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Peeing Pooches & Prolapsing Pythons: The Weird World of Pet Problems - Episode 206

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Rewind back to Sunday 9-7-2003 (hour 2)
In the episode you will hear
Mark, Donna, Brad, & Jamie

The difference between Italy and the USA

Bruce listening on KFAB a mix breed dog is peeing on the carpet if not in her kennel.  

Mrs. Wilson listening in Westland Michigan. I have a baby squirrel that fell out of its nest. What should I do with it?

Audra listening on KLIZ A recently neutered cat is licking his area. How do I keep him from doing that?

Email Question - Angel has a question about a python. 

Justine has a 6 month old lab. Likes to bite to play? 

Does you have any info on monkeys?

A 12 year old cat grabs her toy and howls in the middle of the night. Why?

Time for News

KBTM Mike   Tries Trivia

Email - Can I cross a boa and a python

How can I make my dog's stay in a kennel better?

Peggy tries the trivia 

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Thanks for listening and as always... Have an exotic week and kiss your wild thing for me.

Send your pet photos in now and we will add your fur kids to the #PetParade. jamie@animaltalkradio.com


What happens when pet behavior takes an unexpected turn? From a Chow/German Shepherd mix with persistent indoor accidents to a Labrador puppy who thinks children are chew toys, this episode of Animal Talk dives deep into the fascinating and sometimes perplexing world of animal behavior.

When that adorable puppy grows into an adolescent dog with behavioral challenges, knowing exactly how to respond makes all the difference. Our experts explain why crate training isn't just about preventing accidents—it's about creating security and structure that benefits both you and your pet. As one host wisely notes, "Housebreaking is a two-step process: learning where not to go, then learning where to go." This simple framework transforms how pet parents approach common training hurdles.

The heart-tugging reality of wildlife rescue takes center stage when a listener calls about a baby squirrel she found. While the desire to help is admirable, our team offers a sobering perspective on the challenges of caring for wildlife without proper training. From feeding schedules every two hours to specialized techniques for helping them eliminate waste, the discussion provides valuable insight for anyone who might encounter distressed wildlife.

For those with more exotic companions, we tackle questions about snake health post-surgery and the impossibility of crossing certain reptile species. The team shares their golden rule of pet health that applies across all species: "If you don't know whether to call about something, it means you should." This simple yet powerful advice could save your pet's life, whether they're furry, feathered, or scaled.

Ready to transform your understanding of animal behavior and become a more confident pet parent? Listen now, and don't forget to subscribe for more expert advice that will deepen your connection with the animals in your life. Have a pet question of your own? We'd love to hear from you in the comments!

Jamie:

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Jamie:

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Mark Honas:

And we are now open lines? No, we're not. Oh no, throw the switch. Ka-chunk, that is our multi-million dollar sound effect. It was amazing All of the different focus groups we had to go through to find out that that was To find the most pleasing sound. Yes, that was the one that people went. Oh, I must call now.

Dr. Brad:

You know people are downloading that and using that on their computers For when they make a mistake. You know ka-chunk.

Mark Honas:

And that's you know, and we're not even going to get them for copyright infringement.

Dr. Brad:

No, no, that's our gift to you.

Mark Honas:

That's exactly.

Dr. Brad:

We why.

Mark Honas:

Because we care yes.

Dr. Brad:

That's it.

Mark Honas:

Good, I got the answer right. I was afraid I was wrong.

Donna:

I wasn't sure if you guys had discussed something when I was out of the room or what was going on over there we don't talk.

Mark Honas:

I can tell no that was called Tangent Radio, you know coming up this next week. Dr Brad Davis is going to be leaving the country.

Caller :

Yes.

Donna:

And actually not by our request. He's doing it on his own. Yeah, he beat us to it, we didn't have to ask.

Dr. Brad:

I heard there might be a draft. No, no no. I'm a long-haired hippie.

Caller :

You're going to draft Middle-Aged Vets.

