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Ep.14: Leeches & Cream
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Join Kel, Dr. G, and Dr. M as we spill the kibble on your submitted vet stories. In this episode we talk about food, phobias, and the dog purge. This episode is for entertainment purposes only, please talk to your vet before following any advice heard on this show.
Interested in sharing your own clinic stories? Email us at spillthekibble@gmail.com.
TW-insects, amputation, and as usual feces.
"Happy Boy Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Common (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Introduction to 'Spill the Kibble' Podcast
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nor listening to Spill the Kibble, the podcast where I read your submitted stories and have real veterinarians react to them. If you are interested in sharing your clinic story, email us at spill at spill the kibble.com.
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Please note that this show is not suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised. And with that, let's go to the show. Welcome to Spill the Kibble. I'm Kel.
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I'm Dr. G. And I'm Dr. M. And we're here to tell your clinic stories.
Light-hearted Conversation and Anecdotes
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But first, how are you both doing today? I'm doing great.
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I do did some meal prepping and your girl's been having quite a bit of taco salad and it's been hitting the spot real good. You know, you can reuse that meat.
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Goes well in a spaghetti like a bolognese. There we The possibilities are endless. You don't mind a little taco seasoning in there. Throwing it enough garlic and it neutralizes everything. Exactly. That's exactly right. But yeah, it's been hitting the spot. There's been some colder days. There's been some sunny days. But either way, it's been a little fiesta at lunchtime. I'm not mad at it.
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Been stanking up the clinic a little bit, but in a good way. ah Yeah, we have a big hearty bowl of Italian penicillin soup and some spaghetti squash parmesan around here.
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That sounds delicious. i So I'm living on the crumbs I find in the pantry as I navigate an ear infection with a six-year-old. They're a growing child.
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Yeah. um I mean, they're my crumbs. she's She is eating whatever. Wait, so you're eating your own crumbs in the pantry? Yeah, whatever I can find. You could treat yourself a little better.
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Probably, but I don't have time. Don't have time. What? I would think eating crumbs is probably labor intensive because they're so little. Do you lick your finger and dab them? Like ah what are those dip?
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those definite Some human fun dip? Fun dip. I am the stick. Some crumb dip. Some crummy. Everybody's had a little crumb dip. There's just sometimes it's good to the last drop. ah For me personally, Triscuits. I
Sports Betting and Casino Stories
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love the salty little ah whispers at the bottom of the bag. That's good shake. Can't let them go. Yeah. ah It's pretzels. It's just salt. It's just salt at the bottom. Yeah.
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Dang. Them big kernels. Yeah. They get a crunch. When does like a grain a grain of salt become a kernel? Yeah, it's definitely based on masks. Does it have to be the size of a popcorn kernel?
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Fair. Rare that it gets that size. I don't think you're having kernels. I think you're having crystals. That's a good point, which brings me to... How elegant. Brings me to my quick concession. No, the Patriots did not win the Super Bowl, but they tried, there was a lot of staunch defense back and forth. Are salty about it? No, super proud of a movie, not salty. I love pretzels. The next thing, in the moment, I wasn't feeling too sweet.
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I was a little bitter, but ooh! mommy sour was that all five got him you got him you crushed it at least you didn't bet all that all of your life savings uh no i did not did not i haven't done what a lot of sports betting and someone lose all their money he thought he was going to he lost a lot of money but he didn't lose it all it was some guys on tiktok Yeah, you know, I limit most of my gambling to straight straight up table games.
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We know. Sports is, sort amazing you know, I went to the barber today and the guy in the chair next to me was talking about he was getting, you know, getting his. ah ah well Something taper fade. I hear the kids talking about it. Yeah, he got a triple taper fade.
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He got a triple taper fade. No whip. A perm. up And per double perm. And he was saying that he was going with his girl to go to the casino down the ah expressway. And then they were going to get lunch.
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And I think that a haircut and a shave, a little casino action, and then lunch is baller way to spend a Thursday. Yeah. It's like, is that a dream date? I'm going to add that to the roster. Yeah. yeah Stick that one away for is as a nice rainy day. i know exactly what to do.
