March 25, 2025 • 32 mins
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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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!
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Our professionals always gotgreat ideas too.
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So here we go Having a littlebit of fun.
It's Animal Talk.
Mark Honas (01:11):
And we are now open lines?
No, we're not.
Oh no, throw the switch.
Ka-chunk, that is ourmulti-million dollar sound
effect.
It was amazing All of thedifferent focus groups we had to
go through to find out thatthat was To find the most
pleasing sound.
Yes, that was the one thatpeople went.
Oh, I must call now.
Dr. Brad (01:28):
You know people are downloading that and using that
on their computers For when theymake a mistake.
You know ka-chunk.
Mark Honas (01:33):
And that's you know, and we're not even going to get
them for copyright infringement.
Dr. Brad (01:37):
No, no, that's our gift to you.
Mark Honas (01:39):
That's exactly.
Dr. Brad (01:39):
We why.
Mark Honas (01:40):
Because we care yes.
Dr. Brad (01:42):
That's it.
Mark Honas (01:44):
Good, I got the answer right.
I was afraid I was wrong.
Donna (01:46):
I wasn't sure if you guys had discussed something when I
was out of the room or what wasgoing on over there we don't
talk.
Mark Honas (01:52):
I can tell no that was called Tangent Radio, you
know coming up this next week.
Dr Brad Davis is going to beleaving the country.
Caller (02:00):
Yes.
Donna (02:05):
And actually not by our request.
He's doing it on his own.
Yeah, he beat us to it, wedidn't have to ask.
Dr. Brad (02:07):
I heard there might be a draft.
No, no no.
I'm a long-haired hippie.
Caller (02:13):
You're going to draft Middle-Aged Vets.
Dr. Brad (02:14):
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 differencesbetween Italy and the United
States, a little contrastingbetween the two.
I'm not saying they're all good, but they're educational,
they're educational.
For instance, like Italy hasthe Coliseum, the United States
(02:36):
has places like theInternational House of Pancakes
Stadium, the United States hasorganized crime and Italy you
got nothing.
Nothing.
Caller (02:45):
Nothing, okay, italy.
Dr. Brad (02:50):
In Italy, Florence is considered to be the center of
the Renaissance.
In the United States, Florenceis considered to be George
Jefferson's maid.
Jamie (02:55):
Oh yeah, I was going to say the mother on the Brady
Bunch.
Yeah, okay.
Dr. Brad (03:01):
In Italy, the moral center is the Pope.
In the United States, the moralcenter is Jerry Springer.
In Italy, cinema is a majorpart of the culture and taken
very seriously.
In the United States we havefrom Justin to Kelly and Gigli,
and this is for all of Europe.
In Europe, a typical referencewould be it's like Victor Hugo
said in Les Miserables.
In the United States and the US, a typical reference would be
(03:24):
it's like Norm said to Cliff inthat One Cheers episode.
In Italy, soccer is everythingand life revolves around your
home team.
In the US, was it soccer wherethat woman took her shirt off
after scoring a goal?
Italy, roberto Benigni.
Us, robin Williams.
Caller (03:43):
In the.
Dr. Brad (03:43):
US Congress impeaches a president for having an
extramarital affair in highlypublic debates.
In Italy, parliament would passa secret resolution promising
not to tell the First Lady.
In Italy there's Venice, wherethe streets are waterways
passable only by boats.
In the United States, samething every summer, every town
next to the Mississippi River.
And finally, finally, in theUnited States we have no fear of
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our northern neighbor Canada,because we're such good friends.
Italy has no fear of northernneighbor France invading because
they're pansies.
That's a compare and contrastbetween the US and Italy.
Mark Honas (04:21):
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 ofOmaha.
What can we do for you today,bruce?
Caller (04:30):
I've got a three-year-old female.
She's half chow and half GermanShepherd and usually when she's
in the house we keep her in akennel if we're not up or home.
Mark Honas (04:45):
Very good.
Caller (04:47):
And lately she's been peeing on the carpet, like
almost every night.
It started, it was once in awhile, and now it's every night
that we leave her out, so wehave a pee-pee problem.
Donna (05:06):
Yeah, basically, she can't figure out what to do with
all that freedom.
She doesn't realize that everyroom in your house is also
considered her den.
There's nothing wrong withkeeping them crated overnight.
I do with my dogs each night.
They're crated.
That's their bed, their placeto be, their safe haven, it's
(05:27):
their bedroom.
There's nothing wrong with that.
Caller (05:32):
Okay.
Mark Honas (05:34):
She can't pee if she's not out.
Donna (05:35):
Right.
Caller (05:39):
So basically, if there's really no way of keeping
her from, she learned realquick that she's only allowed in
certain parts of the house.
Mark Honas (05:49):
But you can't be there overnight to make the
correction.
You can't see her.
Caller (05:53):
Right, if you're not there to stop it.
Donna (05:55):
You need to catch them in the act in order to make a
difference.
Mark Honas (05:58):
See if you rub your dog's nose in it or correct them
even two seconds after the factit does nothing.
Caller (06:03):
No, I didn't, because it's always the next morning.
Mark Honas (06:07):
Right.
Caller (06:07):
It's too late, it's in a different spot, so you don't
run across it.
I remember growing up.
Mark Honas (06:11):
my dad did that to one of our dogs and our dog
started peeing and poopingbehind the couch.
As Donna told me later, it'sbecause my dad taught the dog I
don't want that around me, so hetook it and hid it from him.
Dr. Brad (06:24):
There's something to throw in here is that
housebreaking is a two-stepprocess.
Step one is learning where notto go.
Step two is learning where togo.
Right now we know where not togo, which is in our crate and
the rest of the world is okay.
We just need to keep with thetraining and eventually it might
be okay.
But staying in the crate.
Donna (06:40):
There's nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong with
that at all.
Mark Honas (06:42):
Hey, thanks for calling bruce.
We appreciate it.
Let's go to mrs wilson ingarden city.
Mrs wilson, welcome to animaltalk.
What can we do for you today?
Caller (06:49):
yes, thank you.
I'm uh donna's sister'smother-in-law well, welcome, mrs
wilson, what can we do for you?
Thank you.
I am holding, as we speak, atiny little squirrel that I just
got.
It fell out of the nest, ofcourse.
Donna (07:04):
Oh boy.
Caller (07:05):
And I don't know what to feed it.
I've got it wrapped and it'sbreathing, but it's not walking.
I mean, you know it's veryyoung, it's only probably.
Donna (07:15):
Are its eyes open.
Caller (07:17):
Well, it seems like he's sleeping.
Donna (07:20):
Okay.
Caller (07:21):
Now it's about three inches.
I don't know what.
I don't want it to getdehydrated or anything.
Donna (07:26):
Right, there is a possibility that it could get
dehydrated.
What they'll need is kittenmilk replacer.
My favorite brand to use isMother's Helper.
Caller (07:37):
Okay, right then Now Mother's Helper kitten.
What?
Donna (07:41):
Kitten.
It's Mother's Helper forkittens.
There's a little picture of asquirrel on the top.
Caller (07:46):
Oh, where do I get that ?
Pet stores.
Mark Honas (07:50):
Pet Smart, Petco, Pet Supplies Plus.
Donna (07:51):
Pet Supplies Plus, yes, any of them will carry it.
Dr. Brad (07:53):
Some of the bigger chains might have it too, like
your Meyers, your, whatever.
Caller (07:58):
Oh, I'd have to go to Meyers because it's only 24
hours.
I don't know if it would lastthe night if I didn't feed it
something.
Mark Honas (08:04):
To be honest with you, the chances of this
squirrel making it no matterwhat you do are slim.
Donna (08:08):
Yeah, they're really fragile, really fragile.
Dr. Brad (08:15):
It's been a terrible year for squirrels, and I say
that because we've seen a lot ofbaby squirrels in at the clinic
.
I think we just had a rathergentle winter, so I think we're
seeing a lot more youngsquirrels.
