June 2, 2025 • 16 mins
TikTok famous veterinarian, Dr. Adam Christman, joins us to talk all things pets!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Get your hairs together and we're gonna start to party.
Start part I'm ready to party the Elvis Duran After Party.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
And we welcome doctor Adam chris Man. Hi, Adam, how
are you? Thanks for being on with us?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah, thank you for having me so good to see
you all.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Well, I've seen you on you know, Today's Show or
Good Morning America. I've seen you all over TV. You're
like the what are the authorities that they love to
bring in to talk about anything and everything?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Veterinarial? Is that a word?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Veterinarial?
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Veterinary?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yes's make one fine.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
And you said you grew up listening to us, so
you're familiar with that. We kind of drive off the
rails from time to time, so it's gonna happen. We
appreciate you coming on. So let's start talking about summertime.
It's gonna get hot if you have if you have
a cat, a dog, or any kind of animal and
they can't talk, they can't tell you that they're overheated.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
You have to look for signs and things like this.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
What's your number one thing to preach to any animal
lover or owner about summertime?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (01:11):
Well, I wish they could speak. That would make my
job one heck easier, that's for sure. But I always
say heat stroke is no joke, it really is. We
don't want to leave them in the car, even simple things.
So let me just go to the bank, let me
just do a wa war dunkin run, and we leave
the car running. Sometimes animals hit things, it'll be a surprise.
I know there's car safety, but certainly outside is a
(01:33):
huge thing, especially especially certain dog breeds such as greyhounds
and those flat faced dog breeds, the French bulldogs, English bulldogs.
I mean, you just leave them outside for a few
minutes and they can really get hot. Did you know
the average temperature for a dogging cats usually around like
one one one on two point five, so it's a
little higher than you and I. But then when they
get heat stroke, it can go up to one oh
(01:54):
seven and about fifty percent of dogs that make it
to us the veterinarian don't make it. So it's a
really serious thing. So we want to keep them nice
and cool throughout those hot dog days of.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Summer right now, and don't leave your pets in the car.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
That is just the worst idea ever.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And okay, but what do you look for, I mean panting.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
I mean it's obviously if they're overheated, But what other
signs do we look out for?
Speaker 6 (02:24):
Yeah, so if they have really bright red gums too.
When they're doing the panting panting and they're seeing it
really brick red, they can easily fall down. People think, oh,
they're just really tired. Actually they're collapsing and their organs
could be going into organ failure. That's how quickly it happens.
So to your point, absolutely, excessive drooling is a huge thing.
(02:44):
Pacing uncomfortable restlessness, not eating and even not wanting to
drink because they are so overheated and their body is
out of control physiologically speaking, that they just end up
wanting to just cool off and their body wants to
shut down. But the big thing is like colling panting
excessively even when you bring him inside. This happened to
one of our neighbors dogs last week. She was just
(03:06):
running chasing the other dog through the fence just for
two minutes, and it was a French bulldog. She's so
and fine, but she had heat strokes significantly.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
God, that's so scary. All right, we got questions for
doctor Adam, what do you have?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
What do you have?
Speaker 5 (03:19):
Oh my gosh, okay, I have so many. So as
a vet, are there animals that people bring you constantly
that you're like, why does anybody own this? Because I
had an experience where I had a chameleon and he
got sick. I took him to the vet, he died suddenly,
and then I found out after the fact chameleons are
not really great house pets. I wish somebody would have
told me that ahead of time.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:40):
Yeah, the exotic ones like you're talking about, So those
are like the reptilian species, Those are a little tough
because to your point, by the time they're sick, they're
almost gone, you know, like by the time they come
to the veterinarian it's pretty drastic. So if you don't
do your homework and certainly want to put the time
and effort into it, think of like the iguanas and
the turtles and those kinds the species they could be
(04:01):
a little bit of a challenge to to take care of.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
But you know, what's what I.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Do find interesting though, my friends, is that it could
be a turtle, it could be a hamster, it could
be a great Dane, and we love our animals.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeahs, you know.
Speaker 6 (04:14):
It's the human animal bond. It's that unconditional love I had.