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Beyond going to Vegas, I think I've only ever been to a casino with my parents at like just a regular shmegular casino off the highway. I think I've been to that one. I think I know the one you're talking about.
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I stopped there on a road trip. Honestly, a good time. Yeah. It's not bad. It's fine. I mean, they're paying. So if you go to a casino and your parents are giving you a 20 to go bet money, then I'm not really going to complain about it. That's the way to go. The epitome of house money.
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Yeah, truly. we're but I'm a back home baller. Home money? Excuse me? Yeah. A back home baller. It's from SNL. Back home baller.
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Oh, okay. When your daughter goes back home. Yeah, and you are the princess and you get treated as such. They roll out the red carpet for you. You're back home baller. Like after schools and and whatnot?
Imaginative Segment: 'Love Is Blind' with Dog Breeds
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Like just as an adult, you reappear and they're like, ah, our purpose. Come inside. Let me serve you. They do two back home ballers, but... My folks moved at least two or three times after I left, so I'm this close to finding them. So Love is Blind, guys, I think. Let's talk about it. It's Love Truly Blind, season 10, I think.
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And I wanted to try a little something testing. Is Love Truly Blind regarding dog breeds?
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Oh. I know you're a married woman, but I'd like to, for argument's sake, post something to you and tell me if this sounds like this could be the dog of your dreams. You ready? I love this. Bachelor number one.
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so... um This is an affectionate, lively, and Velcro breed, known for its deep loyalty, playful nature, and distinct appearance.
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This intelligent, sensitive dog is great, low-maintenance, and enjoy cuddling but also excel in agility and need moderate exercise.
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It craves close companionship, often following their owners around and acting as lap heaters. right Despite being great lounging companions, they're surprisingly agile energetic, often described as having a quirky or goofy side. But they are sensitive to their environment, respond best to gentle training, becoming nervous if handled with harshness.
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Will you marry this breed? Wow. wow I don't want Velcro. i don't I can't handle somebody being on top of me all the time.
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Does it help that Velcro was in quotes, but you guys couldn't, the audience couldn't see me air quoting? You said that they follow you around. i don't want that. i was not air quoting. Go your own thing. Get away from me.
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you're thinking i think You might be thinking of cats, which is awesome. ah most dogs Most dogs is a little sticky. I think that's the problem. I need a cat. Okay. So there's so, okay. it's not for everyone. um Dr. M would you marry this dog?
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No, but I am trying to figure out, I'm trying to, to not go in blind. I'm trying to figure out what the breed is. ah It would be great for the show. If one of you agreed to marry this dog, I would love to marry this dog. That's incredible. All right.
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Describe your reveal day fit. Okay, um i am in a full ball gown with an Elizabethan collar, um dripping in jewels with a large crown, my hair in sort of a beehive situation. Again, jewel-encrusted head to toe ah with a little bit of lip gloss.
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Behind the sliding doors, and on the other side, you see a A mop of hair and a sleek, skin-tight silhouette as the doors part and you are face-to-face with your future hubbin.
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A Chinese crested. ah You're going to Cabo. You're going to need to put a lot of suntan lotion. And that's something that I'm used to. So you've you've cohabitated.
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You've switched apartments. You've met the family. You're on the altar. Is puppy love truly blind? Yes. Wow.
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I think if I made it all the way there, we cohabitated and we got to the altar. i think I I think I would have bowed out sooner if I wasn't catching feelings. That's true. Good on you. I had a pretty audacious look and I feel like I need an audacious, bodacious dog to match. Now, did you think it was a King Charles Cavalier? Because that's what I thought it was. I thought it was something small and fluffy, but no, I was thinking like a Maltese or a Havanese.
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And I will say that if I had a Chinese crested, i would make it my entire personality. I'd have the bumper stickers. I'd have like a shirt with their face on it. And I would be taking it to the groomer and having what hair it does have dyed the craziest color combos
Story of the Injured Cat and Veterinary Challenges
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for every holiday. And we would be a dynamic duo to end all dynamic duos.