And thus, nature sort of says wedon't need all these squirrels,
and so they sort of get rid ofthem that way.
So yeah, you're facing anuphill battle.
It's hard to do this, but don'tlet the emotions get too much
into it, because your heart willbe broken most of the time.
(08:36):
It's.
When it works, it's great, butwhen it doesn't, you will get a
broken heart.
Caller (08:40):
Oh well, it's already broken.
Mark Honas (08:48):
It's going to be very difficult because the
feedings sometimes have to be asoften as every two hours and
you have to know whether thesquirrel is taking in the milk
or aspirating the milk in thelungs.
Donna (08:55):
You also have to make sure they're pottying.
You have to encourage them topotty.
Caller (08:59):
Oh my God.
Well, I don't know this and Ican't just leave it lay out
there to die.
Dr. Brad (09:04):
What you might want to do is see if you can get
through the night and then calla vet in the morning.
See about getting, becausesometimes what they'll do is
they'll take care of thesquirrel for you.
Caller (09:11):
A vet.
Dr. Brad (09:13):
Or if you have like a relative who's like a vet pack.
Caller (09:16):
Yes, I know he's done this before.
Are you listening, donna?
I won't say your name, I'lljust look at you and whistle.
Mark Honas (09:28):
We know what Donna's doing after the show.
Caller (09:29):
I was hoping that she could come through Garden City
and wait for Redford Right yeah,I already have.
Oh my goodness, she's firing upthe ambulance yeah.
Donna (09:41):
I have a little baby squirrel at home too.
Caller (09:43):
I know you do, I know you do, I know you do.
That's why I'm on the phone,babe, mm-hmm.
Donna (09:48):
Yeah, we can make arrangements.
Okay, all right, hey, thanks,for calling.
Dr. Brad (09:52):
We appreciate it.
All the squirrels are drawn toyou, donna.
What are you nuts?
All right, bye-bye.
Mark Honas (09:56):
Bye-bye.
After the break, we're going tobe talking about.
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Mark Honas (10:44):
Let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Audra, calling infrom Royal Oak Minnesota.
Listen to us in KLIZ's.
Go to Audra, calling in fromRoyal Oak Minnesota.
Listen to us in KLIZ.
Welcome Audra.
What can we do for you today?
Caller (10:54):
Well, hi, I have a cat who's been recently neutered,
but he keeps scratching andpicking at his neutered area.
What could I do to stop it,because then it keeps bleeding?
Dr. Brad (11:04):
Oh, it's bleeding, is it?
How bad is it bleeding?
Donna (11:07):
Like dripping all over the house.
Oh dear.
Dr. Brad (11:10):
Well, one thing you should do is get an Elizabethan
collar, because if we're goingto be going after it, that's one
of the ways to take care of it.
You also should get itrechecked, because if something
is bleeding like that, that'ssomething abnormal.
We shouldn't be bleeding thislong after a procedure.
Caller (11:29):
It's been how long?
Four days.
Dr. Brad (11:30):
Four days.
Yeah, there shouldn't bebleeding any more than the first
day after a procedure at thevery top.
So, yeah, you should get itchecked out.
Just drop by and get thingschecked off at your vet and they
should be able to take care ofthat for you.
Mark Honas (11:43):
Dynamite.
All right, thank you.
Caller (11:50):
And some people know where their vets are, even on
Sundays.
Donna (11:51):
So if you can figure that out.
We'd encourage you to.
Some people want to get all thefree service that they can get.
Caller (11:55):
I don't think that'll be a problem.
Dr. Brad (11:57):
The thing about it is let's just, if it were me.
Mark Honas (12:01):
If it was you, you'd have to find them at the bar on
Sunday.
That's another thing.
Dr. Brad (12:04):
No, but if it were me, seriously, it'd be something
where, when you see somethinglike this, it's very unusual
Neuters are about.
They're so simple that I'vethought about opening just one
of those drive-thru Neuters areus.
Caller (12:14):
Yeah, just a little drive-thru place.
Drive-thru feline, that's active.
Dr. Brad (12:17):
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 noproblem.
The thing about it is it's justthat simple a procedure.
So if you're still seeingbleeding.
Mark Honas (12:28):
Would you like fries with your spay?
But again, it's one of thosethings, get it checked out as
soon as you can.
Dr. Brad (12:33):
It really is worth it.
Just get in as soon as you can,we'll take a look.
Caller (12:37):
Okay, thank you so?
Much.
Mark Honas (12:38):
Hey, thanks for calling, Speaking of which we
should catch up.
Dr. Brad (12:44):
Oddly, I had them out.
Donna (12:46):
And oddly I saw that he actually paid attention.
Mark Honas (12:50):
Don't expect that every day, sir.
Okay, are you ready?
Dr. Brad (12:53):
Yes, we're ready.
Dear Animal Talk, you've gotmail, just a question.
Mark Honas (12:59):
Okay, just an answer .
Dr. Brad (13:00):
I have a female chondro that recently prolapsed
and Dr Alistair sutured.
After removing her sutures Inoticed that she leaks literally
as opposed, I guessfiguratively from her cloaca
like watery fluid versus solidurates.
I don't know if this issomething that is common after a
prolapse or if this is a uniquesituation.
This is signed Angel.
(13:20):
Maybe we could start out.
I didn't understand a word ofthat, mark.
What's a chondro?
Mark Honas (13:25):
A chondro is a green tree python from Southeast Asia
.
What's a chondro?
A chondro is a green treepython from Southeast Asia, and
a prolapse usually refers toeither a prolapse of the
intestine or a prolapse of thepenis, and I'm assuming that the
chondro is probably a prolapseof 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
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happening?
Sometimes the cloaca is alittle loose or may have gotten
injured and opening a littlesmaller.
So what they do is they replacethe prolapse and throw a small
suture, clear fluid.
I'd be less concerned aboutthan fluid with color, but still
I would take the animal back tothe vet.
And, brad, obviously, anyanimal that, after three or four
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days of a surgery, has any kindof a fluid drainage, that's
something to be concerned about.
Dr. Brad (14:13):
Well, the thing, the thing, I don't know.
I don't know anything aboutsnakes.
I don't know the first thingabout snakes, but I do know this
If, if I have a client who'sgot a problem, actually I don't
use my company's sheets fordischarge, I wrote my own
because I wanted the bottom tosay this If you don't know
whether or not to call me aboutsomething, it means you should.
If I want to hear a thousandfalse alarms rather than miss
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one major thing, and so ifyou're worried about your snake,
give a call and have it checkedout, because the worst they're
going to say to you is well, thebest 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 beable to take care of sooner
rather than later.
Mark Honas (14:52):
Especially green tree pythons are usually costing
them about a thousand dollarsor more, so this is not an
inexpensive animal.
Dr. Brad (14:58):
Wow.
Mark Honas (14:58):
So you know this is something you probably want to
get back to the vet.
Get it checked out, make surethat everything is okay.
Caller (15:03):
Wow.
Mark Honas (15:04):
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 (15:13):
that kind of like an oxymoron Reminds me of the old
phrase there's one born everyminute.
Caller (15:21):
Well, I guess if you're just making basement payments,
it's not so bad.
Dr. Brad (15:24):
As it goes.
Mark Honas (15:26):
Okay, let's do another email.
Dr. Brad (15:27):
Okay, hello, you've got mail.
My name is Justine and I have asix-month old.
Wait a second.
I'll explain what's funny in asecond.
Hello, my name is Justine and Ihave 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, howlong will it last?
He Puppy thing, how long willit last?
He really only does it to kids,more so than adults.
(15:48):
Also, he has longer hair thanmost labs.
Could this be an off-breed?
Thank you for your time.
And this is signed Justin.
So it's either Justin orJustine, or someone had an
operation during the letter.
Donna (16:01):
Six-month-old at this point, usually the puppiness is
pretty much weaning down.
At this point We've learned nowlab-sounding dog.
They do stay puppyhood forquite a while, but if he's only
going after kids, this is a veryimportant clue.
