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DR. MICHELLE OAKLEY (off screen):
Cue the rain.
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Make sure you put on
your windshield wipers. Woo.
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-SARAH HOWARD: Make sure we can see.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yes.
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SARAH: That helps a lot.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Woo!
-SARAH: Here we go!
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What a day to do Twix!
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DR. OAKLEY: Yeah!
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Oh, oh, there she is!
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Porcupine.
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SARAH (off screen): This is Twix.
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A couple days ago, we noticed
Twix got a little bit of a sore.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Ooh! Maybe she got quilled.
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SARAH: It's almost like
right in the middle of her chest.
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DR. OAKLEY: Oh okay.
Maybe it's an inverted nipple.
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SARAH: Is that real?
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DR. OAKLEY: Also a potential
medical complication
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that I have never seen
in porcupines, but...
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SARAH: You've seen inverted nipples?
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DR. OAKLEY: Yes, my pug has one.
They need to be constantly...
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SARAH: Austin thinks
you're full of baloney.
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DR. OAKLEY: I swear. I'll show you.
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-Yeah.
-SARAH: Huh!
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DR. OAKLEY: But anyway, back to Twix.
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SARAH: Yeah. Come here, Twix!
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DR. OAKLEY: Today we're here at
the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center,
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and about a week ago they noticed
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a really gooey spot on Twix's side.
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Transport her to the infirmary stat.
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It kind of sounds like
there's some type of abscess there.
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We'll just have to look more closely
and find the cause of it.
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What a good girl.
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She might've injured herself on the fence.
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Sometimes they get poked
with a little stick
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as they're climbing around.
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Good girl. You're being really good.
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(engine starts)
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We know and love Twix.
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She came to the wildlife center
when she was just a baby.
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She's about a year and a half old now.
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She was just the cutest little,
like, ball of prickles.
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Incoming, porcupine.
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24.8 pounds, female, abscess on her side.
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(whimpering)
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Okay, friends.
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So we're getting ready to give her
a little bit of sedation,
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but getting a poke
into a porcupine is a little tricky,
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because, you know, she has about
30,000 ways to poke me,
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and I have one to get into her.
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This is my new porcupine shield.
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We found a lid that kind of has a handle
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and fits perfectly in the crate,
so it can be kind of a shield.
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You can be like...
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SIERRA OAKLEY: Yeah.
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DR. OAKLEY: Injection. Injection.
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And see if I can reach in
and either grab a tail or grab a foot.
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Oh, I'm gonna get quilled,
I just knows it.
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(whimpering)
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Okay. Got her in her left hind.
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These are great shields.
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A lot of people don't realize
they make noises at all,
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let alone such, like,
ridiculously cute cartoon noises.
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Alright.
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Her entire body is quilled, really.
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A lot of people think that porcupine
actually shoot their quills out.
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That is not the case at all.
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They can't do anything
about getting the quills out.
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It's only if the quills contact something
that they stick, and then they pull out.
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SIERRA: Everyone is always saying,
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"My dog was attacked by a porcupine!"
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And I'm like, I don't think these guys
are chasing after your dog
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trying to jump into their mouth.
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It's your dog that's chasing
after the porcupine.
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DR. OAKLEY: Ow! Duh, duh, ow!
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I get quilled every single time
I work on a porcupine.
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I poke them, they poke me.
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(buzzing)
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So she's here because it looked like
she had a pus-y abscess.
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That's her nipple, and that's her nipple.
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I'm not sure.
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Now it just kind of looks dried up.
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I can't find anything else.
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That could be anything.
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Sometimes she crawls on the fence,
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and she might have injured
herself on the fence.
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She could've gotten a scratch.
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So it's just, who knows?
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I think it's just, like, been
a bunch of irritation
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from whatever was stuck on there.
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SARAH: Huh.
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We thought we saw something,
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but it's always awesome
when you don't see anything
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and she's totally healthy
and totally fine.
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DR. OAKLEY: Hi, beautiful.
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Twix looks great.
She's in fantastic shape.
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Let's get ready to do the next one.
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We also have another porcupine
to look at, Kit Kat.
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Hey, buddy.
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You're just here for a checkup.
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SARAH: Kit Kat is our six-year-old
North American porcupine.
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SIERRA: He's a handsome boy.
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SARAH: He arrived here
when he was about a year old,
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and this will be where he
kind of lives out his days.
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DR. OAKLEY: Okay, my friend, we're ready.
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(whimpering)
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He's basically getting
his once-per-couple-year physical.
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-DR. OAKLEY: There we go.
-SIERRA: Alright!
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DR. OAKLEY: Because I've
never examined Kit Kat before,
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we're just not 100 percent sure
if he's a male.
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I'm sorry, friend.
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SARAH: I'm pretty convinced he's a male.
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He's very territorial and very smelly.
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DR. OAKLEY: Phew. Oh, he stinks.
He is so much stinkier.
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Porcupine have a very strong smell anyway,
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but a male porcupine in breeding season
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takes it up about ten notches.
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So we will see if he's a male or not.
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Alrighty. Let's get blood.
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They have short, fat, little arms.
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They're rodents, so they have,
their vessels are a little bit different
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than a dog.
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(gasps) Ow!
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Argh, that hurts.
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(winces)
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Mmm.
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Oh my god, that hurt so bad.
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It just makes me think instantly, like,
how would you like to have,
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like, hundreds of them in your face?
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Oh man, did that hurt.
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Okay. I want to ultrasound his belly.
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I'm just doing a real quick scan
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of his liver, which I see right now.
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It looks normal.
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I saw his right kidney already,
and now I'm looking for his left.
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Ooh, there it is.
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Porcupine can get tumors
and cancer like anything else.