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um So we do have stories. Yes, please. Love to hear it. Me and my Chinese president are ready. Well, this is perfect for you. The noses are wet.
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The kisses are sloppy. And we're feeling some major puppy love. It's time to spill the kibble. Spill them kibbies. Spill them.
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So this first one is going to be complete opposite of what we've but talking about. Hating humans? but Well, it is about a cat. Seattle Seahawks?
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Definitely not a mushy, gushy Dr. M, let her finish. I'm sorry. Not a mushy, gushy vibe is what I'm saying. Okay, fair enough, fair enough. But can we make it mushy, gushy if we try our hardest?
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Well, something is mushy, gushy, but... Oh, no. I got this. Lipoma, abscess, butt stuff. Um... Okay, the story begins.
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We had a cat come in after being attacked by a dog, and it was a pretty severe injury. He ended up hospitalized for weeks because the leg would not heal the way anyone hoped.
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It was one of the cases where it felt like every time you thought you were making progress, something else would go wrong. Have either of you had to deal with a pet coming in after ad dog attack?
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Yes. Yeah, so many. Is it very common? a Yes. it's It's not as common as allergies, but it's common. i would say it's maybe the number one trauma.
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ah Yeah, I would say that's probably true. Yeah, i even it's a small injury. Yeah, it happens, right? Everybody does their best, but there's community spaces where dogs occupy and not every, note the chemistry's off sometimes. Not everybody gets along.
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Dogs knew theirs was laws, then they'd probably fight each other less. Oh, you think that's what happens with humans? Yeah, dogs are uninhibited and we're worried that mommy daddy law get mad at us. So we don't fight as much as we might want to.
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ah So you're telling me that every day is a perch for the dogs. Yeah, that's what we're saying. It's like Groundhog's Day for the Purge every day as a dog. They forgot the Purge yesterday. Yes. It's a new Purge day. But all the characters also know that it's the same day.
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of course. It's a hive Because they're your people. Carry the seven. Murray. There's something here. I don't know what it is.
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ah But I think that dog bite wounds, probably the number one trauma that I see. um It's one of those things that's also a little bit cyclical. I working, in you know, when you work emergency, I dread a random nice weather day. If it is cold, if it's rainy, if it's been gross for a little while and then you get that one breakthrough day, you know, the day when you're out getting stuff done and you see all these goons jogging out of nowhere.
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Yeah, I do. um ah If I'm on my way to work at an emergency shift and I see people jogging at a weird time of year, I know I'm going to see a dog bite that day. Because they're like, oh, you got to go to the park. We got to go the park. They love it there.
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Hey, guys. Some of them kind of love it there. So many don't. And I think it's not that dogs don't know that there's laws that we're not supposed to hurt each other. I think it's that dogs have people and people don't respect the subtle signs that some dogs might display that they don't want to do this anymore. then it comes to a boiling point. I'm sorry. This soapbox is just so sturdy. ah ah Well, I can continue with the story and we can see what happens. Stop me. me.
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Save me. Okay, the story continues. The owners were honestly great. They came by every single day to visit him, which isn't something you see all the time, especially over that long of a hospitalization.
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He was there for so long, he basically became part of the hospital routine. Eventually, the vets had to talk with the owners about the likelihood that the cat would need his left hind leg amputated.
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oh That's okay. We don't need that one. a Well, we all know that Dr. M loves just hack them off. I don't want my reputation to be that I'm just chopping legs. Dr. Hacksaw M over here. also haven't removed a leg for like eight years. I'm probably pretty rusty. Nobody wants me to enter that journey again.
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You're saying you couldn't finish the job. I can finish the job. Oh yeah? Prove it. Prove it. If there weren't dog laws, I'd show you right now. i got it.
