Ask the Vet: What to do with fleas, ticks and snake bites? | 2 Wants to Know
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '3.020', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '5.200', 'end': '9.200', 'text': 'Well, I see discount flea and tick meds'}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '11.519', 'text': 'on sites posted all the time. So, can'}, {'start': '9.200', 'end': '13.759', 'text': 'they be trusted? Dr. Kelly Gard with'}, {'start': '11.519', 'end': '15.839', 'text': 'Happy Tales Veterary Emergency Clinic is'}, {'start': '13.759', 'end': '18.240', 'text': 'with us to talk about that. There are'}, {'start': '15.839', 'end': '19.920', 'text': 'just so many ads out there offering flea'}, {'start': '18.240', 'end': '22.560', 'text': 'and tick meds for cheap. What should we'}, {'start': '19.920', 'end': '24.320', 'text': "be keeping in mind with that? It's very"}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '26.000', 'text': 'important to remember to only buy'}, {'start': '24.320', 'end': '27.439', 'text': "veterinary products, whether it's oral"}, {'start': '26.000', 'end': '28.960', 'text': 'or topical, only through your'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'veterinarian because there are two'}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '32.320', 'text': "reasons. One, it's the only way you can"}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '34.079', 'text': 'guarantee the efficacy of the product or'}, {'start': '32.320', 'end': '35.840', 'text': 'the realness of the product. So many of'}, {'start': '34.079', 'end': '37.280', 'text': 'these products are counterfeit and so'}, {'start': '35.840', 'end': '39.200', 'text': "you buy it, it doesn't work, you've"}, {'start': '37.280', 'end': '40.960', 'text': 'wasted your money. But also, if your pet'}, {'start': '39.200', 'end': '42.960', 'text': "has a reaction to it, it won't be"}, {'start': '40.960', 'end': '44.160', 'text': 'guaranteed by the company, right? If'}, {'start': '42.960', 'end': '45.440', 'text': "they say that it's from this company and"}, {'start': '44.160', 'end': '47.039', 'text': "it's a counterfeit product and your pet"}, {'start': '45.440', 'end': '48.320', 'text': "has a reaction, the company won't stand"}, {'start': '47.039', 'end': '50.559', 'text': 'behind the product and cover the cost'}, {'start': '48.320', 'end': '51.920', 'text': 'for treatment of the reaction. So, there'}, {'start': '50.559', 'end': '53.920', 'text': 'are many reasons why you only want to'}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '54.960', 'text': 'buy a veterinary product through a'}, {'start': '53.920', 'end': '56.960', 'text': "veterinarian to make sure you're getting"}, {'start': '54.960', 'end': '58.559', 'text': "a real product. Okay. Well, here's a"}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '61.120', 'text': 'question. This is one that my friend'}, {'start': '58.559', 'end': '63.520', 'text': 'posed uh not too long ago. Do flea and'}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '66.640', 'text': 'tick meds have to be taken every month?'}, {'start': '63.520', 'end': '68.720', 'text': "Can't you just skip the winter months?"}, {'start': '66.640', 'end': '69.920', 'text': "Oh, it's a good question. And you really"}, {'start': '68.720', 'end': '71.680', 'text': 'need to, especially down here in the'}, {'start': '69.920', 'end': '73.040', 'text': 'south, you need to give it every month'}, {'start': '71.680', 'end': '75.040', 'text': 'because fleas and ticks are a problem'}, {'start': '73.040', 'end': '77.280', 'text': "all year long down here where it's warm."