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And now I'm just kind of
checking out his intestines,
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make sure it feels normal,
don't feel any unusual lumps or bumps.
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We are looking for signs
of any masses in their lungs
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or elsewhere in their, in their belly.
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Looks really good.
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Things look normal.
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Okay, my friend.
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Kit Kat is an alleged male.
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And since it's breeding season,
we may be able to evert a penis
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and see it a lot more easily
than other times of the year,
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and also the testicles may be,
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like, more descended into the scrotum.
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There's a little bit of a trick to telling
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if it's a male or female porcupine.
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Sometimes you can actually,
by putting pressure
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around the base of their, kind of, belly,
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you can actually evert
the penis and see it.
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Ooh! Boom!
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-SIERRA: Is that it?
-DR. OAKLEY: There it is!
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We need to video that for Sarah
because I don't think she knows that.
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SIERRA: It's a boy! (laughs)
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DR. OAKLEY: This is a male porcupine
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and see his testicle,
it's not normally that visible.
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And now look at this business.
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I don't know,
is it a male or is it a female?
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My vote is boy.
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It's really rare to see a porcupine penis,
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but when you see it,
it is something to behold.
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It's kind of cool to see the custom design
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that Mother Nature makes for each species.
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It's also really important
as a veterinarian
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that you understand all those differences,
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and you know what's normal and what's not.
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-Well, hello.
-SARAH: Whew!
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DR. OAKLEY: Very good checkup for him.
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We literally probed
every orifice that he had,
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and it all looks normal.
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SARAH: Did you see anything to indicate...
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-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, did we?
-SARAH: Oh yeah?
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DR. OAKLEY: Shall we show the video?
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SARAH: Video?
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Whoa!
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DR. OAKLEY:
And now look at this business.
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SARAH (laughing):
There's a lot going on there.
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DR. OAKLEY: I don't know.
Is it a male or is it a female?
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What's your call? Male or female?
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SARAH: I'm... that's a boy.
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DR. OAKLEY: Kit Kat looks really healthy.
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Fantastically healthy boy.
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Everything looks really good.
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I feel like we did a really good,
thorough job of checking him out today.
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(whimpers)
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SIERRA (off screen): Twix was big.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): I know.
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SIERRA: Got to get me home before midnight
or I turn into a moose.
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DR. OAKLEY: Long drive.
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SIERRA: Yeah.
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(cell phone ringing)
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DR. OAKLEY: Hello?
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Oh no.
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We have an emergency coming in.
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Apparently, Pedro has gotten
into porcupine quills
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and did a pretty good job of it.
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Oh goodness!
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-No fun at all.
-(whimpering)
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Porcupine quills is
definitely an emergency.
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His face is covered in 'em.
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They're close to his eyes,
they're in his mouth.
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We've got to get 'em out quick.
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Why are you wagging your tail,
you poor little love?
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I've had four or five quills
just stuck in my hand,
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and those hurt like crazy.
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So you can imagine what the dog
is going through.
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Okay, come on.
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I know. I know your feet are sore.
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(whimpering)
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We'll call him 62 even.
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NANCY MCGREW: His name is Pedro.
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He's two years old,
and he's a mixed breed.
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MAYA OAKLEY: Oh, he's gagging.
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NANCY: He was just kind of
playing around in the backyard,
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we have a shed in the back,
and he ran underneath it.
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And that's where he had
his brawl with the porcupine.
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(whimpering)
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DR. OAKLEY: Okay, buddy.
Okay, buddy, hang on.
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Let's see how fast I can
pull up sedation for you,
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and get your pain controlled.
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NANCY: He has a super sweet temperament.
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He's just a lover.
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It's painful to see him like that.
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It's very traumatic.
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-(whimpering)
-MAYA: I know.
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DR. OAKLEY: It's okay, love.
I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying.
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Seeing Pedro's face
full of quills, all around his eyes,
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suspecting that they're all
in his mouth as well.
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This is going to be intense.
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-(yelps, whimper)
-I know, another poke.
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It's really painful.
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Quills migrate in really
difficult spots to remove.
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They can lose an eye.
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It can be a very big deal.
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MAYA: He just got his sedation,
so hopefully
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he'll be quieting down really soon
and we can start pulling.
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He's definitely in a lot of pain.
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NANCY: I volunteer at a rescue shelter
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in southern Baja, Mexico.
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He was actually rescued
from the landfill in southern Baja.
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DR. OAKLEY: There you go. Good boy.
244
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NANCY: I just fell in love
with him down there,
245
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and I brought him back,
and then I found him his forever home.
246
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DR. OAKLEY: Can I look in your mouth?
247
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Color is good. That's great.
248
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NANCY: I'm actually doggy-sitting him now,
and this happened.
249
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Poor little dude.
250
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DR. OAKLEY: Now, first things first is
we're just kind of getting him stabilized,
251
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getting a catheter in,
252
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getting the anesthesia to a good level.
253
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And then we're gonna start pulling quills.
254
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-DR. OAKLEY: Oh my lord.
-MAYA: Oh!
255
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DR. OAKLEY: Pedro has gotten
into porcupine quills.
256
00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,325
This is gonna be a while.
257
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He has quite a few in his mouth
and at the edges of his throat.
258
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It's bad, it's definitely in
the top five worst ones I've seen.
259
00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,917
We're using an injectable sedation,
260
00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:29,003
because to try and put
a tube in can be tricky.
261
00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,380
I don't want to push
more quills further back.
262
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We have an IV in,
so I can keep topping up,
263
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but you don't want
to start fighting with them
264
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when you got a lot to do.
265
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Okay, Maya. Get busy.
266
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(beeping)
267
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Alright.
268
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Here we go.
269
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Sorry about that, friend.
270
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But I want to get these
away from your eyes
271
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before you start moving like that.