I was working the er last year and there was
a peacock that got hit by a car and I
was like, Kelly Clarkson, what am I going to do
with a Like, I don't know, you know, handle a peacock.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
But you know, you go back to the basics of
vet school.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
You're like, Okay, yeah, bird, femurs and you know, radius
and all in, all those different things. But we got
them all fixed up and off they go. But that's
the cool thing with vet met everyone is that we
see all the species except to humans, but we inadvertently
take care of the people at the same time.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
So I feel like we're superheroes total Oh my god,
you absolutely are. But is there something that you say, Hey,
I know everybody's getting this, don't get this animal?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
French bulldog next question?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Really, really, that's that's the number one breed in America,
is it not?
Speaker 6 (05:00):
I mean French bulldogs, it is Alvis, you know, and
all kidding aside. Listen, they're adorable, we love them, but
the average life expectancy when they have that you hear
them do that that is not normal, right, So their
average life expectancy for that is four point five years,
so they don't get surgery to get that fixed.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
They can live up to twelve to thirteen years. So
when they come in.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
There are actually hospitals around the country that says we
will not see French bulldogs because of the fact that
they are so expensive to take care of and unfortunately
pet owners either don't have pet insurance or maybe don't
have the means to take care of them. Not only
just that they have back issues, neck issues, allergies, so
they they're wonderful dog. But certainly I plead to everyone
(05:46):
out there is to definitely get pet insurance and know
before you go, because those are that's a tough dog breed,
but other breed, other dogs, they are other animals that
are out there.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
They're great.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Some of those eighth generations that's that we see in
the Bengal cats.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
I'll never forget this really quick.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
I had a Bengal kitten and she's like doctor Chrispin,
you know, she's really sweet, and I was like, okay,
And because I know that they could be a little
crazy and feral, so I opened up the cat Carrra.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
I's like, you're so cute.
Speaker 6 (06:15):
Look at you gone up the ceiling into the popcorn
ceiling and I go, well, there's that.
Speaker 7 (06:21):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well what happens if I bring my kangaroo to you? Well? Yeah,
I mean, do you know do you treat kangaroos? I
mean what animals? Do you not treat kangaroos?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
And okay, I'll leave that to Alex.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 8 (06:41):
Well when I had when I had my bearded dragon,
they made me take him to an exotic animal facility
because that was the only people who knew what was
going on. Then they wanted to charge me all this money.
I got him little X rays and he was laying
there with his little legs back, but he died anyway,
and they charged me all this money for all these
X rays.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
I'm sorry, I know, well, I mean like that.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
Yeah, s's so cute though, but you know that night
is expensive and I totally get it with the cost
of care. I used to take care of reptiles when
I first started practicing. Fun fact, do you guys know
how do you take an X ray of a snake?
How you know snak is always moving?
Speaker 3 (07:17):
How would you take an wrap it up, you PBC pipe.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Oh yeah, you stick a minute and then you take
a great X ray of it and it's perfect.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
It's like Picasso.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So cool.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Any excues to cram my snake in a pipe?
Speaker 4 (07:34):
I'm in.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I know.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Uh wait, Nate has a.
Speaker 9 (07:39):
Turtle question, So doctor, I am allergic to dogs, cats,
pretty much everything with fur. So as a kid, as
a concession to my family, my parents got us a
turtle and it was a Readier slider and I think
it maybe lived about three years. As you were talking
about earlier, they're probably not the best of So I
(08:01):
remember it started to get sick and it wouldn't eat,
and so we took it to the vet and I
still remember sitting in the car and my mom took
it in and she said that the doctor had to
put it to sleep. So morbid question, how did you do?
Is there like a little gas mask for Kermit? Like
how do you put the turtle like? Which we didn't
(08:22):
find We called it Kermit the entire time, but found
out at the very end it was a female. So
we renamed a Kermit kermet for like five minutes. And
so this is all serious. This was the one pet
I had in my entire life. So how do you, like,
how do you put a turtle to sleep?
Speaker 3 (08:39):
And yeah, so two methods to that.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
Most likely that we will start within in like a
little chamber type of a thing, So a little excessive
amount of anesthetic gas to kind of chill them out,
and then there is a vein that we can find
for them that we can inject easily into them. I
always was just like an overdose of an anesthetic and
it's literally one of the most humane and beautiful things
(09:03):
I always say about this is that they cross over
with dignity, respect, and no pain.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Yeah, that's important, But they're so slow in that rainbow
bridge they take the river.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Snail.
Speaker 7 (09:19):
I've always wondered, thank you question, what's up, Danielle?