What this dog is telling you ishe thinks he's the boss of
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every small person he meets,whether it's a kid or not.
This is something that youshould be taking care of or not.
This is something that youshould be taking care of.
You should get this dog to atrainer and make sure that you
express to the trainer that thisdog only nips and bites
children, because this is goingto become a problem.
He's learning what to do.
He's learning how to keep themall in order, and you're going
to see this progress with age.
It's best to get it taken careof now.
(16:46):
It is not too old.
At six months old, this dog isnot too old to fix this problem,
but you need to get him to atrainer.
Let's play a game.
Dr. Brad (16:54):
Oh, I love playing games.
What are we?
Mark Honas (16:56):
going to do again Tricky trivia.
Caller (17:00):
Read the piece of paper .
Jamie (17:05):
Here we go.
It's time for a tricky trivia.
How do we do this, Brad?
Dr. Brad (17:08):
Well, first Jamie finds the music, then you ask a
question that you sat up latelast night trying to think of,
and if the person calls inguesses the correct answer on
the air, they win a fabulousspecies-specific prize.
Mark Honas (17:21):
Okay, in the Stephen King book it.
Caller (17:24):
It was an alien.
Mark Honas (17:26):
It was an alien.
What kind of alien was he?
It was a type of animal.
It was an alien, it was analien.
Dr. Brad (17:33):
Really yes.
What kind of alien was it?
No, I don't read, not so muchon the reading.
Caller (17:41):
Yeah, I like those picture books.
Jamie (17:45):
Well, actually they're soft covers.
Novels.
Mark Honas (17:49):
We'll throw out a second trivia In Stephen King's
horror book Cujo.
What was wrong with Cujo I?
Dr. Brad (17:55):
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 anemail?
Donna (18:04):
Oh sure, I'd be glad to read an email.
Read an email.
Oh sure I'd be glad to read anemail.
Read an email.
All right, hello, I got mail.
Yay, does you have any info onmonkeys?
If not, can you point us in theright direction Please?
This is not a joke.
Mark Honas (18:21):
So that email question is going to stay around
to the end of time, isn't it?
Oh, yes, the best question ever.
Jamie (18:27):
At least we like it yes.
Dr. Brad (18:27):
You want a real email?
Sure Okay, oh.
Yes, that's the best questionever.
At least we like it.
Yes, you want a real email?
Sure Okay, dear.
Caller (18:31):
Animal Talk.
You've got mail.
Dr. Brad (18:32):
Our 12-year-old female cat has been exhibiting some
strange behavior with a littlerubber shark toy.
Late at night she will bringthe toy into the hallway outside
our bedroom, set it on thefloor in front of her and then
begin to wail and moan.
Usually my husband or I will goout in the hall and pet her for
a while and then everything isfine until the next night when
she does it again.
Do you have any idea of why shemay be doing this?
Thanks, sally.
Donna (18:54):
Well, being a 12-year-old kitty, is that correct?
Yes, 12 years old kitty.
Okay, one of the things that Iwould do, because this is an
unusual behavior for this cat todo.
She's never done this before.
I would have a vet check.
That would be the first thingFor most kitties.
This is a hunting behavior.
This is something that they'vekilled their prize.
They're sharing it with you andthey want you to go wow, what
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the this is the coolest thingever.
Mark Honas (19:19):
Yeah, our cat does it with a stuffed unicorn, right
, I mean cat kills it and bringsit over and shows us he killed
it.
Donna (19:25):
Right, he's you with a gift.
But at 12 years old, if this isa new behavior, I would
definitely have somethingchecked out, because at 12 years
old this is an old kitty.
A little feline dementia maybe,no-transcript.
Mark Honas (19:43):
Very good.
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Let's go to the phones, let'stalk to Mike.
Hey, mike, in Jonesboro, listento us on KBTM.
You there, mike.
Donna (19:51):
I think we just lost him.
Mark Honas (19:53):
I think he just hung up.
Simultaneously Bong.
He's gone Bong he's gone.
Caller (19:59):
Bong, he's gone.
Jamie (20:00):
Or he's gone to the bong.
Mark Honas (20:03):
What's in the news today?
Dr. Brad (20:03):
Dr Brad, oh, good News stories.
We always love the news stories.
It's 20 after the hour.
Mark Honas (20:07):
It's 20 after his time, go ahead.
Dr. Brad (20:14):
Lazy birds given car to migrate south.
Thank you, there we go.
Mark Honas (20:26):
I keep forgetting my job over here.
Dr. Brad (20:29):
Speaking of bongs Researchers have provided a
flock of lazy and disorientedrare birds with a car and driver
because they are incapable ofmigrating on their own.
Ornithologists in Austria havespent more than two years
breeding the northern bald ibisspecies.
They had to drive the birds totheir winter quarters in Italy
by car after discovering theywere unable to make the 500-mile
trip on their own.
They said that the birds wereused to being taken care of and
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refused to fly south.
The group is currently buying10 Humvees for their upcoming
research with Wildebeest.
I saved a better one.
Would you like the better one?
Mark Honas (21:04):
Let's do the better one.
Dr. Brad (21:06):
The headline's better than anything else.
Dogs dressed as nuns snarlBerlin traffic.
Okay, made me think of the nunsback in school, but anyway.
More than 3,000 dogs haveparaded through central Berlin
in a demonstration by owners formore rights and public
tolerance.
A number of the dogs in theparade that snarled traffic
throughout the center of theGerman capital were wearing
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costumes One German shepherd wasdressed, wearing a bumblebee
outfit, and two others weredressed as nuns, accompanied by
a police escort.
The dogs and their ownersmarched some five kilometers
from the victory column, allaround Berlin and back to the
starting point, and the thing Iwas wondering about is Germany
has a victory column.
What Keep score a littledifferent over there.
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Thank you, james.
Mark Honas (21:55):
Okie dokie.
I'm surprised nobody's guessed.
I thought these were two prettyeasy trivias.
Dr. Brad (22:00):
It was an alien seriously In the Stephen King
book it.
Mark Honas (22:03):
It was an alien.
What kind of animal was it?
And in the Stephen King book,cujo.
What was wrong with Cujo tomake him be what he was?
Dr. Brad (22:13):
Tim Curry played Cujo no in it.
He played the.
Mark Honas (22:18):
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 AnimalTalk.
How you doing bud.
Caller (22:29):
Pretty good guys.
How are you all?
Mark Honas (22:31):
Very good, Okay, In the Stephen King horror film it.
What kind of animal was it?
Caller (22:36):
It was a spider.
Mark Honas (22:37):
Correct, and the thing you never wanted to do was
look into the spider'sdeadlights.
I'll tell you what.
Did you read the book, Mike?
Yeah, I'll tell you what itmakes you look when you walk
around grates and sewerentrances for the storm sewers.
It makes you think twice on howclose you want to get, doesn't
it?
Caller (22:56):
And it kind of makes your kind of influences on how
you feel about clowns as well,Absolutely.
Dr. Brad (23:02):
I no longer Didn't affect me.
Was it seriously an alien?
Yeah, it was.
Mark Honas (23:09):
Yes, Fair enough.
And the thing is, is you neverwant to be a child in the city
of Derry Maine?
Donna (23:15):
No, every bad thing happens there.
Mark Honas (23:18):
I just finished reading the book too.
They did another book withaliens in it on Dreamcatcher.
Caller (23:23):
No, no, no.
Derry Maine is also a popularplace for him.
I think it's in like four orfive of his books, yes and the
reality is that Stephen King isa demented man.
Mark Honas (23:34):
This all comes out of his head.
Caller (23:36):
Did you know that he's suffering from macular
degeneration?
Mark Honas (23:39):
Really.
Caller (23:40):
Yeah, yeah, he's saying that the last I read.
He's going to retire in liketwo or three years.
Mark Honas (23:48):
Wow, because he can't ride anymore, because he
can't see.
I guess that's too bad and it'salso good, because I won't have
to be scared of more things.
Hey congrats.