Dr. Brad:

Oh, no, no, no, I'm going to Italy. I'm going to be going to Italy, and so, because we never have enough bits, I wrote differences between Italy and the United States, a little contrasting between the two. I'm not saying they're all good, but they're educational, they're educational. For instance, like Italy has the Coliseum, the United States has places like the International House of Pancakes Stadium, the United States has organized crime and Italy you got nothing. Nothing.

Caller :

Nothing, okay, italy.

Dr. Brad:

In Italy, Florence is considered to be the center of the Renaissance. In the United States, Florence is considered to be George Jefferson's maid.

Jamie:

Oh yeah, I was going to say the mother on the Brady Bunch. Yeah, okay.

Dr. Brad:

In Italy, the moral center is the Pope. In the United States, the moral center is Jerry Springer. In Italy, cinema is a major part of the culture and taken very seriously. In the United States we have from Justin to Kelly and Gigli, and this is for all of Europe. In Europe, a typical reference would be it's like Victor Hugo said in Les Miserables. In the United States and the US, a typical reference would be it's like Norm said to Cliff in that One Cheers episode. In Italy, soccer is everything and life revolves around your home team. In the US, was it soccer where that woman took her shirt off after scoring a goal? Italy, roberto Benigni. Us, robin Williams.

Caller :

In the.

Dr. Brad:

US Congress impeaches a president for having an extramarital affair in highly public debates. In Italy, parliament would pass a secret resolution promising not to tell the First Lady. In Italy there's Venice, where the streets are waterways passable only by boats. In the United States, same thing every summer, every town next to the Mississippi River. And finally, finally, in the United States we have no fear of our northern neighbor Canada, because we're such good friends. Italy has no fear of northern neighbor France invading because they're pansies. That's a compare and contrast between the US and Italy.

Mark Honas:

Oh, my word, that last one was the best. Let's go to the phones. Let's go to Bruce. Listen to us on KFAB out of Omaha. What can we do for you today, bruce?

Caller :

I've got a three-year-old female. She's half chow and half German Shepherd and usually when she's in the house we keep her in a kennel if we're not up or home.

Mark Honas:

Very good.

Caller :

And lately she's been peeing on the carpet, like almost every night. It started, it was once in a while, and now it's every night that we leave her out, so we have a pee-pee problem.

Donna:

Yeah, basically, she can't figure out what to do with all that freedom. She doesn't realize that every room in your house is also considered her den. There's nothing wrong with keeping them crated overnight. I do with my dogs each night. They're crated. That's their bed, their place to be, their safe haven, it's their bedroom. There's nothing wrong with that.

Caller :

Okay.

Mark Honas:

She can't pee if she's not out.

Donna:

Right.

Caller :

So basically, if there's really no way of keeping her from, she learned real quick that she's only allowed in certain parts of the house.

Mark Honas:

But you can't be there overnight to make the correction. You can't see her.

Caller :

Right, if you're not there to stop it.

Donna:

You need to catch them in the act in order to make a difference.

Mark Honas:

See if you rub your dog's nose in it or correct them even two seconds after the fact it does nothing.

Caller :

No, I didn't, because it's always the next morning.

Mark Honas:

Right.

Caller :

It's too late, it's in a different spot, so you don't run across it. I remember growing up.

Mark Honas:

my dad did that to one of our dogs and our dog started peeing and pooping behind the couch. As Donna told me later, it's because my dad taught the dog I don't want that around me, so he took it and hid it from him.

Dr. Brad:

There's something to throw in here is that housebreaking is a two-step process. Step one is learning where not to go. Step two is learning where to go. Right now we know where not to go, which is in our crate and the rest of the world is okay. We just need to keep with the training and eventually it might be okay. But staying in the crate.

Donna:

There's nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong with that at all.

Mark Honas:

Hey, thanks for calling bruce. We appreciate it. Let's go to mrs wilson in garden city. Mrs wilson, welcome to animal talk. What can we do for you today?

Caller :

yes, thank you. I'm uh donna's sister's mother-in-law well, welcome, mrs wilson, what can we do for you? Thank you. I am holding, as we speak, a tiny little squirrel that I just got. It fell out of the nest, of course.