Speaker 8 (09:29):
So is there like you hear people saying, well, you
shouldn't really get the canned cat food or the canned
dog food from the stores. There's stuff that's better for
your pets. Is that true that there is stuff that's better?
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Okay, So there.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Are three things everyone's passionate about, Danielle in this world, politics, religion,
and pet food. True, I'm telling you, they go nuts
over it. So yes, and no, I will say, I
think canned food, the dry food absolutely, as long as
it balancing completely, you are good to go. Then you
(10:03):
have the other ones that are like the fresh food
that's out there, and then you also have the raw
foods also that that are there, and there's a lot
of science between all three. And I say this to
all the pet owners out there, it's like, do what
works within your budget and what's.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Healthy for your dog, your cat. And because I never.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Want anybody to be like, oh, doctor Chrispin, like I
don't want you judging me, I was like, we're not
here to judge. We want to hear to be a
good pet parent, that's what all that matters. But the
can pet food, Listen, they've been living many many years, Daniel,
with all this great food out there, and I think
the science is still strong and solid, and but yeah,
there's other ones that are out there, and it's it's
(10:39):
it's hard as a pet owner, I'm sure for all
of you to try to navigate and figure out like
what the hell do I give my animal?
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Sough, and I still don't know the answer.
Speaker 5 (10:48):
By the way, what about like for someone to get
a raccoon asking for a fun.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Week okay, listen to me. You will listen to me. Good.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Do not get a raction? Okay, I mean there are
there are other great ones that are out there. But
you know, you have wildlife is what it is. There's
laws that are out there, of course, that we have
to be careful of. And and you know, raccoons certainly
carry a lot of diseases, especially rabies is one of them.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
That's a disease you and I can get. So I
would say, you know.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
A big heck no to the to raccoons, because I
know some people get it like, oh, they're just on
to the side of the road and I want to
take them home and squeeze them and love them.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
But you know, uh no, damn it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
What about a skunk.
Speaker 8 (11:31):
I knew somebody who was she rescued a skunk and
she had a stinker taken out and she kept him
as a pet for years, and then she told me
he needed therapy. As if you took my stinker out,
I'd need therapy to do.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
I mean, really, God, yeah, and we all need a
stinker as well.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Elvis, when did you get your stinker?
Speaker 4 (11:53):
By the smell of things, I haven't done it, so
so so there are you do draw the line when
it comes to raccoons and I'm soon assuming skunks right, Yeah.
Speaker 6 (12:05):
Yes, I personally it was like not a huge fan
of doing that because there's other great animals that are
safer for them, and uh, you know, and to your point,
sometimes you have to find a special better and that
takes care of those kinds of animals, and I just
enjoy the good ones that are out there, the dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits,
you know, guinea pigs, chinchillas, you name it. On those sides.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
I did hear a ferret was a good substitution for
raccoon because they're very playful. Yeah, maybe they are fine.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
They get into a.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
Lot of things too. They're very funny. And rabbits are
hilarious by the way too. You can litter box train
a rabbit. Yeah, they use a litter box really quick
and they're great. Versus my doc sins that are still
like four or five years of age. One drop of
rain outside, they're like, just so you know, we're gonna
poop in the house.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Yeah, my schnauzer do the same exact thing. Hey, by
the way, doctor Christmas is all over TikTok. I mean
you you have a lot of followers on TikTok. What
is the number one the number one TikTok video that
people go to.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Oh, the number one.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
This has I think twenty million views. Why is the
reverse sneeze? So do you ever have a dog that
does that?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
My dog does that?
Speaker 6 (13:17):
Yeah, right, And so when I was a kid, I
was like trying to figure out how to stop it.
When I had a bego growing up, and I thought
everybody knew this, but you gently closed the muzzle. He
put one finger over the nostril and it stops instantly,
so you don't have to it's not an emergency. You
don't have to take them to the veterinarian for those
kinds of instances. And then everybody was writing like, oh
my god, this works, Holy smokes, thank you so much.
(13:38):
I was going to go to the er because I thought,
you know, that was an issue and there could be
other issues why they do that. But generally speaking, the
reverse sneeze, it's just an airway disorder that happens quickly,
you know, like pollen can go up their nose or
whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
So there's that.
Speaker 6 (13:52):
And then my other video, I have a dog named
Clark w Griswold, and he takes my shoes down the ramp.