}, {'start': '75.040', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'Miss heartworms, not as much in the very'}, {'start': '77.280', 'end': '81.119', 'text': "coldest months, but um it's important to"}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '82.960', 'text': 'keep them on all year long to prevent'}, {'start': '81.119', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'your to keep in the habit and also to'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '86.720', 'text': 'protect your pets from fleas, ticks, and'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '88.880', 'text': 'intestinal parasites during all year'}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'long down here. And heartworm 10 out of'}, {'start': '88.880', 'end': '92.240', 'text': 'the 12 months. All right. Somebody also'}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '93.920', 'text': "said it's kind of like a birth control"}, {'start': '92.240', 'end': '97.520', 'text': 'pill. It has to be taken at the same'}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '99.759', 'text': 'time every single month. Is that true?'}, {'start': '97.520', 'end': '101.200', 'text': "Not exactly. It's it's good to get it on"}, {'start': '99.759', 'end': '102.479', 'text': 'the say the same day every month, the'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '104.720', 'text': 'first of the month, the 15 of the month,'}, {'start': '102.479', 'end': '106.000', 'text': "so you're in the habit of it. But there"}, {'start': '104.720', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'is a little bit of wiggle room. You'}, {'start': '106.000', 'end': '108.399', 'text': "could, you know, if you're know you're"}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '109.360', 'text': "going to miss it, say you're going out"}, {'start': '108.399', 'end': '110.720', 'text': "of town and you know that you're going"}, {'start': '109.360', 'end': '112.159', 'text': 'to be gone on the first of the month,'}, {'start': '110.720', 'end': '114.640', 'text': "it's better to give it early than to"}, {'start': '112.159', 'end': '116.159', 'text': 'give it late. But just by a couple days,'}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '118.320', 'text': 'but if your pet, say, is having vomiting'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '119.439', 'text': "and diarrhea, if you can't give it on"}, {'start': '118.320', 'end': '120.880', 'text': 'the first, you could give it on the'}, {'start': '119.439', 'end': '122.399', 'text': 'second or the third or the fourth and be'}, {'start': '120.880', 'end': '124.000', 'text': "okay. You don't want to get outwards of"}, {'start': '122.399', 'end': '126.240', 'text': "a week. then you're running into"}, {'start': '124.000', 'end': '128.080', 'text': 'potential risk of yes, the infectious'}, {'start': '126.240', 'end': '129.520', 'text': 'stage of of heartworm disease could get'}, {'start': '128.080', 'end': '131.680', 'text': "into your pet even if they're on the"}, {'start': '129.520', 'end': '133.840', 'text': 'medication. So, there is this window of'}, {'start': '131.680', 'end': '135.040', 'text': 'efficacy that is a little bit longer.'}, {'start': '133.840', 'end': '136.959', 'text': "There's a little bit of safety, but you"}, {'start': '135.040', 'end': '138.480', 'text': "don't want to stretch it out. So, a"}, {'start': '136.959', 'end': '140.160', 'text': "couple days leeway is okay. You don't"}, {'start': '138.480', 'end': '141.760', 'text': 'have to give it 8 a.m. on the first of'}, {'start': '140.160', 'end': '143.840', 'text': 'every month to be effective. Okay. All'}, {'start': '141.760', 'end': '145.040', 'text': 'right. Now, every pet owner dreads the'}, {'start': '143.840', 'end': '147.920', 'text': "thought of this right here. We're going"}, {'start': '145.040', 'end': '150.720', 'text': 'to show you the picture of a tick being'}, {'start': '147.920', 'end': '152.640', 'text': 'on their pet. So, is this a thing where'}, {'start': '150.720', 'end': '153.840', 'text': 'you need to like pat down the dog every'}, {'start': '152.640', 'end': '155.760', 'text': 'single time they come in from the'}, {'start': '153.840', 'end': '158.160', 'text': 'outside? And what do we do if you find a'}, {'start': '155.760', 'end': '159.599', 'text': 'tick on your pet? It is very good to'}, {'start': '158.160', 'end': '161.120', 'text': 'check your dog for ticks, especially if'}, {'start': '159.599', 'end': '162.640', 'text': 'they go into areas with long grasses.'