Caller (23:57):
I'm teasing.
Mark Honas (23:58):
I'm teasing.
Gee whiz fine.
You guys make fun of Mike.
They just don't understand myjokes do they.
Nope, and neither do you do you.
Caller (24:09):
A little sometimes.
Mark Honas (24:12):
He knows I'm going to give him a prize, so he's
being nice.
All right, mike, we'll put youon hold and get your information
and get you a gift.
Why don't we do another email,brad?
By the way, we still have theother trivia.
What was wrong with Cujo in thebook?
Cujo?
Because he went around killinga lot of people too.
You know, people die in StephenKing's books all the time from
very, very strange things Carrie, christine, women, cars,
(24:35):
animals everything kills peoplein.
Stephen King's books.
Okay, I'm done.
Now let's do an email.
Donna (24:43):
This is not the Stephen King hour.
Can I read this as Seymour?
Is this like book?
Caller (24:45):
talk or something I don't know.
Go ahead.
Jamie (24:47):
Can I do?
Dr. Brad (24:47):
Seymour Is this like book talk or something I don't
know.
Go ahead, can I do Seymour?
Caller (24:50):
Okay, I don't do Seymour half as well as Jamie
does.
Dr. Brad (24:52):
Seymour, it's his character.
Hey Mark, can I crash a junglecarpet python with a rainbow boa
has?
It ever been done before.
I think it would really begreat.
Caller (25:02):
It would make it worth a fortune.
Dr. Brad (25:04):
Let's get snakes.
I think it's supposed to be.
Caller (25:06):
Let's get snaked but I just won't do that.
I'm sorry.
What?
do you think, Mark?
No, you can't.
You want to cross a what and awhat?
Dr. Brad (25:16):
A jungle carpet python with a rainbow boa.
Mark Honas (25:20):
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-thonsPo-thons.
Donna (25:33):
That's what you get.
Dr. Brad (25:34):
Thank you.
A po-thon, a po-thon, yeah.
Mark Honas (25:38):
And boa constrictors have live young.
Their genetics, their geneticmakeup are so different.
It would be about like having alizard and a snake or a lizard
and a turtle.
It's just not going to happen.
Jamie (25:49):
It's like elephant and pot-bellied pig genes just won't
splice.
Just won't splice.
You know the?
Donna (25:54):
song.
Mark Honas (25:57):
Never mind, there's a song out there and I'm not
cool enough to know it Is thatit Pretty much, yeah, okay fine.
I'm not cool enough to knowmuch, am I?
No, I'm not cool enough to knowmuch, am I?
Dr. Brad (26:08):
Fine, fine.
Another email, brad.
Surely Dear Animal Talk.
You've got mail.
Oh, this is topical.
We are traveling over theThanksgiving weekend and we are
going to leave our dog at thekennel.
How can we make his stay aspleasant as possible?
Do you have any tips?
I feel guilty leaving him, butwe have no choice.
And this is signed, kate.
Oh, what do I feel guilty?
Leaving him, but we have nochoice.
And this is signed, kate.
(26:28):
What do you think?
Donna (26:29):
One of the things that we do for ours when we do kennel
dogs there is, we usually liketo keep their feeding schedules
as close to what the owners aredoing as possible their walking
schedules.
Make sure that they understand.
Write a very clear, defined dayschedule for your dog.
What does your dog do at whattime during the day so that we
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can try to keep the dog on thatschedule, because that's going
to have them be the mostcomfortable their favorite toy.
Bring that along their own food.
Provide their own food, becausethe vet clinics we do feed a
good diet, but it may not be thegood diet you're feeding and if
you change a diet you cancreate all kinds of problems.
Mark Honas (27:11):
So try to keep the diet, the same.
Donna (27:13):
We also have people bring their favorite blanket or you
know something along those linesto make the dog feel more at
home.
But the schedule is the mostimportant thing.
Make sure that your vet knows,or the kennel if it's a kennel
itself make sure that they knowwhat the dog's schedule is.
Dr. Brad (27:30):
Okay, very good, next one, next one.
Oh, this one's for me, dear Dr.
Brad.
We are considering getting a.
Dalmatian, but I have heard thatmany of them are born deaf.
Is that true, and do Dalmatiansmake a good dog to have with
young children?
I have three children rangingin age as follows three, seven
and ten.
We are doing our homeworkbefore we get a new family dog.
(27:51):
My kids want a Dalmatianbecause they love 101 Dalmatians
and this is signed Cindy.
Now, the deafness in Dalmatiansit does happen, but I really
think that's overrated.
I mean it doesn't happen verymuch and you can screen now.
There's different tests you cando.
There's so many other reasonsnot to get a Dalmatian.
Mark Honas (28:06):
You don't need that.
Dr. Brad (28:07):
Yeah you don't need that reason.
They do indeed have spottyreputations.
Donna (28:14):
But no, they are nuts.
I wouldn't recommend them withsmall children.
That's a lot of energy in quitea strong body and they tend to
barrel anything over that theycome in contact with.
So a three-year-old would notfare very well in that home.
Dr. Brad (28:27):
They're not spotted laps, they really are.
They really are a differenttype of dog, different
personality.
Donna (28:31):
They really do have a very different personality.
Mark Honas (28:34):
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Hey, peggy, welcome to AnimalTalk.
You there, peggy.
Yeah, okay, what is wrong withCujo?
Caller (28:43):
Well, he's crazy, probably a brain disease, rabies
possibly, and he's St Bernard.
Mark Honas (28:51):
There you go, and yes, I read the book.
You hit the nail on the head.
Congratulations.
We'll get your information andsend you a prize.
Dr. Brad (29:01):
You know, Mark, every once in a while there's just an
important environmental issuethat we need to address, and you
know our own Dr Brad herewanted to point something out.
I like to get back.
I'm Will Stevens, but you knowme better from my portrayal of
Dr Brad Davis on the syndicatedradio show Animal Talk.
Everyone's been affected by therecent economic downturn, with
(29:22):
major cutbacks in industry.
Some financial advisory firmsand Internet companies have even
had to shred documents to savemoney on storage.
Cutbacks have been felt in thenational park system as well.
Lack of funding has forced theunfortunate layoffs of much of
the wildlife we've come toexpect in our national park
system.
It's not unusual to see a blackbear working at McDonald's
(29:42):
drive-thru in Colorado or acougar selling nachos at a
Seattle Mariner game, justtrying to make ends meet.
The most hard hit of all thecutbacks would be the beaver.
Who doesn't love looking at abeaver swimming gently through
the water?
Now many of these beavers arehomeless, living in the street
with signs that say Will gnawwood for food.
Humans that understand beaversor hub takes donations to get
(30:06):
homes for these proud animalswhile they learn a new career.
So please contact your regionalHub office to donate sticks and
logs.
Please show you care aboutthese wonderful creatures.
When it comes to homelessbeavers, won't you please give a
damn?
Jamie (30:20):
There you go, just trying to keep people current on the
things that are happening, theimportant things in the world
that are happening today.
Mark Honas (30:27):
That's true.
Dr. Brad (30:30):
And so the question also is answered how far will
you go?
Mark Honas (30:32):
for a good pun, or any pun for that matter that was
a good long distance Need a mapfor that one, oh my goodness.
Well, we hope you enjoyed thissection of your weekend that is
known as Animal Talk.
I pulled that out pretty good,didn't you think?
Jamie (30:51):
I was lost and came back around.
I was wondering.
We do this every Saturday andSunday.
Dr. Brad (30:56):
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 goingto be yet, but supposedly we're
going to be talking aboutwildlife hunting fishing
(31:16):
conservation with Chuck Wooleryand.
Mark Honas (31:19):
Brad does an unbelievable Woolery.
Dr. Brad (31:22):
Well, here he is on lingo.
What am I doing?
Mark Honas (31:28):
here.
There you go.
All right For everybody here.
Have an exotic week, Kiss yourwild thing for me.
Jamie (31:34):
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Caller (32:15):
Bye-bye boys.