And so, because doxin's are prone to slip and disc
so we have a ramp in the backyard for them.
My house looks like MTV cribs for docks and toys ends,
you name it. And so they go down the ramp.
(14:12):
But he takes my shoe down the ramp. And then
we used to then we have toys that he gets
to pick, and so we did TikTok lives, like what
toys are gonna pick?
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Now? Is it going to be? You know, the rabbit toy,
the squeaky toy.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
They love their lamb chops And so now all these
kids get involved in the and it's it's really fun
to engage with the audience that way because anything that
we could do to spread awareness and loving joy for
our animals is a home run.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I love that, you know.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
And with all the toys you can get for your
dogs and cats, keep in mind, they don't know it's
a pork chop.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
They don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
They don't you know what I'm saying, Oh, he really
loves whatever the best, but they don't know it's a
pork chop.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
It's just this thing that they chew on and they
don't know. I'm sorry to write that to you.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
It's not really I know, but Alvis, does your dog
have like that favorite toy that they don't destroy? Does
anybody have a dog or cat that has a one
toy like? Oh no, I take this to bed with me.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Yeah, little elf, little elf?
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Yea yeah, yeah, right now, he's he's he's got a
dinosaur he loves, but he doesn't know much a dinosaur.
Let me be very clear, he's not into dinosaurs, it's
just this thing. Well, look, doctor Chrismin, thank you so
much for coming on with us. Uh you can find him,
of course, doctor Adam Chrisman on TikTok is. What's the
exact address.
Speaker 6 (15:25):
It's uh at dr dot Adam Chrismin fifty two on
TikTok Okay, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Very cool.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Over a million people are following doctor Chrismin of course
on TikTok and so there's a reason why maybe you
should follow him as well. And thanks for coming on
with us and giving us some tips to keep our
animals alive for another summer or two.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
We like that a lot.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Pleasure. Good to see you all. Thank you too, thank you.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Too, Thanks doctor, thank you Joe. You guys have a
great day.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Today to take care by everybody.
Speaker 7 (15:53):
Bye bye, guys.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
The after Party
Get your hairs together and we're gonna start to party.
Start part I'm ready to party the Elvis Duran After Party.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
And we welcome doctor Adam chris Man. Hi, Adam, how
are you? Thanks for being on with us?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yeah, thank you for having me so good to see
you all.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Well, I've seen you on you know, Today's Show or
Good Morning America. I've seen you all over TV. You're
like the what are the authorities that they love to
bring in to talk about anything and everything?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Veterinarial? Is that a word?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Veterinarial?
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Veterinary?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yes's make one fine.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
And you said you grew up listening to us, so
you're familiar with that. We kind of drive off the
rails from time to time, so it's gonna happen. We
appreciate you coming on. So let's start talking about summertime.
It's gonna get hot if you have if you have
a cat, a dog, or any kind of animal and
they can't talk, they can't tell you that they're overheated.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
You have to look for signs and things like this.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
What's your number one thing to preach to any animal
lover or owner about summertime?
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (01:11):
Well, I wish they could speak. That would make my
job one heck easier, that's for sure. But I always
say heat stroke is no joke, it really is. We
don't want to leave them in the car, even simple things.
So let me just go to the bank, let me
just do a wa war dunkin run, and we leave
the car running. Sometimes animals hit things, it'll be a surprise.
I know there's car safety, but certainly outside is a
(01:33):
huge thing, especially especially certain dog breeds such as greyhounds
and those flat faced dog breeds, the French bulldogs, English bulldogs.
I mean, you just leave them outside for a few
minutes and they can really get hot. Did you know
the average temperature for a dogging cats usually around like
one one one on two point five, so it's a
little higher than you and I. But then when they
get heat stroke, it can go up to one oh
(01:54):
seven and about fifty percent of dogs that make it
to us the veterinarian don't make it. So it's a
really serious thing. So we want to keep them nice
and cool throughout those hot dog days of.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Summer right now, and don't leave your pets in the car.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
That is just the worst idea ever.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And okay, but what do you look for, I mean panting.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
I mean it's obviously if they're overheated, But what other
signs do we look out for?
Speaker 6 (02:24):
Yeah, so if they have really bright red gums too.