272
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Any movement of the animal's muscles,
273
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you know, even its facial muscles,
274
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that kind of helps push
that quill in deeper.
275
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They can travel inches
in a very short period of time,
276
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and you just won't find them at all.
277
00:11:10,544 --> 00:11:12,546
-(whimpers)
-I'm gonna have to give him more.
278
00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:15,591
You are sneaky, huh?
You just suddenly just get light.
279
00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:18,344
I'll try propofol for now,
280
00:11:18,427 --> 00:11:20,846
but we're probably gonna have
to eventually intubate him.
281
00:11:21,722 --> 00:11:24,975
So I'm just giving him
a little something to knock him flatter.
282
00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:27,436
Let's start again.
283
00:11:28,979 --> 00:11:30,940
Ooh, this one's right in the corner.
284
00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:33,901
Yes.
285
00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,570
You got into the real deep ones,
didn't you?
286
00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:38,656
(whimpering)
287
00:11:38,739 --> 00:11:40,574
The porcupine definitely won this round.
288
00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,452
Let's intubate.
Is our gas all ready to go?
289
00:11:44,412 --> 00:11:48,040
Removing so many of these quills
from Pedro's mouth is so painful
290
00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:50,543
that he's just breaking
through that sedation.
291
00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:52,044
It's just not enough.
292
00:11:52,128 --> 00:11:54,714
I'm gonna give him more
and then we'll see if I can intubate him
293
00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:56,716
without shoving more quills down there.
294
00:11:57,258 --> 00:11:59,135
I'm gonna switch to a general anesthesia.
295
00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:01,637
I'm gonna intubate him
and get him on a really nice,
296
00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,389
constant, deeper plane,
297
00:12:03,472 --> 00:12:04,974
so I can keep pulling the quills
298
00:12:05,057 --> 00:12:07,184
without having him feel
any of the discomfort.
299
00:12:07,601 --> 00:12:09,937
Ooh, there's two back in his throat.
300
00:12:10,604 --> 00:12:13,107
But first, I want to clear his airway.
301
00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:14,400
Oh, that's huge.
302
00:12:14,483 --> 00:12:17,111
Ooh, that was all the way
in the back of his throat.
303
00:12:17,194 --> 00:12:19,780
When you get quills kind of
at the back of the throat,
304
00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:22,366
they can migrate
into his trachea and lungs.
305
00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:24,660
They can migrate down his GI tract.
306
00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:26,203
Past his tonsils.
307
00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:27,872
Tonsils are brutal.
308
00:12:28,456 --> 00:12:29,457
There we go.
309
00:12:29,957 --> 00:12:31,459
Now that the airway is cleared,
310
00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,627
I need to get him on the gas anesthesia
311
00:12:33,711 --> 00:12:35,337
so that he is solidly down.
312
00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:36,672
Go night-night, okay.
313
00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,425
You got to really get them flat
to do a good job.
314
00:12:39,717 --> 00:12:40,718
Okay, good.
315
00:12:41,218 --> 00:12:44,680
♪ Lullaby and goodnight ♪
316
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♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo... ♪
317
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Alright.
318
00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:51,812
We're getting down
to the nitty-gritties, bud.
319
00:12:53,814 --> 00:12:54,982
Yeah!
320
00:12:57,151 --> 00:13:01,530
Ooh, look at that. One, two,
three, four, five-for-one sale.
321
00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:02,948
MAYA: We should make it a competition.
322
00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:04,492
DR. OAKLEY: Oh yeah, who gets the most.
323
00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:06,827
I tease her a little bit about
who can pull the most quills,
324
00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:09,246
but we both know
it's most important that we get
325
00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:11,499
all the quills completely out quickly
326
00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:12,917
so that we can wake him back up.
327
00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:14,794
MAYA: No broken ones.
328
00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:17,129
DR. OAKLEY: Is that seven?
One, two, three...
329
00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:18,214
-I think it is.
-MAYA: I can't count.
330
00:13:18,589 --> 00:13:20,549
DR. OAKLEY: That was a record
of most at once.
331
00:13:21,091 --> 00:13:23,844
Ooh, look at these under his tongue. Ow!
332
00:13:23,928 --> 00:13:25,304
How did they get under his tongue?
333
00:13:26,555 --> 00:13:28,516
Holy moly.
334
00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,311
I don't see anything else in there, so...
335
00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:34,021
I think we're pretty much done now.
336
00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,483
With quills, it's usually
an amazingly fast recovery.
337
00:13:37,566 --> 00:13:40,027
Like, he'll for sure be sore
for, like, two or three days,
338
00:13:40,110 --> 00:13:41,862
but the mouth heals so fast.
339
00:13:41,946 --> 00:13:46,575
It's just time, pain meds,
antibiotics, soft food,
340
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,994
and hopefully gives him time
to think about what he did.
341
00:13:51,205 --> 00:13:52,998
There you go, buddy.
342
00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:56,335
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
343
00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:58,254
Look at that.
344
00:13:58,337 --> 00:14:00,422
Look at this mat of quills that I have.
345
00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:01,966
That's like 400.
346
00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:03,717
MAYA: I think you won.
347
00:14:03,801 --> 00:14:04,844
DR. OAKLEY: I definitely won.
348
00:14:06,554 --> 00:14:08,097
Oh, his tail!
349
00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:09,807
Oh.
350
00:14:09,890 --> 00:14:12,643
What a good boy.
351
00:14:12,726 --> 00:14:14,311
You wake up happy.
352
00:14:15,062 --> 00:14:16,689
Like, he can't get his tongue
back in his mouth,
353
00:14:16,772 --> 00:14:18,774
but he can wag his tail this fast.
354
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,404
Okay. Hello.
355
00:14:23,487 --> 00:14:25,990
NANCY: Hi. Hey, buddy.