Have fun storming the castle,Think it'll work.
It would take a while Bye-bye.
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So here we go Having a littlebit of fun.
It's Animal Talk.
Mark Honas (01:11):
And we are now open lines?
No, we're not.
Oh no, throw the switch.
Ka-chunk, that is ourmulti-million dollar sound
effect.
It was amazing All of thedifferent focus groups we had to
go through to find out thatthat was To find the most
pleasing sound.
Yes, that was the one thatpeople went.
Oh, I must call now.
Dr. Brad (01:28):
You know people are downloading that and using that
on their computers For when theymake a mistake.
You know ka-chunk.
Mark Honas (01:33):
And that's you know, and we're not even going to get
them for copyright infringement.
Dr. Brad (01:37):
No, no, that's our gift to you.
Mark Honas (01:39):
That's exactly.
Dr. Brad (01:39):
We why.
Mark Honas (01:40):
Because we care yes.
Dr. Brad (01:42):
That's it.
Mark Honas (01:44):
Good, I got the answer right.
I was afraid I was wrong.
Donna (01:46):
I wasn't sure if you guys had discussed something when I
was out of the room or what wasgoing on over there we don't
talk.
Mark Honas (01:52):
I can tell no that was called Tangent Radio, you
know coming up this next week.
Dr Brad Davis is going to beleaving the country.
Caller (02:00):
Yes.
Donna (02:05):
And actually not by our request.
He's doing it on his own.
Yeah, he beat us to it, wedidn't have to ask.
Dr. Brad (02:07):
I heard there might be a draft.
No, no no.
I'm a long-haired hippie.
Caller (02:13):
You're going to draft Middle-Aged Vets.
Dr. Brad (02:14):
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 differencesbetween Italy and the United
States, a little contrastingbetween the two.
I'm not saying they're all good, but they're educational,
they're educational.
For instance, like Italy hasthe Coliseum, the United States
(02:36):
has places like theInternational House of Pancakes
Stadium, the United States hasorganized crime and Italy you
got nothing.
Nothing.
Caller (02:45):
Nothing, okay, italy.
Dr. Brad (02:50):
In Italy, Florence is considered to be the center of
the Renaissance.
In the United States, Florenceis considered to be George
Jefferson's maid.
Jamie (02:55):
Oh yeah, I was going to say the mother on the Brady
Bunch.
Yeah, okay.
Dr. Brad (03:01):
In Italy, the moral center is the Pope.
In the United States, the moralcenter is Jerry Springer.
In Italy, cinema is a majorpart of the culture and taken
very seriously.
In the United States we havefrom Justin to Kelly and Gigli,
and this is for all of Europe.
In Europe, a typical referencewould be it's like Victor Hugo
said in Les Miserables.
In the United States and the US, a typical reference would be
(03:24):
it's like Norm said to Cliff inthat One Cheers episode.
In Italy, soccer is everythingand life revolves around your
home team.
In the US, was it soccer wherethat woman took her shirt off
after scoring a goal?
Italy, roberto Benigni.
Us, robin Williams.
Caller (03:43):
In the.
Dr. Brad (03:43):
US Congress impeaches a president for having an
extramarital affair in highlypublic debates.
In Italy, parliament would passa secret resolution promising
not to tell the First Lady.
In Italy there's Venice, wherethe streets are waterways
passable only by boats.
In the United States, samething every summer, every town
next to the Mississippi River.
And finally, finally, in theUnited States we have no fear of
(04:08):
our northern neighbor Canada,because we're such good friends.
Italy has no fear of northernneighbor France invading because
they're pansies.
That's a compare and contrastbetween the US and Italy.
Mark Honas (04:21):
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 ofOmaha.
What can we do for you today,bruce?
Caller (04:30):
I've got a three-year-old female.
She's half chow and half GermanShepherd and usually when she's
in the house we keep her in akennel if we're not up or home.
Mark Honas (04:45):
Very good.
Caller (04:47):
And lately she's been peeing on the carpet, like
almost every night.
It started, it was once in awhile, and now it's every night
that we leave her out, so wehave a pee-pee problem.
Donna (05:06):
Yeah, basically, she can't figure out what to do with
all that freedom.
She doesn't realize that everyroom in your house is also
considered her den.
There's nothing wrong withkeeping them crated overnight.
I do with my dogs each night.
They're crated.
That's their bed, their placeto be, their safe haven, it's
(05:27):
their bedroom.
There's nothing wrong with that.
Caller (05:32):
Okay.
Mark Honas (05:34):
She can't pee if she's not out.
Donna (05:35):
Right.
Caller (05:39):
So basically, if there's really no way of keeping
her from, she learned realquick that she's only allowed in
certain parts of the house.
Mark Honas (05:49):
But you can't be there overnight to make the
correction.
You can't see her.
Caller (05:53):
Right, if you're not there to stop it.
Donna (05:55):
You need to catch them in the act in order to make a
difference.
Mark Honas (05:58):
See if you rub your dog's nose in it or correct them
even two seconds after the factit does nothing.
Caller (06:03):
No, I didn't, because it's always the next morning.
Mark Honas (06:07):
Right.
Caller (06:07):
It's too late, it's in a different spot, so you don't
run across it.
I remember growing up.
Mark Honas (06:11):
my dad did that to one of our dogs and our dog
started peeing and poopingbehind the couch.
As Donna told me later, it'sbecause my dad taught the dog I
don't want that around me, so hetook it and hid it from him.
Dr. Brad (06:24):
There's something to throw in here is that
housebreaking is a two-stepprocess.
Step one is learning where notto go.
Step two is learning where togo.
Right now we know where not togo, which is in our crate and
the rest of the world is okay.
We just need to keep with thetraining and eventually it might
be okay.
But staying in the crate.
Donna (06:40):
There's nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong with
that at all.
Mark Honas (06:42):
Hey, thanks for calling bruce.
We appreciate it.
Let's go to mrs wilson ingarden city.
Mrs wilson, welcome to animaltalk.
What can we do for you today?
Caller (06:49):
yes, thank you.
I'm uh donna's sister'smother-in-law well, welcome, mrs
wilson, what can we do for you?
Thank you.
I am holding, as we speak, atiny little squirrel that I just
got.
It fell out of the nest, ofcourse.
Donna (07:04):
Oh boy.
Caller (07:05):
And I don't know what to feed it.
I've got it wrapped and it'sbreathing, but it's not walking.
I mean, you know it's veryyoung, it's only probably.
Donna (07:15):
Are its eyes open.
Caller (07:17):
Well, it seems like he's sleeping.
Donna (07:20):
Okay.
Caller (07:21):
Now it's about three inches.
I don't know what.
I don't want it to getdehydrated or anything.
Donna (07:26):
Right, there is a possibility that it could get
dehydrated.
What they'll need is kittenmilk replacer.
My favorite brand to use isMother's Helper.
Caller (07:37):
Okay, right then Now Mother's Helper kitten.
What?
Donna (07:41):
Kitten.
It's Mother's Helper forkittens.
There's a little picture of asquirrel on the top.
Caller (07:46):
Oh, where do I get that ?
Pet stores.
Mark Honas (07:50):
Pet Smart, Petco, Pet Supplies Plus.
Donna (07:51):
Pet Supplies Plus, yes, any of them will carry it.
Dr. Brad (07:53):
Some of the bigger chains might have it too, like
your Meyers, your, whatever.
Caller (07:58):
Oh, I'd have to go to Meyers because it's only 24
hours.
I don't know if it would lastthe night if I didn't feed it
something.
Mark Honas (08:04):
To be honest with you, the chances of this
squirrel making it no matterwhat you do are slim.
Donna (08:08):
Yeah, they're really fragile, really fragile.
Dr. Brad (08:15):
It's been a terrible year for squirrels, and I say
that because we've seen a lot ofbaby squirrels in at the clinic
.
I think we just had a rathergentle winter, so I think we're
seeing a lot more youngsquirrels.