When they're doing the panting panting and they're seeing it
really brick red, they can easily fall down. People think, oh,
they're just really tired. Actually they're collapsing and their organs
could be going into organ failure. That's how quickly it happens.
So to your point, absolutely, excessive drooling is a huge thing.
(02:44):
Pacing uncomfortable restlessness, not eating and even not wanting to
drink because they are so overheated and their body is
out of control physiologically speaking, that they just end up
wanting to just cool off and their body wants to
shut down. But the big thing is like colling panting
excessively even when you bring him inside. This happened to
one of our neighbors dogs last week. She was just
(03:06):
running chasing the other dog through the fence just for
two minutes, and it was a French bulldog. She's so
and fine, but she had heat strokes significantly.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
God, that's so scary. All right, we got questions for
doctor Adam, what do you have?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
What do you have?
Speaker 5 (03:19):
Oh my gosh, okay, I have so many. So as
a vet, are there animals that people bring you constantly
that you're like, why does anybody own this? Because I
had an experience where I had a chameleon and he
got sick. I took him to the vet, he died suddenly,
and then I found out after the fact chameleons are
not really great house pets. I wish somebody would have
told me that ahead of time.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:40):
Yeah, the exotic ones like you're talking about, So those
are like the reptilian species, Those are a little tough
because to your point, by the time they're sick, they're
almost gone, you know, like by the time they come
to the veterinarian it's pretty drastic. So if you don't
do your homework and certainly want to put the time
and effort into it, think of like the iguanas and
the turtles and those kinds the species they could be
(04:01):
a little bit of a challenge to to take care of.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
But you know, what's what I.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Do find interesting though, my friends, is that it could
be a turtle, it could be a hamster, it could
be a great Dane, and we love our animals.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeahs, you know.
Speaker 6 (04:14):
It's the human animal bond. It's that unconditional love I had.
I was working the er last year and there was
a peacock that got hit by a car and I
was like, Kelly Clarkson, what am I going to do
with a Like, I don't know, you know, handle a peacock.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
But you know, you go back to the basics of
vet school.
Speaker 6 (04:31):
You're like, Okay, yeah, bird, femurs and you know, radius
and all in, all those different things. But we got
them all fixed up and off they go. But that's
the cool thing with vet met everyone is that we
see all the species except to humans, but we inadvertently
take care of the people at the same time.
Speaker 5 (04:46):
So I feel like we're superheroes total Oh my god,
you absolutely are. But is there something that you say, Hey,
I know everybody's getting this, don't get this animal?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
French bulldog next question?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Really, really, that's that's the number one breed in America,
is it not?
Speaker 6 (05:00):
I mean French bulldogs, it is Alvis, you know, and
all kidding aside. Listen, they're adorable, we love them, but
the average life expectancy when they have that you hear
them do that that is not normal, right, So their
average life expectancy for that is four point five years,
so they don't get surgery to get that fixed.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
They can live up to twelve to thirteen years. So
when they come in.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
There are actually hospitals around the country that says we
will not see French bulldogs because of the fact that
they are so expensive to take care of and unfortunately
pet owners either don't have pet insurance or maybe don't
have the means to take care of them. Not only
just that they have back issues, neck issues, allergies, so
they they're wonderful dog. But certainly I plead to everyone
(05:46):
out there is to definitely get pet insurance and know
before you go, because those are that's a tough dog breed,
but other breed, other dogs, they are other animals that
are out there.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
They're great.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Some of those eighth generations that's that we see in
the Bengal cats.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
I'll never forget this really quick.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
I had a Bengal kitten and she's like doctor Chrispin,
you know, she's really sweet, and I was like, okay,
And because I know that they could be a little
crazy and feral, so I opened up the cat Carrra.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
I's like, you're so cute.
Speaker 6 (06:15):
Look at you gone up the ceiling into the popcorn
ceiling and I go, well, there's that.
Speaker 7 (06:21):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Well what happens if I bring my kangaroo to you? Well? Yeah,
I mean, do you know do you treat kangaroos? I
mean what animals? Do you not treat kangaroos?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
And okay, I'll leave that to Alex.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 8 (06:41):
Well when I had when I had my bearded dragon,
they made me take him to an exotic animal facility
because that was the only people who knew what was
going on. Then they wanted to charge me all this money.