356
00:14:26,073 --> 00:14:28,659
This is not his first time
with a porcupine encounter.
357
00:14:28,742 --> 00:14:30,703
It's more like his fourth or fifth.
358
00:14:31,078 --> 00:14:33,163
So you'd think he would have learned
to stay away from them,
359
00:14:33,247 --> 00:14:34,915
because he's a smart dog.
360
00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:38,627
But he just doesn't get
the porcupine thing yet.
361
00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,921
-DR. OAKLEY: You were really good.
-NANCY: He's a good boy.
362
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:42,548
DR. OAKLEY: You were so good!
363
00:14:42,631 --> 00:14:43,966
NANCY: You ready to go home?
364
00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:45,301
DR. OAKLEY: I hope Pedro learns,
365
00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:47,803
but I think really he needs
to be just on lockdown,
366
00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,806
especially in the fall
when it's porcupine breeding season.
367
00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:51,932
NANCY: There we go.
368
00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,642
DR. OAKLEY: I'm just glad I was here
in town to help him out.
369
00:14:57,062 --> 00:14:58,939
MAYA (off screen):
Been driving a lot lately.
370
00:14:59,023 --> 00:15:00,107
DR. OAKLEY: I know.
371
00:15:00,941 --> 00:15:03,652
We need to start breaking it up
with a little, like, yoga
372
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:06,405
or dancing in our driving.
373
00:15:06,488 --> 00:15:08,407
Let's put on music and just kind of...
374
00:15:08,490 --> 00:15:10,492
MAYA: I'll just take a little nap, Mom.
375
00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:17,458
DR. OAKLEY: Today,
we're at Williams Reindeer Farm.
376
00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:20,169
Denise runs the show here.
377
00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:21,962
DENISE HARDY: Here we go.
378
00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:24,381
DR. OAKLEY: They run a real family farm.
379
00:15:24,465 --> 00:15:26,884
In addition to reindeer,
they have some alpacas,
380
00:15:26,967 --> 00:15:29,094
they have a little pig, who's my favorite.
381
00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:32,056
Just a great educational spot
for people to visit.
382
00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,516
Let's see if we can do it here, buddy.
383
00:15:35,684 --> 00:15:36,727
Denise asked me to come today
384
00:15:36,810 --> 00:15:38,354
because she's got a couple animals
that are a little sick
385
00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:39,939
that she wants me to check in on them.
386
00:15:40,022 --> 00:15:41,565
That sounds awesome.
387
00:15:42,691 --> 00:15:43,943
What you doing?
388
00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:45,569
Barp, barp, barp!
389
00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:47,279
I one hundred percent want a reindeer.
390
00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:49,198
Reindeer are lovely.
391
00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:51,659
They're really sweet to work with.
392
00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:54,411
Of course, we have our dogs,
and now we have a clinic cat,
393
00:15:54,495 --> 00:15:56,163
but I think a reindeer
would round that out nicely.
394
00:15:56,997 --> 00:15:58,290
One of these days.
395
00:16:00,918 --> 00:16:02,336
DENISE: Oh, here's our broken antler baby.
396
00:16:02,419 --> 00:16:03,629
Come on, baby.
397
00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:07,341
We have a little reindeer
that just recently was weaned
398
00:16:07,424 --> 00:16:09,843
from her mom and was trying
to get back to her mother,
399
00:16:09,927 --> 00:16:12,805
and got her head stuck
in the fence and broke her antlers.
400
00:16:13,263 --> 00:16:15,182
DR. OAKLEY:
That antler is totally flopping.
401
00:16:15,265 --> 00:16:16,475
Her name is Poppy.
402
00:16:16,558 --> 00:16:18,769
She's about a five-month-old calf
at this point.
403
00:16:18,852 --> 00:16:19,937
Poor lovey.
404
00:16:20,020 --> 00:16:22,481
The antler velvet is holding it in place.
405
00:16:22,564 --> 00:16:23,691
DENISE: It's okay.
406
00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:25,526
I was just sick to my stomach
when I saw it.
407
00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:28,362
You can tell she's in a lot of pain.
408
00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:30,364
They are like my family.
409
00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:34,201
I feel a big responsibility
to take care of them.
410
00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:37,913
DR. OAKLEY: Do you want to run her through
the chute? Is that how we'll do it?
411
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:40,207
DENISE: Yeah! Let's do that.
That'll be probably the safest.
412
00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:41,542
DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
413
00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:43,168
We're gonna get Poppy to go out
from one of the pens,
414
00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:45,587
and then we'll catch her
right as she comes through the squeeze.
415
00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:50,676
The squeeze is actually
a couple mattresses
416
00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:53,220
that you just sort of catch
the animal in nice and gently.
417
00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:55,597
That really catches you.
418
00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:57,141
-Woo!
-(chuckles)
419
00:16:57,224 --> 00:16:58,225
DENISE: You got her?
420
00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:02,396
MAYA: Tell me when.
421
00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:07,985
DR. OAKLEY: Hi, baby. Hi, baby.
422
00:17:08,068 --> 00:17:09,862
-TERRY: Good girl.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Good one.
423
00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:13,866
It's broken there.
424
00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:16,118
Darn it.
425
00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:18,662
-DENISE: It's totally broken.
-DR. OAKLEY: It's totally broken.
426
00:17:18,746 --> 00:17:21,373
The antler's just broken
right off the base of her skull.
427
00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:23,125
We're hoping that
they haven't actually caused
428
00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,585
any fracture in the skull itself.
429
00:17:24,668 --> 00:17:28,130
But it's possible if the fracture is
at the base and a fracture of the skull,
430
00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:30,007
you can even get an infection
that goes in the brain.
431
00:17:30,507 --> 00:17:32,176
It's definitely painful.