}, {'start': '161.120', 'end': '164.800', 'text': 'Keep them on their their monthly or'}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '166.959', 'text': 'every three month topical or oral flee'}, {'start': '164.800', 'end': '169.360', 'text': 'and tick preventative. Um, if you find'}, {'start': '166.959', 'end': '171.680', 'text': 'one, you want to There are these little'}, {'start': '169.360', 'end': '174.080', 'text': 'um, plastic tick removers with a little'}, {'start': '171.680', 'end': '176.239', 'text': 'Vshape in them that get right under the'}, {'start': '174.080', 'end': '178.400', 'text': 'mouth part of the tick and then help you'}, {'start': '176.239', 'end': '179.440', 'text': 'extract the tick without pinching and'}, {'start': '178.400', 'end': '181.440', 'text': "squeezing the tick. You don't want to"}, {'start': '179.440', 'end': '182.720', 'text': 'squeeze the tick when you um are'}, {'start': '181.440', 'end': '184.879', 'text': "extracting it because you're squeezing"}, {'start': '182.720', 'end': '186.720', 'text': 'all those potential viral and bacterial'}, {'start': '184.879', 'end': '188.000', 'text': 'infections in there. All that juice is'}, {'start': '186.720', 'end': '189.360', 'text': "going right into the pet and you don't"}, {'start': '188.000', 'end': '191.280', 'text': 'want that. It increases the risk of'}, {'start': '189.360', 'end': '193.040', 'text': 'disease transmission. So, you want to'}, {'start': '191.280', 'end': '194.319', 'text': 'try and get the whole tick including the'}, {'start': '193.040', 'end': '197.920', 'text': 'little straw type mouth called the'}, {'start': '194.319', 'end': '199.599', 'text': 'proboscus. If the proboscus breaks off,'}, {'start': '197.920', 'end': '201.440', 'text': 'it will eventually work itself out kind'}, {'start': '199.599', 'end': '203.800', 'text': 'of like a splinter, but it increases the'}, {'start': '201.440', 'end': '205.519', 'text': 'risk of local uh infection and'}, {'start': '203.800', 'end': '206.560', 'text': 'inflammation. So, you want to try and'}, {'start': '205.519', 'end': '209.040', 'text': 'get the whole thing, including the'}, {'start': '206.560', 'end': '210.959', 'text': 'proboscus. Um, and using one of the'}, {'start': '209.040', 'end': '213.280', 'text': 'little V-shaped tick removers that help'}, {'start': '210.959', 'end': '215.120', 'text': 'you extract it out is a good way to go.'}, {'start': '213.280', 'end': '217.040', 'text': "Okay. If we can't get the head out, like"}, {'start': '215.120', 'end': '219.120', 'text': 'you said, do we need to then go to the'}, {'start': '217.040', 'end': '220.959', 'text': 'vet or do we just wait for it to work'}, {'start': '219.120', 'end': '222.959', 'text': 'itself out? You can you can go to the'}, {'start': '220.959', 'end': '224.560', 'text': 'vet um when we have to we have to use a'}, {'start': '222.959', 'end': '226.319', 'text': 'little needle to kind of dig it out. um'}, {'start': '224.560', 'end': '228.319', 'text': 'that can also cause some infection and'}, {'start': '226.319', 'end': '230.080', 'text': 'inflammation. Um you can also monitor'}, {'start': '228.319', 'end': '231.519', 'text': 'it. It it may work itself out with'}, {'start': '230.080', 'end': '233.920', 'text': 'without causing any inflammation or'}, {'start': '231.519', 'end': '235.680', 'text': "infection. So it's certainly individual"}, {'start': '233.920', 'end': '236.959', 'text': 'situation. If you see redness and'}, {'start': '235.680', 'end': '238.480', 'text': 'inflammation developing, have them'}, {'start': '236.959', 'end': '240.560', 'text': "checked out. If you're worried, have"}, {'start': '238.480', 'end': '242.080', 'text': 'them checked out. Um those are your'}, {'start': '240.560', 'end': '244.799', 'text': 'options. All right. So from fleas and'}, {'start': '242.080', 'end': '247.200', 'text': 'ticks to the next thing, snakes is the'}, {'start': '244.799', 'end': '248.879', 'text': 'season. Often the dogs are in the yard'}, {'start': '247.200', 'end': '252.159', 'text': 'right by themselves. So how would you'}, {'start': '248.879', 'end': '253.599', 'text': 'even know if your pet had a snake bite?'