And thus, nature sort of says wedon't need all these squirrels,
and so they sort of get rid ofthem that way.
So yeah, you're facing anuphill battle.
It's hard to do this, but don'tlet the emotions get too much
into it, because your heart willbe broken most of the time.
(08:36):
It's.
When it works, it's great, butwhen it doesn't, you will get a
broken heart.
Caller (08:40):
Oh well, it's already broken.
Mark Honas (08:48):
It's going to be very difficult because the
feedings sometimes have to be asoften as every two hours and
you have to know whether thesquirrel is taking in the milk
or aspirating the milk in thelungs.
Donna (08:55):
You also have to make sure they're pottying.
You have to encourage them topotty.
Caller (08:59):
Oh my God.
Well, I don't know this and Ican't just leave it lay out
there to die.
Dr. Brad (09:04):
What you might want to do is see if you can get
through the night and then calla vet in the morning.
See about getting, becausesometimes what they'll do is
they'll take care of thesquirrel for you.
Caller (09:11):
A vet.
Dr. Brad (09:13):
Or if you have like a relative who's like a vet pack.
Caller (09:16):
Yes, I know he's done this before.
Are you listening, donna?
I won't say your name, I'lljust look at you and whistle.
Mark Honas (09:28):
We know what Donna's doing after the show.
Caller (09:29):
I was hoping that she could come through Garden City
and wait for Redford Right yeah,I already have.
Oh my goodness, she's firing upthe ambulance yeah.
Donna (09:41):
I have a little baby squirrel at home too.
Caller (09:43):
I know you do, I know you do, I know you do.
That's why I'm on the phone,babe, mm-hmm.
Donna (09:48):
Yeah, we can make arrangements.
Okay, all right, hey, thanks,for calling.
Dr. Brad (09:52):
We appreciate it.
All the squirrels are drawn toyou, donna.
What are you nuts?
All right, bye-bye.
Mark Honas (09:56):
Bye-bye.
After the break, we're going tobe talking about.
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Mark Honas (10:44):
Let's go to the phones.
Let's go to Audra, calling infrom Royal Oak Minnesota.
Listen to us in KLIZ's.
Go to Audra, calling in fromRoyal Oak Minnesota.
Listen to us in KLIZ.
Welcome Audra.
What can we do for you today?
Caller (10:54):
Well, hi, I have a cat who's been recently neutered,
but he keeps scratching andpicking at his neutered area.
What could I do to stop it,because then it keeps bleeding?
Dr. Brad (11:04):
Oh, it's bleeding, is it?
How bad is it bleeding?
Donna (11:07):
Like dripping all over the house.
Oh dear.
Dr. Brad (11:10):
Well, one thing you should do is get an Elizabethan
collar, because if we're goingto be going after it, that's one
of the ways to take care of it.
You also should get itrechecked, because if something
is bleeding like that, that'ssomething abnormal.
We shouldn't be bleeding thislong after a procedure.
Caller (11:29):
It's been how long?
Four days.
Dr. Brad (11:30):
Four days.
Yeah, there shouldn't bebleeding any more than the first
day after a procedure at thevery top.
So, yeah, you should get itchecked out.
Just drop by and get thingschecked off at your vet and they
should be able to take care ofthat for you.
Mark Honas (11:43):
Dynamite.
All right, thank you.
Caller (11:50):
And some people know where their vets are, even on
Sundays.
Donna (11:51):
So if you can figure that out.
We'd encourage you to.
Some people want to get all thefree service that they can get.
Caller (11:55):
I don't think that'll be a problem.
Dr. Brad (11:57):
The thing about it is let's just, if it were me.
Mark Honas (12:01):
If it was you, you'd have to find them at the bar on
Sunday.
That's another thing.
Dr. Brad (12:04):
No, but if it were me, seriously, it'd be something
where, when you see somethinglike this, it's very unusual
Neuters are about.
They're so simple that I'vethought about opening just one
of those drive-thru Neuters areus.
Caller (12:14):
Yeah, just a little drive-thru place.
Drive-thru feline, that's active.
Dr. Brad (12:17):
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 noproblem.
The thing about it is it's justthat simple a procedure.
So if you're still seeingbleeding.
Mark Honas (12:28):
Would you like fries with your spay?
But again, it's one of thosethings, get it checked out as
soon as you can.
Dr. Brad (12:33):
It really is worth it.
Just get in as soon as you can,we'll take a look.
Caller (12:37):
Okay, thank you so?
Much.
Mark Honas (12:38):
Hey, thanks for calling, Speaking of which we
should catch up.
Dr. Brad (12:44):
Oddly, I had them out.
Donna (12:46):
And oddly I saw that he actually paid attention.
Mark Honas (12:50):
Don't expect that every day, sir.
Okay, are you ready?
Dr. Brad (12:53):
Yes, we're ready.
Dear Animal Talk, you've gotmail, just a question.
Mark Honas (12:59):
Okay, just an answer .
Dr. Brad (13:00):
I have a female chondro that recently prolapsed
and Dr Alistair sutured.
After removing her sutures Inoticed that she leaks literally
as opposed, I guessfiguratively from her cloaca
like watery fluid versus solidurates.
I don't know if this issomething that is common after a
prolapse or if this is a uniquesituation.
This is signed Angel.
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Maybe we could start out.
I didn't understand a word ofthat, mark.
What's a chondro?
Mark Honas (13:25):
A chondro is a green tree python from Southeast Asia
.
What's a chondro?
A chondro is a green treepython from Southeast Asia, and
a prolapse usually refers toeither a prolapse of the
intestine or a prolapse of thepenis, and I'm assuming that the
chondro is probably a prolapseof 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
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happening?
Sometimes the cloaca is alittle loose or may have gotten
injured and opening a littlesmaller.
So what they do is they replacethe prolapse and throw a small
suture, clear fluid.
I'd be less concerned aboutthan fluid with color, but still
I would take the animal back tothe vet.
And, brad, obviously, anyanimal that, after three or four
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days of a surgery, has any kindof a fluid drainage, that's
something to be concerned about.
Dr. Brad (14:13):
Well, the thing, the thing, I don't know.
I don't know anything aboutsnakes.
I don't know the first thingabout snakes, but I do know this
If, if I have a client who'sgot a problem, actually I don't
use my company's sheets fordischarge, I wrote my own
because I wanted the bottom tosay this If you don't know
whether or not to call me aboutsomething, it means you should.
If I want to hear a thousandfalse alarms rather than miss
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one major thing, and so ifyou're worried about your snake,
give a call and have it checkedout, because the worst they're
going to say to you is well, thebest 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 beable to take care of sooner
rather than later.
Mark Honas (14:52):
Especially green tree pythons are usually costing
them about a thousand dollarsor more, so this is not an
inexpensive animal.
Dr. Brad (14:58):
Wow.
Mark Honas (14:58):
So you know this is something you probably want to
get back to the vet.
Get it checked out, make surethat everything is okay.
Caller (15:03):
Wow.
Mark Honas (15:04):
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 (15:13):
that kind of like an oxymoron Reminds me of the old
phrase there's one born everyminute.
Caller (15:21):
Well, I guess if you're just making basement payments,
it's not so bad.
Dr. Brad (15:24):
As it goes.
Mark Honas (15:26):
Okay, let's do another email.
Dr. Brad (15:27):
Okay, hello, you've got mail.
My name is Justine and I have asix-month old.
Wait a second.
I'll explain what's funny in asecond.
Hello, my name is Justine and Ihave 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, howlong will it last?
He Puppy thing, how long willit last?
He really only does it to kids,more so than adults.
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Also, he has longer hair thanmost labs.
Could this be an off-breed?
Thank you for your time.
And this is signed Justin.
So it's either Justin orJustine, or someone had an
operation during the letter.
Donna (16:01):
Six-month-old at this point, usually the puppiness is
pretty much weaning down.
At this point We've learned nowlab-sounding dog.
They do stay puppyhood forquite a while, but if he's only
going after kids, this is a veryimportant clue.