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I got two legs over here and the purge is in full effect. Get at me. o I'll think about it, but I'm going to wait. I'm going crawl away from this recording. And if not, I won. who Let's see what they do. But before going straight to amputation, the owners wanted to try an alternative method first to see if they could improve the swelling and help drain the fluid.
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What do you think was the alternative method that they decided to use? Cup with swelling, drained fluid. Penrose drain and an external fixator? We're not lancing it. Some sort of drain. Penrose drain, J.P. drain, uh, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-buh.
00:15:23
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Laser. What about one of those little suction things that you get when you get a boob job and it's got a little bag? Boob job suction, though? Yeah.
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yeah i believe Yeah, the attraction grenade. Yeah, Jackson Pratt. Oh, fair enough. Sorry, you mentioned it. I haven't done that long. You haven't had a boob job? Not yet. A boob job. you're holding your You're holding your cat, which looks stacked right now, but I'm pretty sure Griffin is a boy?
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he is. Okay. Okay. So would you like to know what they did? Yes, please. Yes, please. And that's how I found out that veterinary medicine sometimes involves leeches. Oh, totally. Oh, it does. We had a colony of leeches at one of my hospitals.
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You got to feed me those little guys. So you have used leeches. But please, please continue. Sorry. No, it's it's very interesting. They brought in medical laboratory-grade leeches, and for about a week, they were applied daily to this cat's leg to help with drainage.
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Weirdly, it seemed like it helped a little at first, but it didn't last. I'm pretty sure the cat ended up losing the leg anyway. Hmm. What have you used leeches for? i know it what it's for, but like situations. Yeah, also in a post-op ah in a post-op situation. um I want to say like a weird unknown bite, like maybe a snake bite or something that had some crazy like... angioedema and bruising and swelling and... Venom. What was it?
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It could have been venom. it could have been a spider. It could have been a snake. I guess I have to wonder. It's probably not active at that point or probably not harming the leeches. I don't remember any leeches being harmed in the making of that case history. LAUGHTER No leeches were farmed. Yeah, I'm pro-leech. Man, my first leech exposure was that movie.
00:17:17
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The Panda Rescue? Great. Panda Rescue? A great something panda rescue. I'm thinking about Stand By Me. Isn't that when they have leeches?
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I think so. Yes, there are leeches in Stand By Me. The Amazing Panda Adventure. Amazing Panda Adventure. I have not heard of this adventure. It's either Stand By Me or that one that that a kid definitely gets a Put it on your watch list, everyone.
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Yeah. Whoever's keeping track. hang on Don't put on your watch list because about say the kid gets it kid gets a leech on his... It's little leech. Oh, no. We're not endorsing anyone watches this. No, don't watch it. um I have used leeches primarily for my own personal nightmare fuel because I hate bugs and I'm not touching it with a 10-foot pole. If it's a bug and it can bite me, it's going in the trash or outside. It's not coming in into my house.
Personal Fears and Quirky Anecdotes
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So you as a nightmare fuel, you go to sleep and you put them on your eyelids so you don't open them up.
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That's horrible. Yeah, that's a i I avoid that. That's for somebody else. That's for someone like you that enjoys them. And I'm so happy for you. And that's a great experience that you get to have away from me. The only bugs or spiders that bother me are ones that have secret babies.
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I'll touch anything. I'll touch. I worked at a store. We had like, we had hissing cockroaches. We had millipedes. um All I've, I've put a tarantula in my mouth at one point in my life. You, you, you heard it here first. em America's next time model.
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Yeah, no, that was the challenge. The challenge arachnid extravaganza and. I do think it's funny that Dr. M is afraid of bugs.
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And we are related, obviously. We're sisters. And Spoiler. I know. If I was better at school and science, I wanted to be an entomologist.
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So it's very funny. um Yeah, you know, there's 50-50 on that DNA, right? I think they look beautiful. I love pictures of bugs, but I don't like the tickles and the slips and slimes of them touching my flesh, and they need to get out here. of the few phobias that makes sense to me. Spiders, and the only thing I'm scared of is sharks. um There's no other animal I'm scared of, no natural disaster I'm scared of. Sorry to say it. Sharks, definitely scary.