432
00:17:32,259 --> 00:17:34,344
First thing we'll do is put a block in.
433
00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:36,305
Oh, honey.
434
00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:39,183
We won't know how bad the damage is
until I get in there
435
00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:41,560
and remove the broken antlers
and can take a look.
436
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:43,687
It needs to be really clean
437
00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:45,564
so we don't close in a bunch of bacteria.
438
00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:48,442
If you just were to leave a broken antler,
it'll rot the way it is.
439
00:17:48,525 --> 00:17:50,778
It'll just be dead tissue
that'll start a big abscess.
440
00:17:52,654 --> 00:17:55,574
Okay. Ready, Freddies?
441
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:58,410
She is at higher risk of infection.
442
00:17:58,494 --> 00:18:01,705
I know it's not sterile,
but none of this is perfectly sterile.
443
00:18:03,248 --> 00:18:04,500
DENISE: It's very hard to watch.
444
00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:08,587
I'm just worried about how deep it is.
445
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:12,508
Is the skull fractured?
446
00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:15,677
DR. OAKLEY: It's basically
just fractured right off the skull.
447
00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:19,098
I can see it's not only sheared
away from the skull,
448
00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:20,599
it's taken a little bit
of the skull with it.
449
00:18:20,682 --> 00:18:24,144
So I can see down
into her sinus, so it's like, ah.
450
00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:25,854
Never seen that in a reindeer.
451
00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:26,939
Holy moly!
452
00:18:29,149 --> 00:18:30,734
DENISE (off screen):
Is the skull fractured?
453
00:18:30,818 --> 00:18:33,112
DR. OAKLEY: It's basically
just fractured right off the skull.
454
00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:34,321
You can see into her sinus.
455
00:18:35,197 --> 00:18:39,576
Where Poppy's antlers fractured
are basically right off the skull.
456
00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:42,746
And in fact, one little piece
of the skull has opened up.
457
00:18:42,830 --> 00:18:45,332
Right now, I'm just closing,
like, the underneath tissues.
458
00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:49,461
This is certainly one of the worst cases
of fractured antlers I've seen,
459
00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:51,672
and that's because
it's left her so exposed
460
00:18:51,755 --> 00:18:53,382
with her sinus wide open.
461
00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:55,008
Do some skin sutures.
462
00:18:55,342 --> 00:18:57,594
This is not really brain surgery,
but it's close enough
463
00:18:57,678 --> 00:18:59,138
that I'm concerned about an infection.
464
00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:02,099
A serious sinus infection in this area
465
00:19:02,182 --> 00:19:04,309
could track into the braincase over time.
466
00:19:04,393 --> 00:19:05,769
So I'm just gonna give her
some antibiotics
467
00:19:05,853 --> 00:19:07,646
to help her fight any potential infection.
468
00:19:07,729 --> 00:19:09,064
(grunts)
469
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:10,482
Can you hold her head just like that?
470
00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:13,068
Okay.
471
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:14,653
So now, number two.
472
00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:16,655
I know.
473
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:18,991
Sad.
474
00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:22,661
I suspect her ability to grow
a big, beautiful rack
475
00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:24,746
may be in jeopardy.
476
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,790
Because she's lost
all the germinal tissue,
477
00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:29,418
like, that entire pedicle
has been swept away,
478
00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:32,588
I just don't know
what's left to grow antlers.
479
00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:33,964
I'm getting there.
480
00:19:34,047 --> 00:19:36,258
The pedicle is the source
of the new growth.
481
00:19:36,341 --> 00:19:38,468
And if you lose the pedicle
or you mess up the pedicle,
482
00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:39,678
you either won't get antlers
483
00:19:39,761 --> 00:19:41,763
or you'll get really funky,
weird antler growths.
484
00:19:42,306 --> 00:19:44,975
Oh yeah, lift it a bit
so I can see where to cut.
485
00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:49,688
So whatever you see there
is where it's broken off that.
486
00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:51,231
I didn't cut any bone at all.
487
00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:53,233
So it literally was just sitting there.
488
00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:56,153
I'll show you where it's fractured.
Do you see that?
489
00:19:56,236 --> 00:19:57,237
-DENISE: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: Now, there's, like,
490
00:19:57,321 --> 00:19:59,656
that's just normal ridge.
491
00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:01,408
Definitely not as serious.
492
00:20:01,491 --> 00:20:03,660
It's just sheared away right at the skull,
493
00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:05,579
and at least the sinus is protected.
494
00:20:06,246 --> 00:20:07,915
I'm not a hundred percent sure
495
00:20:07,998 --> 00:20:09,708
if she's gonna regrow
these antlers or not.
496
00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:11,668
Almost done.
497
00:20:11,752 --> 00:20:13,837
Poppy could end up being a bald reindeer.
498
00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:15,839
Poor little beauty queen.
499
00:20:15,923 --> 00:20:18,383
So we'll just have to see next year
if she grows antlers again.
500
00:20:18,967 --> 00:20:20,093
TERRY: There!
501
00:20:21,803 --> 00:20:23,096
DR. OAKLEY: Aww!
502
00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:26,308
DENISE: To not have antlers
is kind of putting her
503
00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:28,393
in the lowest pecking order.
504
00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:31,271
I have a feeling she'll become
a pretty good pet
505
00:20:31,355 --> 00:20:32,356
pretty quick here.
506
00:20:32,773 --> 00:20:34,733
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): I'll bet
that feels so much better.
507
00:20:34,816 --> 00:20:36,777
I know she'll get nothing
but the best TLC here.
508
00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:38,528
I think she's gonna be just great.
509
00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:43,367
(phone ringing)
510
00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:45,452
Hi, Bonnie.