What this dog is telling you ishe thinks he's the boss of
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every small person he meets,whether it's a kid or not.
This is something that youshould be taking care of or not.
This is something that youshould be taking care of.
You should get this dog to atrainer and make sure that you
express to the trainer that thisdog only nips and bites
children, because this is goingto become a problem.
He's learning what to do.
He's learning how to keep themall in order, and you're going
to see this progress with age.
It's best to get it taken careof now.
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It is not too old.
At six months old, this dog isnot too old to fix this problem,
but you need to get him to atrainer.
Let's play a game.
Dr. Brad (16:54):
Oh, I love playing games.
What are we?
Mark Honas (16:56):
going to do again Tricky trivia.
Caller (17:00):
Read the piece of paper .
Jamie (17:05):
Here we go.
It's time for a tricky trivia.
How do we do this, Brad?
Dr. Brad (17:08):
Well, first Jamie finds the music, then you ask a
question that you sat up latelast night trying to think of,
and if the person calls inguesses the correct answer on
the air, they win a fabulousspecies-specific prize.
Mark Honas (17:21):
Okay, in the Stephen King book it.
Caller (17:24):
It was an alien.
Mark Honas (17:26):
It was an alien.
What kind of alien was he?
It was a type of animal.
It was an alien, it was analien.
Dr. Brad (17:33):
Really yes.
What kind of alien was it?
No, I don't read, not so muchon the reading.
Caller (17:41):
Yeah, I like those picture books.
Jamie (17:45):
Well, actually they're soft covers.
Novels.
Mark Honas (17:49):
We'll throw out a second trivia In Stephen King's
horror book Cujo.
What was wrong with Cujo I?
Dr. Brad (17:55):
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 anemail?
Donna (18:04):
Oh sure, I'd be glad to read an email.
Read an email.
Oh sure I'd be glad to read anemail.
Read an email.
All right, hello, I got mail.
Yay, does you have any info onmonkeys?
If not, can you point us in theright direction Please?
This is not a joke.
Mark Honas (18:21):
So that email question is going to stay around
to the end of time, isn't it?
Oh, yes, the best question ever.
Jamie (18:27):
At least we like it yes.
Dr. Brad (18:27):
You want a real email?
Sure Okay, oh.
Yes, that's the best questionever.
At least we like it.
Yes, you want a real email?
Sure Okay, dear.
Caller (18:31):
Animal Talk.
You've got mail.
Dr. Brad (18:32):
Our 12-year-old female cat has been exhibiting some
strange behavior with a littlerubber shark toy.
Late at night she will bringthe toy into the hallway outside
our bedroom, set it on thefloor in front of her and then
begin to wail and moan.
Usually my husband or I will goout in the hall and pet her for
a while and then everything isfine until the next night when
she does it again.
Do you have any idea of why shemay be doing this?
Thanks, sally.
Donna (18:54):
Well, being a 12-year-old kitty, is that correct?
Yes, 12 years old kitty.
Okay, one of the things that Iwould do, because this is an
unusual behavior for this cat todo.
She's never done this before.
I would have a vet check.
That would be the first thingFor most kitties.
This is a hunting behavior.
This is something that they'vekilled their prize.
They're sharing it with you andthey want you to go wow, what
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the this is the coolest thingever.
Mark Honas (19:19):
Yeah, our cat does it with a stuffed unicorn, right
, I mean cat kills it and bringsit over and shows us he killed
it.
Donna (19:25):
Right, he's you with a gift.
But at 12 years old, if this isa new behavior, I would
definitely have somethingchecked out, because at 12 years
old this is an old kitty.
A little feline dementia maybe,no-transcript.
Mark Honas (19:43):
Very good.
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Let's go to the phones, let'stalk to Mike.
Hey, mike, in Jonesboro, listento us on KBTM.
You there, mike.
Donna (19:51):
I think we just lost him.
Mark Honas (19:53):
I think he just hung up.
Simultaneously Bong.
He's gone Bong he's gone.
Caller (19:59):
Bong, he's gone.
Jamie (20:00):
Or he's gone to the bong.
Mark Honas (20:03):
What's in the news today?
Dr. Brad (20:03):
Dr Brad, oh, good News stories.
We always love the news stories.
It's 20 after the hour.
Mark Honas (20:07):
It's 20 after his time, go ahead.
Dr. Brad (20:14):
Lazy birds given car to migrate south.
Thank you, there we go.
Mark Honas (20:26):
I keep forgetting my job over here.
Dr. Brad (20:29):
Speaking of bongs Researchers have provided a
flock of lazy and disorientedrare birds with a car and driver
because they are incapable ofmigrating on their own.
Ornithologists in Austria havespent more than two years
breeding the northern bald ibisspecies.
They had to drive the birds totheir winter quarters in Italy
by car after discovering theywere unable to make the 500-mile
trip on their own.
They said that the birds wereused to being taken care of and
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refused to fly south.
The group is currently buying10 Humvees for their upcoming
research with Wildebeest.
I saved a better one.
Would you like the better one?
Mark Honas (21:04):
Let's do the better one.
Dr. Brad (21:06):
The headline's better than anything else.
Dogs dressed as nuns snarlBerlin traffic.
Okay, made me think of the nunsback in school, but anyway.
More than 3,000 dogs haveparaded through central Berlin
in a demonstration by owners formore rights and public
tolerance.
A number of the dogs in theparade that snarled traffic
throughout the center of theGerman capital were wearing
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costumes One German shepherd wasdressed, wearing a bumblebee
outfit, and two others weredressed as nuns, accompanied by
a police escort.
The dogs and their ownersmarched some five kilometers
from the victory column, allaround Berlin and back to the
starting point, and the thing Iwas wondering about is Germany
has a victory column.
What Keep score a littledifferent over there.
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Thank you, james.
Mark Honas (21:55):
Okie dokie.
I'm surprised nobody's guessed.
I thought these were two prettyeasy trivias.
Dr. Brad (22:00):
It was an alien seriously In the Stephen King
book it.
Mark Honas (22:03):
It was an alien.
What kind of animal was it?
And in the Stephen King book,cujo.
What was wrong with Cujo tomake him be what he was?
Dr. Brad (22:13):
Tim Curry played Cujo no in it.
He played the.
Mark Honas (22:18):
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 AnimalTalk.
How you doing bud.
Caller (22:29):
Pretty good guys.
How are you all?
Mark Honas (22:31):
Very good, Okay, In the Stephen King horror film it.
What kind of animal was it?
Caller (22:36):
It was a spider.
Mark Honas (22:37):
Correct, and the thing you never wanted to do was
look into the spider'sdeadlights.
I'll tell you what.
Did you read the book, Mike?
Yeah, I'll tell you what itmakes you look when you walk
around grates and sewerentrances for the storm sewers.
It makes you think twice on howclose you want to get, doesn't
it?
Caller (22:56):
And it kind of makes your kind of influences on how
you feel about clowns as well,Absolutely.
Dr. Brad (23:02):
I no longer Didn't affect me.
Was it seriously an alien?
Yeah, it was.
Mark Honas (23:09):
Yes, Fair enough.
And the thing is, is you neverwant to be a child in the city
of Derry Maine?
Donna (23:15):
No, every bad thing happens there.
Mark Honas (23:18):
I just finished reading the book too.
They did another book withaliens in it on Dreamcatcher.
Caller (23:23):
No, no, no.
Derry Maine is also a popularplace for him.
I think it's in like four orfive of his books, yes and the
reality is that Stephen King isa demented man.
Mark Honas (23:34):
This all comes out of his head.
Caller (23:36):
Did you know that he's suffering from macular
degeneration?
Mark Honas (23:39):
Really.
Caller (23:40):
Yeah, yeah, he's saying that the last I read.
He's going to retire in liketwo or three years.
Mark Honas (23:48):
Wow, because he can't ride anymore, because he
can't see.
I guess that's too bad and it'salso good, because I won't have
to be scared of more things.
Hey congrats.
Caller (23:57):
I'm teasing.