}, {'start': '252.159', 'end': '256.000', 'text': "Mhm. Most of the time they're going to"}, {'start': '253.599', 'end': '257.359', 'text': 'come up to you either limping or like'}, {'start': '256.000', 'end': '259.280', 'text': "they just tell you they're not feeling"}, {'start': '257.359', 'end': '260.479', 'text': "good. Something's different. Um you"}, {'start': '259.280', 'end': '262.000', 'text': 'might see you may or may not see'}, {'start': '260.479', 'end': '264.080', 'text': 'puncture marks or bleeding marks on'}, {'start': '262.000', 'end': '265.759', 'text': 'their muzzle or their paws. Sometimes on'}, {'start': '264.080', 'end': '267.600', 'text': 'their chest depending on where the snake'}, {'start': '265.759', 'end': '268.960', 'text': 'is when they encounter it. Most times'}, {'start': '267.600', 'end': '270.479', 'text': 'dogs get bitten on the face or the nose'}, {'start': '268.960', 'end': '271.919', 'text': "because they're smelling it. And cats"}, {'start': '270.479', 'end': '274.400', 'text': 'will get bitten on the paws because the'}, {'start': '271.919', 'end': '275.840', 'text': 'cats are pawing at it. Um sometimes'}, {'start': '274.400', 'end': '277.919', 'text': "you'll have vomiting, weakness, and"}, {'start': '275.840', 'end': '279.600', 'text': 'collapse. Um other times you might just'}, {'start': '277.919', 'end': '281.440', 'text': 'see the limping and swelling at the'}, {'start': '279.600', 'end': '283.680', 'text': "site. Okay, we've got about a minute"}, {'start': '281.440', 'end': '286.320', 'text': 'left. If we see that our dog has gotten'}, {'start': '283.680', 'end': '288.400', 'text': 'bitten by a snake, what do we do? Seek'}, {'start': '286.320', 'end': '289.840', 'text': 'veterary care immediately. Do not put'}, {'start': '288.400', 'end': '291.919', 'text': 'ice on it. Do not put a tourniquet'}, {'start': '289.840', 'end': '293.440', 'text': "around it if it's a leg. Um do not try"}, {'start': '291.919', 'end': '295.440', 'text': 'and do the cut and suck method. That is'}, {'start': '293.440', 'end': '297.120', 'text': 'kind of one of those classic things. Um'}, {'start': '295.440', 'end': '298.960', 'text': 'just get to a veterinarian. If you have'}, {'start': '297.120', 'end': '301.040', 'text': "a small dog and you're hiking, pick the"}, {'start': '298.960', 'end': '302.720', 'text': 'dog up so that and and hike it out so'}, {'start': '301.040', 'end': '305.120', 'text': "that you're not letting this little tiny"}, {'start': '302.720', 'end': '306.960', 'text': 'dog walk miles and you allow that'}, {'start': '305.120', 'end': '309.360', 'text': 'circulation to circulate the venom'}, {'start': '306.960', 'end': '312.080', 'text': 'faster. Um, so pick them up to decrease'}, {'start': '309.360', 'end': '313.919', 'text': 'their effort and circulation. Um, get to'}, {'start': '312.080', 'end': '316.080', 'text': 'a veterinarian immediately and determine'}, {'start': '313.919', 'end': '318.080', 'text': 'what your pet needs based on the type of'}, {'start': '316.080', 'end': '319.919', 'text': "snake bite they've suffered. Gotcha."}, {'start': '318.080', 'end': '321.680', 'text': 'Okay. Get to the vet immediately. Got'}, {'start': '319.919', 'end': '323.360', 'text': 'it. Well, we thank you for your time and'}, {'start': '321.680', 'end': '324.639', 'text': 'your expertise. If you missed any of'}, {'start': '323.360', 'end': '326.240', 'text': 'this, maybe you need to send it to a'}, {'start': '324.639', 'end': '327.919', 'text': "friend or a family member who's got a"}, {'start': '326.240', 'end': '329.039', 'text': "furry family member. Uh, we're going to"}, {'start': '327.919', 'end': '332.720', 'text': 'put it in the two who wants to know'}, {'start': '329.039', 'end': '332.720', 'text': 'section of the website.'}]