Donna:

Oh boy.

Caller :

And I don't know what to feed it. I've got it wrapped and it's breathing, but it's not walking. I mean, you know it's very young, it's only probably.

Donna:

Are its eyes open.

Caller :

Well, it seems like he's sleeping.

Donna:

Okay.

Caller :

Now it's about three inches. I don't know what. I don't want it to get dehydrated or anything.

Donna:

Right, there is a possibility that it could get dehydrated. What they'll need is kitten milk replacer. My favorite brand to use is Mother's Helper.

Caller :

Okay, right then Now Mother's Helper kitten. What?

Donna:

Kitten. It's Mother's Helper for kittens. There's a little picture of a squirrel on the top.

Caller :

Oh, where do I get that? Pet stores.

Mark Honas:

Pet Smart, Petco, Pet Supplies Plus.

Donna:

Pet Supplies Plus, yes, any of them will carry it.

Dr. Brad:

Some of the bigger chains might have it too, like your Meyers, your, whatever.

Caller :

Oh, I'd have to go to Meyers because it's only 24 hours. I don't know if it would last the night if I didn't feed it something.

Mark Honas:

To be honest with you, the chances of this squirrel making it no matter what you do are slim.

Donna:

Yeah, they're really fragile, really fragile.

Dr. Brad:

It's been a terrible year for squirrels, and I say that because we've seen a lot of baby squirrels in at the clinic. I think we just had a rather gentle winter, so I think we're seeing a lot more young squirrels.

Dr. Brad:

And thus, nature sort of says we don't need all these squirrels, and so they sort of get rid of them that way. So yeah, you're facing an uphill battle. It's hard to do this, but don't let the emotions get too much into it, because your heart will be broken most of the time. It's. When it works, it's great, but when it doesn't, you will get a broken heart.

Caller :

Oh well, it's already broken.

Mark Honas:

It's going to be very difficult because the feedings sometimes have to be as often as every two hours and you have to know whether the squirrel is taking in the milk or aspirating the milk in the lungs.

Donna:

You also have to make sure they're pottying. You have to encourage them to potty.

Caller :

Oh my God. Well, I don't know this and I can't just leave it lay out there to die.

Dr. Brad:

What you might want to do is see if you can get through the night and then call a vet in the morning. See about getting, because sometimes what they'll do is they'll take care of the squirrel for you.

Caller :

A vet.

Dr. Brad:

Or if you have like a relative who's like a vet pack.

Caller :

Yes, I know he's done this before. Are you listening, donna? I won't say your name, I'll just look at you and whistle.

Mark Honas:

We know what Donna's doing after the show.

Caller :

I was hoping that she could come through Garden City and wait for Redford Right yeah, I already have.

Caller :

Oh my goodness, she's firing up the ambulance yeah.

Donna:

I have a little baby squirrel at home too.

Caller :

I know you do, I know you do, I know you do. That's why I'm on the phone, babe, mm-hmm.

Donna:

Yeah, we can make arrangements. Okay, all right, hey, thanks, for calling.

Dr. Brad:

We appreciate it. All the squirrels are drawn to you, donna. What are you nuts? All right, bye-bye.

Mark Honas:

Bye-bye. After the break, we're going to be talking about.

Jamie:

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Mark Honas:

Let's go to the phones. Let's go to Audra, calling in from Royal Oak Minnesota. Listen to us in KLIZ's. Go to Audra, calling in from Royal Oak Minnesota. Listen to us in KLIZ. Welcome Audra. What can we do for you today?

Caller :

Well, hi, I have a cat who's been recently neutered, but he keeps scratching and picking at his neutered area. What could I do to stop it, because then it keeps bleeding?

Dr. Brad:

Oh, it's bleeding, is it? How bad is it bleeding?

Donna:

Like dripping all over the house. Oh dear.

Dr. Brad:

Well, one thing you should do is get an Elizabethan collar, because if we're going to be going after it, that's one of the ways to take care of it. You also should get it rechecked, because if something is bleeding like that, that's something abnormal. We shouldn't be bleeding this long after a procedure.