Mark Honas (23:58):
I'm teasing.
Gee whiz fine.
You guys make fun of Mike.
They just don't understand myjokes do they.
Nope, and neither do you do you.
Caller (24:09):
A little sometimes.
Mark Honas (24:12):
He knows I'm going to give him a prize, so he's
being nice.
All right, mike, we'll put youon hold and get your information
and get you a gift.
Why don't we do another email,brad?
By the way, we still have theother trivia.
What was wrong with Cujo in thebook?
Cujo?
Because he went around killinga lot of people too.
You know, people die in StephenKing's books all the time from
very, very strange things Carrie, christine, women, cars,
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animals everything kills peoplein.
Stephen King's books.
Okay, I'm done.
Now let's do an email.
Donna (24:43):
This is not the Stephen King hour.
Can I read this as Seymour?
Is this like book?
Caller (24:45):
talk or something I don't know.
Go ahead.
Jamie (24:47):
Can I do?
Dr. Brad (24:47):
Seymour Is this like book talk or something I don't
know.
Go ahead, can I do Seymour?
Caller (24:50):
Okay, I don't do Seymour half as well as Jamie
does.
Dr. Brad (24:52):
Seymour, it's his character.
Hey Mark, can I crash a junglecarpet python with a rainbow boa
has?
It ever been done before.
I think it would really begreat.
Caller (25:02):
It would make it worth a fortune.
Dr. Brad (25:04):
Let's get snakes.
I think it's supposed to be.
Caller (25:06):
Let's get snaked but I just won't do that.
I'm sorry.
What?
do you think, Mark?
No, you can't.
You want to cross a what and awhat?
Dr. Brad (25:16):
A jungle carpet python with a rainbow boa.
Mark Honas (25:20):
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-thonsPo-thons.
Donna (25:33):
That's what you get.
Dr. Brad (25:34):
Thank you.
A po-thon, a po-thon, yeah.
Mark Honas (25:38):
And boa constrictors have live young.
Their genetics, their geneticmakeup are so different.
It would be about like having alizard and a snake or a lizard
and a turtle.
It's just not going to happen.
Jamie (25:49):
It's like elephant and pot-bellied pig genes just won't
splice.
Just won't splice.
You know the?
Donna (25:54):
song.
Mark Honas (25:57):
Never mind, there's a song out there and I'm not
cool enough to know it Is thatit Pretty much, yeah, okay fine.
I'm not cool enough to knowmuch, am I?
No, I'm not cool enough to knowmuch, am I?
Dr. Brad (26:08):
Fine, fine.
Another email, brad.
Surely Dear Animal Talk.
You've got mail.
Oh, this is topical.
We are traveling over theThanksgiving weekend and we are
going to leave our dog at thekennel.
How can we make his stay aspleasant as possible?
Do you have any tips?
I feel guilty leaving him, butwe have no choice.
And this is signed, kate.
Oh, what do I feel guilty?
Leaving him, but we have nochoice.
And this is signed, kate.
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What do you think?
Donna (26:29):
One of the things that we do for ours when we do kennel
dogs there is, we usually liketo keep their feeding schedules
as close to what the owners aredoing as possible their walking
schedules.
Make sure that they understand.
Write a very clear, defined dayschedule for your dog.
What does your dog do at whattime during the day so that we
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can try to keep the dog on thatschedule, because that's going
to have them be the mostcomfortable their favorite toy.
Bring that along their own food.
Provide their own food, becausethe vet clinics we do feed a
good diet, but it may not be thegood diet you're feeding and if
you change a diet you cancreate all kinds of problems.
Mark Honas (27:11):
So try to keep the diet, the same.
Donna (27:13):
We also have people bring their favorite blanket or you
know something along those linesto make the dog feel more at
home.
But the schedule is the mostimportant thing.
Make sure that your vet knows,or the kennel if it's a kennel
itself make sure that they knowwhat the dog's schedule is.
Dr. Brad (27:30):
Okay, very good, next one, next one.
Oh, this one's for me, dear Dr.
Brad.
We are considering getting a.
Dalmatian, but I have heard thatmany of them are born deaf.
Is that true, and do Dalmatiansmake a good dog to have with
young children?
I have three children rangingin age as follows three, seven
and ten.
We are doing our homeworkbefore we get a new family dog.
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My kids want a Dalmatianbecause they love 101 Dalmatians
and this is signed Cindy.
Now, the deafness in Dalmatiansit does happen, but I really
think that's overrated.
I mean it doesn't happen verymuch and you can screen now.
There's different tests you cando.
There's so many other reasonsnot to get a Dalmatian.
Mark Honas (28:06):
You don't need that.
Dr. Brad (28:07):
Yeah you don't need that reason.
They do indeed have spottyreputations.
Donna (28:14):
But no, they are nuts.
I wouldn't recommend them withsmall children.
That's a lot of energy in quitea strong body and they tend to
barrel anything over that theycome in contact with.
So a three-year-old would notfare very well in that home.
Dr. Brad (28:27):
They're not spotted laps, they really are.
They really are a differenttype of dog, different
personality.
Donna (28:31):
They really do have a very different personality.
Mark Honas (28:34):
Hey, let's go to the phones.
Hey, peggy, welcome to AnimalTalk.
You there, peggy.
Yeah, okay, what is wrong withCujo?
Caller (28:43):
Well, he's crazy, probably a brain disease, rabies
possibly, and he's St Bernard.
Mark Honas (28:51):
There you go, and yes, I read the book.
You hit the nail on the head.
Congratulations.
We'll get your information andsend you a prize.
Dr. Brad (29:01):
You know, Mark, every once in a while there's just an
important environmental issuethat we need to address, and you
know our own Dr Brad herewanted to point something out.
I like to get back.
I'm Will Stevens, but you knowme better from my portrayal of
Dr Brad Davis on the syndicatedradio show Animal Talk.
Everyone's been affected by therecent economic downturn, with
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major cutbacks in industry.
Some financial advisory firmsand Internet companies have even
had to shred documents to savemoney on storage.
Cutbacks have been felt in thenational park system as well.
Lack of funding has forced theunfortunate layoffs of much of
the wildlife we've come toexpect in our national park
system.
It's not unusual to see a blackbear working at McDonald's
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drive-thru in Colorado or acougar selling nachos at a
Seattle Mariner game, justtrying to make ends meet.
The most hard hit of all thecutbacks would be the beaver.
Who doesn't love looking at abeaver swimming gently through
the water?
Now many of these beavers arehomeless, living in the street
with signs that say Will gnawwood for food.
Humans that understand beaversor hub takes donations to get
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homes for these proud animalswhile they learn a new career.
So please contact your regionalHub office to donate sticks and
logs.
Please show you care aboutthese wonderful creatures.
When it comes to homelessbeavers, won't you please give a
damn?
Jamie (30:20):
There you go, just trying to keep people current on the
things that are happening, theimportant things in the world
that are happening today.
Mark Honas (30:27):
That's true.
Dr. Brad (30:30):
And so the question also is answered how far will
you go?
Mark Honas (30:32):
for a good pun, or any pun for that matter that was
a good long distance Need a mapfor that one, oh my goodness.
Well, we hope you enjoyed thissection of your weekend that is
known as Animal Talk.
I pulled that out pretty good,didn't you think?
Jamie (30:51):
I was lost and came back around.
I was wondering.
We do this every Saturday andSunday.
Dr. Brad (30:56):
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 goingto be yet, but supposedly we're
going to be talking aboutwildlife hunting fishing
(31:16):
conservation with Chuck Wooleryand.
Mark Honas (31:19):
Brad does an unbelievable Woolery.
Dr. Brad (31:22):
Well, here he is on lingo.
What am I doing?
Mark Honas (31:28):
here.
There you go.
All right For everybody here.
Have an exotic week, Kiss yourwild thing for me.
Jamie (31:34):
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Bye-bye boys.
Have fun storming the castle,Think it'll work.
It would take a while Bye-bye.
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