511
00:20:45,535 --> 00:20:46,536
BONNIE HEDRICK: Hi, DR. OAKLEY.
512
00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:49,581
DR. OAKLEY: I just got a call
about an emergency that's coming in.
513
00:20:50,207 --> 00:20:51,959
Sorry to hear about Taku.
514
00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:54,878
Taku is a Malamute/Lab mix,
and he burned his paws
515
00:20:54,962 --> 00:20:57,005
a few days ago,
but it's getting a lot worse.
516
00:20:57,547 --> 00:20:58,799
BONNIE: Taku, come on.
517
00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:02,094
DR. OAKLEY:
Oh, my love, with the sore feet!
518
00:21:02,177 --> 00:21:04,596
BONNIE: Okay, so you'll text me
on my cell when I should come back?
519
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,889
DR. OAKLEY: Yes, I will. Yup.
I'll let you know. Okay.
520
00:21:05,973 --> 00:21:07,683
-BONNIE: Oh, thank you so much!
-DR. OAKLEY: You're welcome, Bonnie.
521
00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,309
Good boy, Taku.
522
00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:10,978
We're gonna get you feeling better.
523
00:21:12,187 --> 00:21:14,606
Oh, Taku burned three of his feet.
524
00:21:15,649 --> 00:21:17,526
BONNIE: These people are having
a new driveway built,
525
00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:20,153
and to build the driveway,
they had to cut all the trees.
526
00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:21,738
And they had been burning the stumps.
527
00:21:21,822 --> 00:21:24,157
DR. OAKLEY: Good boy. Stay. Stay.
528
00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:25,951
Yeah. He's a big boy. He's 95 pounds?
529
00:21:26,034 --> 00:21:27,077
SIERRA: 95, yeah.
530
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,956
BONNIE: He stepped into the ash.
He started yelping like crazy.
531
00:21:31,331 --> 00:21:33,208
DR. OAKLEY:
Both of his left feet are burned.
532
00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,837
And his right front also
but maybe not so bad.
533
00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:39,798
BONNIE: We drove about a quarter mile
right next to the river,
534
00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:41,883
and I had him hop out
and put his feet in the water.
535
00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:44,469
And then we got home
and I let him out of the car,
536
00:21:44,553 --> 00:21:46,972
and he kind of frolicked to the house,
537
00:21:47,055 --> 00:21:49,057
and that's what gave me
a false sense of security
538
00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,434
that it wasn't so bad.
539
00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:53,895
DR. OAKLEY: Burns often
don't look too bad at first,
540
00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:56,064
and as days go by,
541
00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:57,566
burns will continue to get worse.
542
00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:00,736
MAYA: It smells like
anal glands or something.
543
00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:01,820
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, his feet?
-MAYA: Yeah.
544
00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:03,488
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, they're probably
massively infected.
545
00:22:04,072 --> 00:22:05,407
I know that smell.
546
00:22:06,408 --> 00:22:09,828
Just guessing from the smell alone,
we're talking about a serious infection.
547
00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:12,497
Animals can easily become septic,
548
00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:14,750
which means the bacteria travels inside.
549
00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:16,710
They can get totally sick with high fever
550
00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:18,670
and die from a septic infection.
551
00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,298
MAYA: Ow, those feet hurt.
552
00:22:21,381 --> 00:22:23,258
But he's still being so sweet.
553
00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:26,011
DR. OAKLEY: Let me get his sedation ready.
I'll listen to his heart.
554
00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:29,348
SIERRA: How old is he? Is he, like, 10?
555
00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:30,557
DR. OAKLEY: Almost nine.
556
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:31,892
Can I see your color?
557
00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,811
Good boy.
558
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,646
BONNIE: Pets are kind of like
your children,
559
00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:40,150
so I'm concerned that Taku has
to go under general anesthesia.
560
00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:42,569
But there aren't any better hands
than Dr. Oakley
561
00:22:42,652 --> 00:22:45,280
for him to be in
if he's got burn problems.
562
00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,032
DR. OAKLEY: Okay, Taku,
563
00:22:47,115 --> 00:22:49,534
we're gonna do old man anesthesia for you.
564
00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:52,788
Where we're gonna start
is just getting Taku sedated.
565
00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,624
This has to go in a muscle,
and it's a lot.
566
00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:57,834
It's gonna be way too painful
to deal with him awake.
567
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,296
Are you ready, buddy?
I'm sorry about this.
568
00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:04,007
Big injection. Sorry.
569
00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:06,885
I gave him a protocol
that is very safe for older dogs,
570
00:23:06,968 --> 00:23:09,888
like really mild and really mellow.
571
00:23:09,971 --> 00:23:11,139
SIERRA: It's okay!
572
00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:13,934
DR. OAKLEY:
Remote Alaska Burn Unit, ready.
573
00:23:14,017 --> 00:23:15,852
-SIERRA: Yeah! Alright.
-DR. OAKLEY: Awesome! Okay, let's do it.
574
00:23:17,145 --> 00:23:19,356
Hold on, I'm gonna take this off.
575
00:23:19,439 --> 00:23:22,234
-Aww, it's okay.
-SIERRA: Oh, twitchy, twitchy, twitchy.
576
00:23:22,317 --> 00:23:24,194
DR. OAKLEY: Oh. Oh. Oh. What's up?
577
00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:26,613
As I'm getting Taku sedated,
578
00:23:26,696 --> 00:23:29,991
he suddenly starts to be
a little reactive and kind of twitchy.
579
00:23:30,534 --> 00:23:32,661
Let's put a catheter in right now
while he's down here.
580
00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:36,039
And it feels to me like it's about
to progress into a seizure.
581
00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:37,124
Okay, love, okay.
582
00:23:37,624 --> 00:23:39,459
That can be really hard on his heart.