Caller :

It's been how long? Four days.

Dr. Brad:

Four days. Yeah, there shouldn't be bleeding any more than the first day after a procedure at the very top. So, yeah, you should get it checked out. Just drop by and get things checked off at your vet and they should be able to take care of that for you.

Mark Honas:

Dynamite. All right, thank you.

Caller :

And some people know where their vets are, even on Sundays.

Donna:

So if you can figure that out. We'd encourage you to. Some people want to get all the free service that they can get.

Caller :

I don't think that'll be a problem.

Dr. Brad:

The thing about it is let's just, if it were me.

Mark Honas:

If it was you, you'd have to find them at the bar on Sunday. That's another thing.

Dr. Brad:

No, but if it were me, seriously, it'd be something where, when you see something like this, it's very unusual Neuters are about. They're so simple that I've thought about opening just one of those drive-thru Neuters are us.

Caller :

Yeah, just a little drive-thru place.

Caller :

Drive-thru feline, that's active.

Dr. Brad:

Yeah, just to drop off the tank and yank where. You just knock them down, neuter them and just go through an assembly line. It would be no problem. Assembly line, It'd be no problem. The thing about it is it's just that simple a procedure. So if you're still seeing bleeding.

Mark Honas:

Would you like fries with your spay? But again, it's one of those things, get it checked out as soon as you can.

Dr. Brad:

It really is worth it. Just get in as soon as you can, we'll take a look.

Caller :

Okay, thank you so? Much.

Mark Honas:

Hey, thanks for calling, Speaking of which we should catch up.

Dr. Brad:

Oddly, I had them out.

Donna:

And oddly I saw that he actually paid attention.

Mark Honas:

Don't expect that every day, sir. Okay, are you ready?

Dr. Brad:

Yes, we're ready. Dear Animal Talk, you've got mail, just a question.

Mark Honas:

Okay, just an answer.

Dr. Brad:

I have a female chondro that recently prolapsed and Dr Alistair sutured. After removing her sutures I noticed that she leaks literally as opposed, I guess figuratively from her cloaca like watery fluid versus solid urates. I don't know if this is something that is common after a prolapse or if this is a unique situation. This is signed Angel. Maybe we could start out. I didn't understand a word of that, mark. What's a chondro?

Mark Honas:

A chondro is a green tree python from Southeast Asia. What's a chondro? A chondro is a green tree python from Southeast Asia, and a prolapse usually refers to either a prolapse of the intestine or a prolapse of the penis, and I'm assuming that the chondro is probably a prolapse of the penis, which means it fell out and wouldn't go back in. I've fallen and I can't get up, yeah, and what ends up happening? Sometimes the cloaca is a little loose or may have gotten injured and opening a little smaller. So what they do is they replace the prolapse and throw a small suture, clear fluid. I'd be less concerned about than fluid with color, but still I would take the animal back to the vet. And, brad, obviously, any animal that, after three or four days of a surgery, has any kind of a fluid drainage, that's something to be concerned about.

Dr. Brad:

Well, the thing, the thing, I don't know. I don't know anything about snakes. I don't know the first thing about snakes, but I do know this If, if I have a client who's got a problem, actually I don't use my company's sheets for discharge, I wrote my own because I wanted the bottom to say this If you don't know whether or not to call me about something, it means you should.

Dr. Brad:

If I want to hear a thousand false alarms rather than miss one major thing, and so if you're worried about your snake, give a call and have it checked out, because the worst they're going to say to you is well, the best they're going to say to you is oh, that's no big deal, don't worry about it, it's normal, I'm not concerned. But at the very, very worst, you're going to find something bad that they're going to be able to take care of sooner rather than later.

Mark Honas:

Especially green tree pythons are usually costing them about a thousand dollars or more, so this is not an inexpensive animal.

Dr. Brad:

Wow.

Mark Honas:

So you know this is something you probably want to get back to the vet. Get it checked out, make sure that everything is okay.

Caller :

Wow.