I got him little X rays and he was laying
there with his little legs back, but he died anyway,
and they charged me all this money for all these
X rays.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
I'm sorry, I know, well, I mean like that.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
Yeah, s's so cute though, but you know that night
is expensive and I totally get it with the cost
of care. I used to take care of reptiles when
I first started practicing. Fun fact, do you guys know
how do you take an X ray of a snake?
How you know snak is always moving?
Speaker 3 (07:17):
How would you take an wrap it up, you PBC pipe.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Oh yeah, you stick a minute and then you take
a great X ray of it and it's perfect.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
It's like Picasso.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
So cool.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Any excues to cram my snake in a pipe?
Speaker 4 (07:34):
I'm in.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I know.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Uh wait, Nate has a.
Speaker 9 (07:39):
Turtle question, So doctor, I am allergic to dogs, cats,
pretty much everything with fur. So as a kid, as
a concession to my family, my parents got us a
turtle and it was a Readier slider and I think
it maybe lived about three years. As you were talking
about earlier, they're probably not the best of So I
(08:01):
remember it started to get sick and it wouldn't eat,
and so we took it to the vet and I
still remember sitting in the car and my mom took
it in and she said that the doctor had to
put it to sleep. So morbid question, how did you do?
Is there like a little gas mask for Kermit? Like
how do you put the turtle like? Which we didn't
(08:22):
find We called it Kermit the entire time, but found
out at the very end it was a female. So
we renamed a Kermit kermet for like five minutes. And
so this is all serious. This was the one pet
I had in my entire life. So how do you, like,
how do you put a turtle to sleep?
Speaker 3 (08:39):
And yeah, so two methods to that.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
Most likely that we will start within in like a
little chamber type of a thing, So a little excessive
amount of anesthetic gas to kind of chill them out,
and then there is a vein that we can find
for them that we can inject easily into them. I
always was just like an overdose of an anesthetic and
it's literally one of the most humane and beautiful things
(09:03):
I always say about this is that they cross over
with dignity, respect, and no pain.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Yeah, that's important, But they're so slow in that rainbow
bridge they take the river.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Snail.
Speaker 7 (09:19):
I've always wondered, thank you question, what's up, Danielle?
Speaker 8 (09:29):
So is there like you hear people saying, well, you
shouldn't really get the canned cat food or the canned
dog food from the stores. There's stuff that's better for
your pets. Is that true that there is stuff that's better?
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Okay, So there.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Are three things everyone's passionate about, Danielle in this world, politics, religion,
and pet food. True, I'm telling you, they go nuts
over it. So yes, and no, I will say, I
think canned food, the dry food absolutely, as long as
it balancing completely, you are good to go. Then you
(10:03):
have the other ones that are like the fresh food
that's out there, and then you also have the raw
foods also that that are there, and there's a lot
of science between all three. And I say this to
all the pet owners out there, it's like, do what
works within your budget and what's.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Healthy for your dog, your cat. And because I never.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Want anybody to be like, oh, doctor Chrispin, like I
don't want you judging me, I was like, we're not
here to judge. We want to hear to be a
good pet parent, that's what all that matters. But the
can pet food, Listen, they've been living many many years, Daniel,
with all this great food out there, and I think
the science is still strong and solid, and but yeah,
there's other ones that are out there, and it's it's
(10:39):
it's hard as a pet owner, I'm sure for all
of you to try to navigate and figure out like
what the hell do I give my animal?
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Sough, and I still don't know the answer.
Speaker 5 (10:48):
By the way, what about like for someone to get
a raccoon asking for a fun.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Week okay, listen to me. You will listen to me. Good.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Do not get a raction? Okay, I mean there are
there are other great ones that are out there. But
you know, you have wildlife is what it is. There's
laws that are out there, of course, that we have
to be careful of. And and you know, raccoons certainly
carry a lot of diseases, especially rabies is one of them.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
That's a disease you and I can get. So I
would say, you know.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
A big heck no to the to raccoons, because I
know some people get it like, oh, they're just on
to the side of the road and I want to
take them home and squeeze them and love them.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
But you know, uh no, damn it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
What about a skunk.
Speaker 8 (11:31):
I knew somebody who was she rescued a skunk and
she had a stinker taken out and she kept him
as a pet for years, and then she told me
he needed therapy. As if you took my stinker out,
I'd need therapy to do.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
I mean, really, God, yeah, and we all need a
stinker as well.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Elvis, when did you get your stinker?