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ah But spiders, snakes, those make sense because they can they can be venomous and you would you don't know until it's too late. So I understand that there is like an ingrained fear in humanity. I do want to point out that the only thing um that makes you afraid of bugs is the fact that she's a mother, probably a single mother doing her best. That's why I'm scared.
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You said secret babies. Listen, I can be intimidated by strong, powerful mothers because I respect them so much. Feminists. I am afraid. Of their children?
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I'm afraid of their children. You're like, whoa, whoa, whoa. I respect the shit of moms. I just don't want anything to do with their babies. That's fair. There's a lot of babies. That's a lot of kids. Are you afraid that you're going to have to raise them on your own?
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That's what it is, like I can barely support myself. You want me to take care of your 3000 babies? Yeah, and they're small, it's easy to lose them in the mall. You're ready be a dad, you're only a cat dad.
00:20:52
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They won't hold your hand, even though you keep telling them they've gotta stay within eyesight and hold your hand. Okay, I think it, other than yeah, that I can financially support 3000 children, um I don't think I have um trip trypophobia, ah but that's where people are afraid of holes.
00:21:11
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And the Suriname toad, ah Google at your own discretion, that's the- Oh, I know it well. I'm not afraid of that at all. Love the bunch holes, but it has secret babies in its back.
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Yeah. So I like the holes in any of the secret babies, because there are also some spiders that just have 3,000 babies hanging on them, and it just looks like a slightly larger spider until they scramble.
00:21:34
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And then you realize it's a medium spider with 3,000 teeny Yeah. Well, you know, back in the 90s, they would have toys um that were cat and dog mothers and they would have a secret amount of babies inside. So maybe we'll just- Yeah.
00:21:50
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Was it pound puppies? Well, there were all the different kinds, but yes, i think we're just like, we're we're ready. We're anticipating- surprise. Right, right, right. We're anticipating baby surprises at all times. Since we're talking about fears, I just want to share mine so feel included. Kids do. I don't know what it's called, but it's the fear of underwater mechanical things. Drowning. No, no, no, no, no. Watomatons.
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No, I don't like it when you go to, like, let's say the, what's it? The Disney ride where you're, where it's the safari on the water and the hippos are like mechanical under the water. Jungle cruise. This a real thing. Submechanophobia. Yes.
00:22:31
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Wow. That's my fear. Specific hill phobia of submerged man-made objects like shipwrecks, buoys, submarines, or even theme park ride animatronics. Yeah.
00:22:43
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Wow. fun That's fun. That's a fun fear. And also avoidable. Sure. Very affordable. But i've I've just I've discussed ah phobias with my partner and then like the fact of a fear versus a phobia is supposed to be. I think it's that it is irrational.
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Sure. So maybe there's no such thing as a fear of spiders because it seems more rational than not. Yeah. Not to downplay your. No, mine was a totally a phobia. Submechanophobia. going have to use that a lot. I can't even watch a video with it. i I get like the shivers. And see, I think it's kind of cool.
00:23:19
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So that's... Oh, that pesky DNA. We're not completely finished with the story. We're just talking. Leech Kitty. Leech Kitty. Back to Leech Kitty. Yeah, so the the storyteller says, I was working in the kettle at the time, so I wasn't involved in the actual medical side, but I did get pulled into the leech situation in a way I didn't expect. Because after the leeches were used, they had to be disposed of.
00:23:47
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And the proper method was to euthanize them in isopropyl alcohol. But nobody wanted to do it. Which also I think tracks for a vet clinic. They're like, we can't even hurt the leeches. Yeah. That's fair So instead they kept them alive in a little container of the saline.
00:24:06
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And I ended up being the person who changed their saline, kept them going for weeks afterwards until I eventually left for a different hospital. So yeah, the cat had a long, difficult case. The owners were extremely dedicated and I somehow ended up with a temporary side job as caretaker of a container full of leeches. That's incredible. I'll have to look it up, but I believe we reused our leeches. i don't think they need to go immediately. Maybe in human medicine, it's a you know single serving.