Mark Honas:

Yeah, well, hey, there's snakes that are selling for $10,000, $15,000, $20,000, $30,000. Yeah, investment-grade reptiles, Isn't?

Dr. Brad:

that kind of like an oxymoron Reminds me of the old phrase there's one born every minute.

Caller :

Well, I guess if you're just making basement payments, it's not so bad.

Dr. Brad:

As it goes.

Mark Honas:

Okay, let's do another email.

Dr. Brad:

Okay, hello, you've got mail. My name is Justine and I have a six-month old. Wait a second. I'll explain what's funny in a second. Hello, my name is Justine and I have a six-month-old chocolate lab. He is really a very good dog, except he thinks he has to bite to play. How can I stop this? And if it is a puppy thing, how long will it last? He Puppy thing, how long will it last? He really only does it to kids, more so than adults. Also, he has longer hair than most labs. Could this be an off-breed? Thank you for your time. And this is signed Justin. So it's either Justin or Justine, or someone had an operation during the letter.

Donna:

Six-month-old at this point, usually the puppiness is pretty much weaning down. At this point We've learned now lab-sounding dog. They do stay puppyhood for quite a while, but if he's only going after kids, this is a very important clue. What this dog is telling you is he thinks he's the boss of every small person he meets, whether it's a kid or not. This is something that you should be taking care of or not. This is something that you should be taking care of. You should get this dog to a trainer and make sure that you express to the trainer that this dog only nips and bites children, because this is going to become a problem. He's learning what to do. He's learning how to keep them all in order, and you're going to see this progress with age. It's best to get it taken care of now. It is not too old. At six months old, this dog is not too old to fix this problem, but you need to get him to a trainer. Let's play a game.

Dr. Brad:

Oh, I love playing games. What are we?

Mark Honas:

going to do again Tricky trivia.

Caller :

Read the piece of paper.

Jamie:

Here we go. It's time for a tricky trivia. How do we do this, Brad?

Dr. Brad:

Well, first Jamie finds the music, then you ask a question that you sat up late last night trying to think of, and if the person calls in guesses the correct answer on the air, they win a fabulous species-specific prize.

Mark Honas:

Okay, in the Stephen King book it.

Caller :

It was an alien.

Mark Honas:

It was an alien. What kind of alien was he? It was a type of animal. It was an alien, it was an alien.

Dr. Brad:

Really yes. What kind of alien was it? No, I don't read, not so much on the reading.

Caller :

Yeah, I like those picture books.

Jamie:

Well, actually they're soft covers. Novels.

Mark Honas:

We'll throw out a second trivia In Stephen King's horror book Cujo. What was wrong with Cujo I?

Dr. Brad:

know, I know, was Cujo an alien too? No, why don't we do an email, dr Brent, an email. Okay, do you want to read an email?

Donna:

Oh sure, I'd be glad to read an email. Read an email. Oh sure I'd be glad to read an email. Read an email. All right, hello, I got mail. Yay, does you have any info on monkeys? If not, can you point us in the right direction Please? This is not a joke.

Mark Honas:

So that email question is going to stay around to the end of time, isn't it? Oh, yes, the best question ever.

Jamie:

At least we like it yes.

Dr. Brad:

You want a real email? Sure Okay, oh. Yes, that's the best question ever. At least we like it. Yes, you want a real email? Sure Okay, dear.

Caller :

Animal Talk. You've got mail.

Dr. Brad:

Our 12-year-old female cat has been exhibiting some strange behavior with a little rubber shark toy. Late at night she will bring the toy into the hallway outside our bedroom, set it on the floor in front of her and then begin to wail and moan. Usually my husband or I will go out in the hall and pet her for a while and then everything is fine until the next night when she does it again. Do you have any idea of why she may be doing this? Thanks, sally.

Donna:

Well, being a 12-year-old kitty, is that correct? Yes, 12 years old kitty. Okay, one of the things that I would do, because this is an unusual behavior for this cat to do. She's never done this before. I would have a vet check. That would be the first thing For most kitties. This is a hunting behavior. This is something that they've killed their prize. They're sharing it with you and they want you to go wow, what the this is the coolest thing ever.

