
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  with a more of a weight management type of food.
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  And then we just want to feed them a set
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  amount of food every day on a schedule, and you'll
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  have much more success.
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  Speaker 7: With that, all right, Right, And there's there's a thing
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  is that she gets.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and food is often the reason for that. The
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  digestibility is often the factor in that. So better quality, well,
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  it costs you more over time. You tend to feed
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  less because they get more out of it.
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  Speaker 1: So you have to buy it at the veterinarian's office.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, if their prescription. Yeah, but yeah, you can get
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  that any any good food story.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, all right, thank you very much, thank you. All right,
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  let's continue Questions for a Veterinarian Josh Davis.
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  Speaker 1: Eight seven seven six zero two nine six nine six.
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  But I think we have people holding on the phone.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, we do, but we also have live questions.
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  Speaker 1: One check at Nick. We're gonna do a live questionmaire,
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  and we'll we'll get your question. Ask of doctor Davis.
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  You off to lean in here. What is your name?
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  Speaker 9: My name is Scutchy Blake. I have a seven year
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  old toy labordoodle named Remiss Jay Lupin, and he has
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  a habit of constantly looking as pause. We've tried different
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  types of washes and shoes and vitamins and stuff like that,
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  and nothing seems to help him except just kind of
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  shaming him by telling him he's during Yeah, any.
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  Speaker 3: Advice, Yes, that that is unfortunately, super super common with
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  a lot of dogs. So most of the time that's
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  either going to stem from a food allergy.
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  Speaker 2: Least amount of the time and then often.
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  Speaker 3: They can have what's called allergic dermatitis, or where they
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  can be allergic to many things in the environment. So
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  topical therapies medicated shampoos, leavin mooses, or conditioners can be helpful.
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  But there are also some really good prescription diets to
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  help with that, and then for some cases even medical
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  therapy on top of those other things can be beneficial.
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  So there are some some very good medications, very safe medication.
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  Speaker 1: So what was that one you told.
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  Speaker 5: Me to get that moose stuff?
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  Speaker 8: What was that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a it's a shampoo moose. It's Duoso S
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  three pio.
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  Speaker 3: That's one the dermatologists rave about, and it's it's very
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  good to use in combination.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought that Paul licking was caused by childhood trauma.
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  Speaker 2: It could be for some of them. Yeah, no, it's
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  it's never normal and it's often allergic related on some levels.
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  So yeah, there you go, Thank you, Blake.
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  Speaker 1: Go to the phones.
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  Speaker 5: Now, Yes, who do we have?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah? I got Natalie on the line.
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  Speaker 1: Natalie. Hello, Natalie, what's your what, what do you what
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  kind of animal do you have? And what's its name?
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  Speaker 7: Hi you guys, Happy holidays, Thank you, So I have
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  two boy cats. Their names of Porky and Wigi.
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  Speaker 6: Uh huh, and.
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  Speaker 7: They were like best friends and just all of a
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  sudden one day, Porky woke up and decided he wants
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  to kill Wigi and he ate them, and.
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  Speaker 2: Like what he did?
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  Speaker 1: Why would that happen well?
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  Speaker 2: With cats?
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, there could be probably a bajillion different reasons. Often though,
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  it ties back to something stressful in a lot of situations,
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  or as cats get older too, they can develop pain,
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  arthritic pain, other pain, and so sometimes pain is the
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  core issue and then their response is a change in
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  behavior from that. So really really important to decide did
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  something change, has something become a different stress for them?
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  New home, new kid, knew anything really for cats, even
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  cats running around outside can bother your indoor.
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  Speaker 2: Cats and cause behavior changes.
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  Speaker 3: So but if they're older too, it's worth getting health
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  check and making sure they're they're they're healthy, no pain
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  or anything like that.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, they're they're indoor cats, but like like I've had
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  their shots and stuff like that, they haven't been neutered, so.
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  Speaker 2: That could be a part of it too. Yeah, if
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  they're still intact, make them own intact yep.
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  Speaker 7: Right, do you think that would way after I get it,
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  get them newtered.
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  Speaker 3: It's not a guarantee, but it's it's a chance for that.
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  And also the boycats again, their territorialness can go down
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  after neuter so but the older they are going to
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  get neutered, that it gets if ye or if you're
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  going to get that result. But I think it's worth
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  doing either way for other health reasons.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for calling you later.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, thank you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Bid all right, anymore calls?
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  Speaker 10: Nick?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I got easy on the way. All right?
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  Speaker 2: Is he go ahead?
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  Speaker 1: Hello?
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  Speaker 6: Is hi?
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  Speaker 7: Hi?
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  Speaker 10: Is he?
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  Speaker 1: What's what's your animal name? And what's your question?
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  Speaker 8: My cat is Na Minky and I have two questions.
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  So one question is he has a sore on his
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  arm that he's had for like probably six months. Yeah,
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  it's like an open wound, and we've taken him to
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  the vet. He given them a shot and it still
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  hasn't healed up, and that's been probably six weeks ago.
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  And then the second question I have is he's always
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  like has tummy problems. He's always diarrhea or throwing up,
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  but his belly is hard and like very bloated all
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  the time, and it has been for probably a year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and those those two things could be related if
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  there is a diet related problem, food allergy problem, something
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  like that.
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  Speaker 2: So if the bloating would.