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We're autoclavian endotracheal
Puzzling Case of the Sick Australian Shepherd
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tubes. We are reusing our leeches. My only understanding of leeches is very ancient medicine. Sure. The old letting the letting of the four humors. Yes.
00:24:47
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Yeah. but Squeeze your bile sacks. Let your blood. As we've discussed before. Cry your tears and your yellow biles also. was going to say, I really wish that would have ended it in um an adopt adopt a leech program because I think that that would have been really fun for the community at large. And I would have at least tried. You know that the vet staff named every single one of those leeches. That's why they couldn't kill them. 100%.
00:25:10
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And I hope they were like funny names. Like sometimes the shelter will get like a... Yeah. Little leecher. Leechered, Robin Leech. Sure.
00:25:20
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The leeches. though Leechy keen. That was a two for one. That was the Siamese leech. Sure, of course. but but That's in every brood. Leechy keen. Very good. Leechy keen.
00:25:35
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Norman Leaches. We could do this. Leaches Felton. Yeah, we could do this all day. Okay. So you'll want to be a leachonair. wait that's an Wait, that's an actual disease.
00:25:51
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That's leachonairs. Oh, sorry. So we have another story. Okay, the story begins. I had an older man bring in his Australian shepherd for explosive diarrhea.
00:26:04
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Giddy up. We said German Shepherd? Australian Shepherd. Okay, got it. do Are German Shepherds more susceptible to diarrhea? or I mean, I was ready to call that EPI. I know. A very astute observation, You hadn't prompted me. That's awesome. you Get out of my head, dude.
00:26:20
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She's going to get her honorary DVM by the time we're done with this podcast. No. Come on, girl. I don't want to do that. Okay. She wasn't acting sick otherwise, just dehydrated, miserable, and clearly sore from how constant it was. Yeah, hot butt. So we kept her for a few days, treated her supportively, checked for parasites with a fecal test, went over her history, everything came back normal.
00:26:45
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And while she was with us, she'd recover and have totally normal stool again. Then she'd go home and flare right back up. What are your thoughts? What is that dog eating? Dietary discretion, stress colitis.
00:27:01
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Yeah, those are my top two as well. My DDX. Should we find out? Yeah. Yes, please. Okay, this happened more than once, and it got genuinely puzzling because she was otherwise a healthy dog.
00:27:14
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The only constant pattern was she'd improve in the clinic, then relapse immediately at home. So eventually we started asking really detailed questions about what she was eating and what her routine looked like at night.
00:27:28
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That's when the owner casually mentioned that after her dinner, he'd be giving her dessert. Of course. What do you think he's been giving her? Goat's milk. Chocolate?
00:27:39
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Jell-O. Pumpkin pie. Ooh, pumpkin pie is a good choice. Cheesecake? Dermasu. Dermasu? Dermasu. What? Should we find out?
00:27:52
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Yes, please. I'd love to know because I need some dessert inspo. hey He'd been giving her dessert, specifically a pint of butter pecan ice cream every night. What an idiot. are What a stupid, stupid idiot.
00:28:08
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This man has too much money because he's paying for a lot he's paying for a lot of ice cream and a lot of overnight vet visits. Right. I got really aggressive and it wasn't about feeding at that it that. It's just so expensive. It's exorbitant. Man, and that's why history is so important when it comes to GI upset. Past diet, current diet, any meds, any stressors, changes, yada, yada. Check a fecal.
00:28:36
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Give him a dose of Fendazole. Mm-hmm. Try that low-fat diet. Stop feeding it pints of f***ing ice cream. Butter pecan ice cream, which I was like, don't waste that on a dog. It's a rich one. At least it's not chocolate. I was worried it was chocolate.
00:28:52
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Well, hang on. Did they dress it up? Were there any feeks and I don't know. i We don't know that detail, but I can continue. Macadamia in a crumble. Rainbow jimmies. Gotta get some jimmies. Red Hots.