583
00:23:39,543 --> 00:23:43,171
It can have a whole lot of other effects
that I can't predict or control.
584
00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:45,632
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Quick with the catheter.
585
00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:47,759
Maya, pull up three mils
of Valium, please.
586
00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:49,678
Son of a gun.
587
00:23:52,180 --> 00:23:53,432
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, oh, oh.
588
00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:54,850
What's up? What's up?
589
00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:57,144
A little minor seizure there, buddy?
590
00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:00,439
Taku suddenly starts
to be a little twitchy.
591
00:24:00,522 --> 00:24:01,815
Okay, love. Okay.
592
00:24:01,898 --> 00:24:04,985
And it feels to me like
it's about to progress into a seizure.
593
00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:07,320
Maya, pull up
three mils of Valium, please.
594
00:24:11,491 --> 00:24:14,119
Why are you twitching, my friend?
It's okay. We're okay.
595
00:24:14,202 --> 00:24:16,788
Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Really slow.
596
00:24:17,164 --> 00:24:18,623
I'm pulling up Valium...
597
00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:20,250
-(whimpering)
-Okay, love.
598
00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:22,294
...because I want to prevent
a seizure altogether.
599
00:24:22,752 --> 00:24:24,129
Let go, Maya.
600
00:24:24,212 --> 00:24:27,883
(whimpering)
601
00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:29,217
Okay, my love.
602
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:32,262
Slow you right down. What the heck?
That made you twitchy.
603
00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:35,265
We're gonna put a catheter in, run fluids,
604
00:24:35,348 --> 00:24:37,309
make sure he's stable before we continue.
605
00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:40,312
Because he just seems so reactive,
606
00:24:40,395 --> 00:24:42,647
I'm gonna get him
under general anesthesia.
607
00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:45,233
What a good boy you are, Taku.
608
00:24:45,609 --> 00:24:46,902
Now I'm in there.
609
00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:48,320
Okay, buddy.
610
00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:50,405
Oh, that's better.
611
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,032
His vitals are good and stable.
612
00:24:52,532 --> 00:24:54,701
Now we can actually do what we need to do.
613
00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:57,120
Good. Thanks.
614
00:24:58,038 --> 00:25:00,457
Taku has burned three of his paws
615
00:25:00,540 --> 00:25:02,751
by walking across
some really hot coals from a fire.
616
00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:05,962
We're just gonna use IV bags
with some saline
617
00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:07,631
and do a really rough wash,
618
00:25:07,714 --> 00:25:09,841
like koosh, koosh, koosh,
koosh, koosh, koosh.
619
00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,510
It's almost like a little washing machine.
620
00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:13,637
You want to just shake loose
all that dead tissue
621
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:14,930
that shouldn't be there anyway.
622
00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:16,640
Get all that yuck away.
623
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:18,767
Now that we're washing it
and looking at it,
624
00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:20,519
there are some pretty bad burns.
625
00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:22,270
Ee-yuck!
626
00:25:22,812 --> 00:25:24,606
There's both second and third degree burns
627
00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,608
on the left front and the left hind.
628
00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:30,111
It's sloughed the top layer
of skin here and here and here
629
00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:33,740
and around the nail beds,
it's really quite infected.
630
00:25:33,823 --> 00:25:37,410
Part of that pad
is peeled away and is dead.
631
00:25:37,494 --> 00:25:38,495
Okay.
632
00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:40,330
I'm gonna start dealing with this.
633
00:25:41,748 --> 00:25:43,208
Bummer, Taku.
634
00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:45,377
This is a big deal, buddy.
635
00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:49,714
Edge of this pad is peeling away,
just dead right there.
636
00:25:50,423 --> 00:25:53,510
With burns, the key is
to get the dead tissue away
637
00:25:53,593 --> 00:25:54,970
as quick as you can.
638
00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:57,806
Otherwise, infection is
very likely to set in,
639
00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,182
and it's hard to get rid of it.
640
00:25:59,975 --> 00:26:01,518
I'm just debriding, and I'm getting
641
00:26:01,601 --> 00:26:03,770
some of the dead pad material
out of the way,
642
00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:06,439
because that's just gonna
hold bacteria in there,
643
00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:09,401
and I want it to go away.
644
00:26:10,527 --> 00:26:13,363
There's like little rings
of dead tissue around his toenails.
645
00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:16,116
Those will kind of dry and tighten up,
646
00:26:16,199 --> 00:26:18,118
and then they'll cut off
the circulation to the toenail,
647
00:26:18,201 --> 00:26:20,579
and he can even lose
his whole toe from that.
648
00:26:21,037 --> 00:26:23,665
So all this kind of pad
right here is dead,
649
00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:26,751
so I'm taking away the edge of that pad.
650
00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:29,921
Ooh, that's good, that's bleeding nice.
651
00:26:30,797 --> 00:26:34,342
Bleeding is good, because I want to get
to the tissue that's able to heal.
652
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,802
If it's not bleeding, it's dead, so...
653
00:26:35,885 --> 00:26:37,929
We don't want to leave any of that behind.
654
00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:39,014
Yech!
655
00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:42,559
So if you want to rinse that a little bit.
656
00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:45,061
What you see looks really awful.
657
00:26:45,145 --> 00:26:48,857
It looks like this raw, painful,
red, exposed tissue.
658
00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:52,193
But what I see is
a really healthy-looking tissue bed
659
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:56,156
that now can heal and allow new cells
to cover it and grow.
660
00:26:56,239 --> 00:26:57,365
Alright, the silver.
661
00:26:58,533 --> 00:27:01,953
All of that now is very open
to infection from bacteria.
662
00:27:02,037 --> 00:27:05,165
So what we need to do is kind of cover it
663
00:27:05,248 --> 00:27:07,042
with a little bit of a false skin
664
00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:10,086
until the skin can kind of
get back in and cover that up.