Mark Honas:

Yeah, our cat does it with a stuffed unicorn, right, I mean cat kills it and brings it over and shows us he killed it.

Donna:

Right, he's you with a gift. But at 12 years old, if this is a new behavior, I would definitely have something checked out, because at 12 years old this is an old kitty. A little feline dementia maybe, no-transcript.

Mark Honas:

Very good. Hey, let's go to the phones. Let's go to the phones, let's talk to Mike. Hey, mike, in Jonesboro, listen to us on KBTM. You there, mike.

Donna:

I think we just lost him.

Mark Honas:

I think he just hung up. Simultaneously Bong. He's gone Bong he's gone.

Caller :

Bong, he's gone.

Jamie:

Or he's gone to the bong.

Mark Honas:

What's in the news today?

Dr. Brad:

Dr Brad, oh, good News stories. We always love the news stories. It's 20 after the hour.

Mark Honas:

It's 20 after his time, go ahead.

Dr. Brad:

Lazy birds given car to migrate south. Thank you, there we go.

Mark Honas:

I keep forgetting my job over here.

Dr. Brad:

Speaking of bongs Researchers have provided a flock of lazy and disoriented rare birds with a car and driver because they are incapable of migrating on their own. Ornithologists in Austria have spent more than two years breeding the northern bald ibis species. They had to drive the birds to their winter quarters in Italy by car after discovering they were unable to make the 500-mile trip on their own. They said that the birds were used to being taken care of and refused to fly south. The group is currently buying 10 Humvees for their upcoming research with Wildebeest. I saved a better one. Would you like the better one?

Mark Honas:

Let's do the better one.

Dr. Brad:

The headline's better than anything else. Dogs dressed as nuns snarl Berlin traffic. Okay, made me think of the nuns back in school, but anyway. More than 3,000 dogs have paraded through central Berlin in a demonstration by owners for more rights and public tolerance. A number of the dogs in the parade that snarled traffic throughout the center of the German capital were wearing costumes One German shepherd was dressed, wearing a bumblebee outfit, and two others were dressed as nuns, accompanied by a police escort. The dogs and their owners marched some five kilometers from the victory column, all around Berlin and back to the starting point, and the thing I was wondering about is Germany has a victory column. What Keep score a little different over there. Thank you, james.

Mark Honas:

Okie dokie. I'm surprised nobody's guessed. I thought these were two pretty easy trivias.

Dr. Brad:

It was an alien seriously In the Stephen King book it.

Mark Honas:

It was an alien. What kind of animal was it? And in the Stephen King book, cujo. What was wrong with Cujo to make him be what he was?

Dr. Brad:

Tim Curry played Cujo no in it. He played the.

Mark Honas:

Yes, that's a frightening book and a frightening movie. Let's go to the phones. Let's go to Mike in Jonesboro, arkansas. Listen to us on KBTM. Hey, mike, welcome to Animal Talk. How you doing bud.

Caller :

Pretty good guys. How are you all?

Mark Honas:

Very good, Okay, In the Stephen King horror film it. What kind of animal was it?

Caller :

It was a spider.

Mark Honas:

Correct, and the thing you never wanted to do was look into the spider's deadlights. I'll tell you what. Did you read the book, Mike? Yeah, I'll tell you what it makes you look when you walk around grates and sewer entrances for the storm sewers. It makes you think twice on how close you want to get, doesn't it?

Caller :

And it kind of makes your kind of influences on how you feel about clowns as well, Absolutely.

Dr. Brad:

I no longer Didn't affect me. Was it seriously an alien? Yeah, it was.

Mark Honas:

Yes, Fair enough. And the thing is, is you never want to be a child in the city of Derry Maine?

Donna:

No, every bad thing happens there.

Mark Honas:

I just finished reading the book too. They did another book with aliens in it on Dreamcatcher.

Caller :

No, no, no. Derry Maine is also a popular place for him. I think it's in like four or five of his books, yes and the reality is that Stephen King is a demented man.