00:29:06
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yeah When I told him dogs can't have ice cream, he looked genuinely shocked and asked, dogs can't have ice cream? No, sir, they can't.
00:29:17
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And I was honestly surprised that he hadn't connected the timing of the new nightly ice cream habit with the sudden nonstop diarrhea. We ended up recommending dog safe ice cream instead, and hopefully this pup is now living a much more peaceful life.
00:29:34
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What a good compromise. It is a great compromise. You know, if that dog, yes, you can give your dogs ice cream. Should you? Maybe not a ton. But if you're going to every night and a pint, make it dog safe ice cream. I shouldn't have ice cream every night, but I want it. This story made me realize that there is dog safe ice cream, but I should have known that there's dog safe everything. It's just cold. It's cold dog food.
00:30:01
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Frosty Paws, Baby. There's other brands, but I feel like that was one of the early early introductions into the world of dog dog safe ice cream. I should have known. There's dog bakeries.
00:30:13
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Dippin' Dogs. dippppping dog I haven't heard of Dippin' Dogs. I don't have a dog, so I don't know all the delicacies that come with owning one. I'm not much of an ice cream guy. um people People don't like to know that.
00:30:26
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Oh, okay. What about gelato? Or sorbet? So I'll go for sorbet. So my argument of why I don't much care for ice cream doesn't hold up under any other circumstances. My problem with it is that it's redundant.
00:30:41
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And I know. Any food you're eating ah in mass quantities will get redundant. And yet that doesn't apply to... the best amorphous solid, mashed potatoes.
00:30:54
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whoa I could snarf buckets of those guys and never get tired of it. Three scoops of ice cream and I'm over it. ah Well, considering Dr. M and I are Irish, we also love a potato. That's true. I'll never say no to a potato.
00:31:11
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In any way, shape, or form. Somebody once asked if you could only eat one food forever, what would you pick? And I was like, a potato is so versatile. It is very versatile. It's a tough question because can I say sushi?
00:31:24
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And do I get variety? Mmmmm. Maybe. I'll make the But have to prepare it yourself? Because I'm not doing that. I'm too lazy. With sushi, yeah. I mean, you got to prepare potatoes. You're boiling, mashing, putting them in stews. That's in my blood.
00:31:42
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That's true. You have potato. I got potato blood. ye them's tater Them's taters in these veins. We got clown blood. We got potato blood.
Inside Jokes and Podcast Conclusion
00:31:52
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12% tater, 10% clown.
00:31:56
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i I don't think the listeners know about the clown blood. Well, they're going to have to just dig into that on their own. If you can figure it out. Yeah, go ahead and do an inner search for clown blood.
00:32:07
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Yeah. was that Was that correct? yeah That's C. in our family. no, no. no Let it be an enigma. Let that mystery sit on the tongue. What do you think clown blood means? That's clown blood. You're going on look up. s three i l l at S-P-I-L-L at spillthekibble.com. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Email us. Tell us what you think clown blood is. What's clown blood mean to you? right This is an this a formal interview.
00:32:32
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And I just want to say our culture is not your costumes. Yeah. So watch out. Pennywise. that i I said I eat buckets. Oh, wait. Not potatoes. The clown stuff. ah We'll allow it.
00:32:46
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You know a person with clown blood, so you're allowed to say it. Is it both of you? Yeah. Yeah. okay Now, let's clarify, I know two people with clown blood, just case the listeners might get confused. Fair enough, fair enough, fair enough. but One of us is more of a clown, Dr. F. And we'll let you figure out what that means. ah I'll give you a hint. I'm looking at the clown.
00:33:11
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so ah Well, I think we done did it. That was a ghost, not a clown. also believe that we did done did it. For the record, sometimes clowns may pass away and become ghosts.
00:33:25
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I contain multitudes. You can be both. But we did done that. Holy moly. ah We just spilled the kibble, baby. yeah Leave your message in the comments.
00:33:39
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00:33:54
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