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  Speaker 3: Concern me, and so I do think it's worth doing
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  some extra work on that. So some blood work, maybe
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  some X rays, and then have a good discussion about
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  a different diet probably to start with, and then we
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  can see if that wound will heal up with the
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  diet therapy and if not, sometimes a biopsy is necessary
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  to get you on the right path for the skin thing.
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  But they could be related. In some cases they are.
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  Speaker 1: So get to your vet.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I get that stuff checked out. The gi stuff
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  is really important for cats.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, thanks Jerzy.
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  Speaker 8: Okay, thank you, Thanks Juzy.
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  Speaker 4: All Right, anybody else, sir Nick, we're lining up another
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  call at the moment.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, Well, we've got a text question here. I have
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  a six year old Frenchie. She's pretty gurgly as Frenchies are.
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  Speaker 2: Noisy dog is the bulldog?
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  Speaker 1: Little French bulldog? Is that what that is?
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  Speaker 10: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, when would you recommend the palette surgery and what
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  does the recovery look like?
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  Speaker 3: The palette surgery it really does depend on how severe
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  their disease is. They get what's called breaky cephalic syndrome,
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  So the pallet, the soft palate is just one part
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  of that. So you probably want to get assessed by
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  a surgeon who does that and then see, you know,
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  is the palette in need of repair and are the
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  other components of that, because they are actually four components
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  to that syndrome, so you may need to fix more
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  than one, and recovery can be really difficult withdwelling and
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  issues with breathing if they swallow too much.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I'd really urge you.
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  Speaker 3: To see a specialist if you're going to do that
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  concurgery because it's very invasive and there are risks to it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, there you go. We got a phone call, Nick,
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  We got a phone call.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, let's talk to Chris.
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  Speaker 9: Hi.
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  Speaker 1: Chris hi, Hi. What's your animal? And what's his name?
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  And the question?
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  Speaker 6: We have a puggle named Pepsi. He's really old.
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  Speaker 1: What's what? What breath? What is? It's a pug? And
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  a what.
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  Speaker 6: It looks like a minister grade Dane?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and what's bugles problem?
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  Speaker 6: Well, it's kind of my problem. I'm kind of allergic
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  and he but he loves to stip right next to
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  me and sleep in my spot on the bed. Is
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  there kind of some spray that I could spray on
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  my side of.
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  Speaker 1: The bed, so wearing axe body spray quick?
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  Speaker 3: No, often you're going to be allergic to either their
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  dand or sometimes saliva with pets, and so.
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  Speaker 2: Keeping them clean. So regular bathing.
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  Speaker 3: For the dog can help reduce the allergens that are
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  carried on the surface of their skin.
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  Speaker 2: And then no simple.
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  Speaker 3: Spray as far as I know of. And there are
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  some diets. I know they have them for cats. I'd
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  have to see if them for dogs. But you can
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  actually feed them specific special diets where it makes them
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  less allergenic to people around them too, But I'm not
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  sure on that one on dogs, all.
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  Speaker 4: Right, Chris, When my wife actually keep a blanket on
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  the bed specifically for my dog to lay on, and
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  then when she's done, we take it off, so there's
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  like a blanket that absorbs all of her stink.
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  Speaker 3: Also helpful bathe Bathing in a blanket wouldn't be a
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  bad idea for sure.
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  Speaker 5: There you go, all right, All, okay, Sorry, there's no
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  magic fits.
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  Speaker 2: I want to spray. Can I just I wish there
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  was that.
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  Speaker 8: There's a stray for every I'm just.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna say he said, Puggle's pretty old.
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  Speaker 5: So you know, let's see another rough phone call? Or
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  do we I have a text quaest?
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  Speaker 4: I got lots of phone calls. They'll take a music
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  as one.
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  Speaker 5: Let's just take one more. Then that's all we have time.
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  Speaker 4: I got Mike on the line, Mike, Mike, we can't Yeah, Mike,
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  for God's sake, Okay, what's your question?
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  Speaker 10: I have a seven year old rotweiler. He's starting to
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  have a really hard time getting up after he's laying down, right, like.
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  Speaker 4: Arthritis.
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  Speaker 3: If it's one leg I mean there's probably arthritis is
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  probably the secondary problem. But if it's one legue, you
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  may have a knee injury.
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  Speaker 2: Or a hip issue. Those those will lead to arthritis.
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  Speaker 3: But an old Roddy's gonna always have arthritis anyway. So
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  I definitely get on something. So talk to your veterinarian
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  about that that you do work with. But combination of
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  things can really benefit them.
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  Speaker 1: All right, all right, hang up on Mike your phone.
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  Speaker 2: He's giving me a headache.
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  Speaker 5: Let's see. I have a question for doctor Davis. Is
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  it appropriate to request a second opinion?
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  Speaker 2: Always? Yeah, yeah, there's nothing wrong with that.
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  Speaker 1: Easy, there you go, don't be shy. So anything doctor
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  Davis has told you to do today, get a second opinion.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, well, and you want to find a veterinarian that
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  that you trust and that that that works well with you,
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  and sometimes that does take a second opinion just to
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  get that relationship.
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  Speaker 5: So yeah, right, well, thank you very much for coming
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  down here in person.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great. It's actually closer to my house, so yeah,
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  I don't have a problem with that.
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  Speaker 5: That's good, all right, thank you, all right, thanks you guys,
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  Doctor Josh Davis.