Speaker 4 (11:53):
By the smell of things, I haven't done it, so
so so there are you do draw the line when
it comes to raccoons and I'm soon assuming skunks right, Yeah.
Speaker 6 (12:05):
Yes, I personally it was like not a huge fan
of doing that because there's other great animals that are
safer for them, and uh, you know, and to your point,
sometimes you have to find a special better and that
takes care of those kinds of animals, and I just
enjoy the good ones that are out there, the dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits,
you know, guinea pigs, chinchillas, you name it. On those sides.
Speaker 5 (12:27):
I did hear a ferret was a good substitution for
raccoon because they're very playful. Yeah, maybe they are fine.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
They get into a.
Speaker 6 (12:34):
Lot of things too. They're very funny. And rabbits are
hilarious by the way too. You can litter box train
a rabbit. Yeah, they use a litter box really quick
and they're great. Versus my doc sins that are still
like four or five years of age. One drop of
rain outside, they're like, just so you know, we're gonna
poop in the house.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Yeah, my schnauzer do the same exact thing. Hey, by
the way, doctor Christmas is all over TikTok. I mean
you you have a lot of followers on TikTok. What
is the number one the number one TikTok video that
people go to.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Oh, the number one.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
This has I think twenty million views. Why is the
reverse sneeze? So do you ever have a dog that
does that?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
My dog does that?
Speaker 6 (13:17):
Yeah, right, And so when I was a kid, I
was like trying to figure out how to stop it.
When I had a bego growing up, and I thought
everybody knew this, but you gently closed the muzzle. He
put one finger over the nostril and it stops instantly,
so you don't have to it's not an emergency. You
don't have to take them to the veterinarian for those
kinds of instances. And then everybody was writing like, oh
my god, this works, Holy smokes, thank you so much.
(13:38):
I was going to go to the er because I thought,
you know, that was an issue and there could be
other issues why they do that. But generally speaking, the
reverse sneeze, it's just an airway disorder that happens quickly,
you know, like pollen can go up their nose or
whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
So there's that.
Speaker 6 (13:52):
And then my other video, I have a dog named
Clark w Griswold, and he takes my shoes down the ramp.
And so, because doxin's are prone to slip and disc
so we have a ramp in the backyard for them.
My house looks like MTV cribs for docks and toys ends,
you name it. And so they go down the ramp.
(14:12):
But he takes my shoe down the ramp. And then
we used to then we have toys that he gets
to pick, and so we did TikTok lives, like what
toys are gonna pick?
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Now? Is it going to be? You know, the rabbit toy,
the squeaky toy.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
They love their lamb chops And so now all these
kids get involved in the and it's it's really fun
to engage with the audience that way because anything that
we could do to spread awareness and loving joy for
our animals is a home run.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I love that, you know.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
And with all the toys you can get for your
dogs and cats, keep in mind, they don't know it's
a pork chop.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
They don't know.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
They don't you know what I'm saying, Oh, he really
loves whatever the best, but they don't know it's a
pork chop.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
It's just this thing that they chew on and they
don't know. I'm sorry to write that to you.
Speaker 6 (14:52):
It's not really I know, but Alvis, does your dog
have like that favorite toy that they don't destroy? Does
anybody have a dog or cat that has a one
toy like? Oh no, I take this to bed with me.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Yeah, little elf, little elf?
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Yea yeah, yeah, right now, he's he's he's got a
dinosaur he loves, but he doesn't know much a dinosaur.
Let me be very clear, he's not into dinosaurs, it's
just this thing. Well, look, doctor Chrismin, thank you so
much for coming on with us. Uh you can find him,
of course, doctor Adam Chrisman on TikTok is. What's the
exact address.
Speaker 6 (15:25):
It's uh at dr dot Adam Chrismin fifty two on
TikTok Okay, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Very cool.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Over a million people are following doctor Chrismin of course
on TikTok and so there's a reason why maybe you
should follow him as well. And thanks for coming on
with us and giving us some tips to keep our
animals alive for another summer or two.
Speaker 7 (15:43):
We like that a lot.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Pleasure. Good to see you all. Thank you too, thank you.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Too, Thanks doctor, thank you Joe. You guys have a
great day.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Today to take care by everybody.
Speaker 7 (15:53):
Bye bye, guys.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
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