Mark Honas:

This all comes out of his head.

Caller :

Did you know that he's suffering from macular degeneration?

Mark Honas:

Really.

Caller :

Yeah, yeah, he's saying that the last I read. He's going to retire in like two or three years.

Mark Honas:

Wow, because he can't ride anymore, because he can't see. I guess that's too bad and it's also good, because I won't have to be scared of more things. Hey congrats.

Caller :

I'm teasing.

Mark Honas:

I'm teasing. Gee whiz fine. You guys make fun of Mike. They just don't understand my jokes do they. Nope, and neither do you do you.

Caller :

A little sometimes.

Mark Honas:

He knows I'm going to give him a prize, so he's being nice. All right, mike, we'll put you on hold and get your information and get you a gift. Why don't we do another email, brad? By the way, we still have the other trivia. What was wrong with Cujo in the book? Cujo? Because he went around killing a lot of people too. You know, people die in Stephen King's books all the time from very, very strange things Carrie, christine, women, cars, animals everything kills people in.

Mark Honas:

Stephen King's books. Okay, I'm done. Now let's do an email.

Donna:

This is not the Stephen King hour. Can I read this as Seymour? Is this like book?

Caller :

talk or something I don't know. Go ahead.

Jamie:

Can I do?

Dr. Brad:

Seymour Is this like book talk or something I don't know. Go ahead, can I do Seymour?

Caller :

Okay, I don't do Seymour half as well as Jamie does.

Dr. Brad:

Seymour, it's his character. Hey Mark, can I crash a jungle carpet python with a rainbow boa has? It ever been done before. I think it would really be great.

Caller :

It would make it worth a fortune.

Dr. Brad:

Let's get snakes. I think it's supposed to be.

Caller :

Let's get snaked but I just won't do that. I'm sorry. What?

Caller :

do you think, Mark? No, you can't. You want to cross a what and a what?

Dr. Brad:

A jungle carpet python with a rainbow boa.

Mark Honas:

You really can't do that, because the difference is that one is a python. What's a boa? Pythons are egg layers. Boa constrictors have po-thons Po-thons.

Donna:

That's what you get.

Dr. Brad:

Thank you. A po-thon, a po-thon, yeah.

Mark Honas:

And boa constrictors have live young. Their genetics, their genetic makeup are so different. It would be about like having a lizard and a snake or a lizard and a turtle. It's just not going to happen.

Jamie:

It's like elephant and pot-bellied pig genes just won't splice. Just won't splice. You know the?

Donna:

song.

Mark Honas:

Never mind, there's a song out there and I'm not cool enough to know it Is that it Pretty much, yeah, okay fine. I'm not cool enough to know much, am I? No, I'm not cool enough to know much, am I?

Dr. Brad:

Fine, fine. Another email, brad. Surely Dear Animal Talk. You've got mail. Oh, this is topical. We are traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend and we are going to leave our dog at the kennel. How can we make his stay as pleasant as possible? Do you have any tips? I feel guilty leaving him, but we have no choice. And this is signed, kate. Oh, what do I feel guilty? Leaving him, but we have no choice. And this is signed, kate. What do you think?

Donna:

One of the things that we do for ours when we do kennel dogs there is, we usually like to keep their feeding schedules as close to what the owners are doing as possible their walking schedules. Make sure that they understand. Write a very clear, defined day schedule for your dog. What does your dog do at what time during the day so that we can try to keep the dog on that schedule, because that's going to have them be the most comfortable their favorite toy. Bring that along their own food. Provide their own food, because the vet clinics we do feed a good diet, but it may not be the good diet you're feeding and if you change a diet you can create all kinds of problems.

Mark Honas:

So try to keep the diet, the same.

Donna:

We also have people bring their favorite blanket or you know something along those lines to make the dog feel more at home. But the schedule is the most important thing. Make sure that your vet knows, or the kennel if it's a kennel itself make sure that they know what the dog's schedule is.

Dr. Brad:

Okay, very good, next one, next one. Oh, this one's for me, dear Dr. Brad. We are considering getting a.

Dr. Brad:

Dalmatian, but I have heard that many of them are born deaf. Is that true, and do Dalmatians make a good dog to have with young children? I have three children ranging in age as follows three, seven and ten. We are doing our homework before we get a new family dog. My kids want a Dalmatian because they love 101 Dalmatians and this is signed Cindy. Now, the deafness in Dalmatians it does happen, but I really think that's overrated. I mean it doesn't happen very much and you can screen now. There's different tests you can do. There's so many other reasons not to get a Dalmatian.

Mark Honas:

You don't need that.

Dr. Brad:

Yeah you don't need that reason. They do indeed have spotty reputations.

Donna:

But no, they are nuts. I wouldn't recommend them with small children. That's a lot of energy in quite a strong body and they tend to barrel anything over that they come in contact with. So a three-year-old would not fare very well in that home.

Dr. Brad:

They're not spotted laps, they really are. They really are a different type of dog, different personality.

Donna:

They really do have a very different personality.

Mark Honas:

Hey, let's go to the phones. Hey, peggy, welcome to Animal Talk. You there, peggy. Yeah, okay, what is wrong with Cujo?

Caller :

Well, he's crazy, probably a brain disease, rabies possibly, and he's St Bernard.

Mark Honas:

There you go, and yes, I read the book. You hit the nail on the head. Congratulations. We'll get your information and send you a prize.

Dr. Brad:

You know, Mark, every once in a while there's just an important environmental issue that we need to address, and you know our own Dr Brad here wanted to point something out.

Dr. Brad:

I like to get back. I'm Will Stevens, but you know me better from my portrayal of Dr Brad Davis on the syndicated radio show Animal Talk. Everyone's been affected by the recent economic downturn, with major cutbacks in industry. Some financial advisory firms and Internet companies have even had to shred documents to save money on storage. Cutbacks have been felt in the national park system as well. Lack of funding has forced the unfortunate layoffs of much of the wildlife we've come to expect in our national park system.

Dr. Brad:

It's not unusual to see a black bear working at McDonald's drive-thru in Colorado or a cougar selling nachos at a Seattle Mariner game, just trying to make ends meet. The most hard hit of all the cutbacks would be the beaver. Who doesn't love looking at a beaver swimming gently through the water? Now many of these beavers are homeless, living in the street with signs that say Will gnaw wood for food. Humans that understand beavers or hub takes donations to get homes for these proud animals while they learn a new career. So please contact your regional Hub office to donate sticks and logs. Please show you care about these wonderful creatures. When it comes to homeless beavers, won't you please give a damn?

Jamie:

There you go, just trying to keep people current on the things that are happening, the important things in the world that are happening today.

Mark Honas:

That's true.

Dr. Brad:

And so the question also is answered how far will you go?

Mark Honas:

for a good pun, or any pun for that matter that was a good long distance Need a map for that one, oh my goodness. Well, we hope you enjoyed this section of your weekend that is known as Animal Talk. I pulled that out pretty good, didn't you think?

Jamie:

I was lost and came back around. I was wondering. We do this every Saturday and Sunday.

Dr. Brad:

Saturday noon to two and Sunday seven to nine Eastern time and next week coming up, Chuck Woolery Yep from noon to on the Saturday show Either that, or Brad Davis doing a Chuck Woolery impersonation. I'm not sure which it's going to be yet, but supposedly we're going to be talking about wildlife hunting fishing conservation with Chuck Woolery and.

Mark Honas:

Brad does an unbelievable Woolery.

Dr. Brad:

Well, here he is on lingo. What am I doing?

Mark Honas:

here. There you go. All right For everybody here. Have an exotic week, Kiss your wild thing for me.

Jamie:

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Jamie:

Go check it out and show yourself a little animal pride with animal talk. Once again, like subscribe. Leave a comment. Thank you so much for being here. Have an exotic week and kiss your wild thing for us.

Caller :

Bye-bye boys. Have fun storming the castle, Think it'll work.

Caller :

It would take a while Bye-bye.