665
00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:14,799
This is a silver-impregnated dressing
that leaches silver onto the burn tissue,
666
00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:18,428
and so that's a really good
anti-bacterial for burn tissue.
667
00:27:19,512 --> 00:27:21,640
There we go. That's nice.
668
00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:24,392
You can leave the bandage
on them for, like, five to seven days
669
00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:26,019
instead of taking it off all the time.
670
00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:28,772
We're gonna also help him along
with some oral antibiotics
671
00:27:28,855 --> 00:27:31,775
so that his own body will get some help
in fighting the infection.
672
00:27:32,776 --> 00:27:33,818
SIERRA: Oh, good morning.
673
00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:36,112
-(whimpers)
-DR. OAKLEY: Good morning.
674
00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:40,283
We're gonna send him
with some medications for pain, for sure,
675
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:42,243
but also some meds to slow him down.
676
00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,411
Let's go, buddy.
677
00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:46,539
He's walking lifting
his feet up, it's so sad.
678
00:27:46,623 --> 00:27:47,666
SIERRA: Aw!
679
00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:50,126
BONNIE: Ohh, Taku.
680
00:27:50,543 --> 00:27:52,295
Oh, hello!
681
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:55,590
DR. OAKLEY: It's really important
that he just kind of takes it easy,
682
00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:57,467
takes the weight off his feet
as much as possible,
683
00:27:57,550 --> 00:27:59,302
and just allows the healing to continue.
684
00:27:59,719 --> 00:28:01,805
I don't think he's gonna need
any more debriding,
685
00:28:01,888 --> 00:28:03,390
but he is gonna need a bandage change,
686
00:28:03,473 --> 00:28:06,226
like, in five to seven days
and again in five to seven days.
687
00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:08,103
I'm mostly worried about the nail beds.
688
00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:09,187
BONNIE: Oh.
689
00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:10,855
DR. OAKLEY: So nail beds
really tend to get infected
690
00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:12,023
on these type of burns,
691
00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:14,943
and I'm leaving tomorrow
for almost two weeks.
692
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:17,445
I talked to you about
maybe getting to Whitehorse.
693
00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,739
DR. OAKLEY: There is a clinic
called All Paws in Whitehorse,
694
00:28:19,823 --> 00:28:21,741
so we're gonna send him up there.
695
00:28:21,825 --> 00:28:24,494
And in five days, he's gonna go
under anesthesia again
696
00:28:24,577 --> 00:28:25,745
and have the bandages changed.
697
00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:27,706
Bye, Taku!
698
00:28:28,164 --> 00:28:30,959
BONNIE: I think Taku
is just going to lay in his bed.
699
00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:32,627
And he'll probably
just let himself be pampered.
700
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,213
DR. OAKLEY: You guys take care.
We'll be in touch.
701
00:28:35,296 --> 00:28:37,298
BONNIE: He's a member of the family,
and I can't think
702
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,009
of doing anything short
of everything I can
703
00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:42,220
to make sure he's healthy and happy.
704
00:28:45,014 --> 00:28:46,433
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Road trip!
705
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:53,523
-Oh my gosh, there's Holsteins.
-SIERRA: Look at all the cows.
706
00:28:53,606 --> 00:28:56,067
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh my goodness.
-SIERRA: I love cow colors.
707
00:28:56,151 --> 00:28:58,319
The black and white splotches,
I love that.
708
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,989
DR. OAKLEY: We're down
just past Homer, Alaska,
709
00:29:01,072 --> 00:29:04,200
in a gorgeous spot that kind of
looks over Kachemak Bay,
710
00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:05,410
an amazing part of Alaska.
711
00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:07,954
Hey, how's it going?
712
00:29:08,037 --> 00:29:10,165
Today we're at the Jones farm
with Ina and Spek,
713
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,292
and they've got a milking cow
for me to look at.
714
00:29:13,376 --> 00:29:14,836
So this must be Petunia.
715
00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:16,713
-INA JONES: Yep, this is Petunia.
-SPEK JONES: Yup, that's her.
716
00:29:16,796 --> 00:29:17,797
DR. OAKLEY: Nice.
717
00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:20,800
Ina has been like kind of a vet
around here really,
718
00:29:20,884 --> 00:29:24,304
because she did not have a vet around.
719
00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:26,848
SPEK: We moved here in 56.
720
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,517
That was before Alaska became a state.
721
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:32,437
INA: When there's no one else,
you figure out the best way you can.
722
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,565
So I had every vet book I could get
about horses and cows
723
00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:39,360
to try to learn to take care
of as much as I could on our own,
724
00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:42,530
because there wasn't anyone else to help.
725
00:29:43,031 --> 00:29:44,908
DR. OAKLEY: I feel like I could
definitely learn a thing or two
726
00:29:44,991 --> 00:29:46,409
from her today, you know,
727
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:48,995
and I'm happy to help her
with whatever I know, too.
728
00:29:49,579 --> 00:29:50,580
What's going on with her?
729
00:29:50,663 --> 00:29:53,041
INA: Well, I would like
to see if she's pregnant.
730
00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:55,376
Hopefully she got bred in an early heat,
731
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,630
and it's large enough for you
to actually feel if she got bred.
732
00:29:58,713 --> 00:29:59,714
DR. OAKLEY: Right.
733
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:02,425
INA: And then she has
a number four quarter
734
00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:04,719
that has never produced milk.
735
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,222
The tit has had an obstruction in it.
736
00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:11,559
And from what I can feel,
it's a little smaller than a pea,
737
00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,603
and it's kind of right in the milk canal.
738
00:30:13,686 --> 00:30:15,146
DR. OAKLEY: Let's have a look at it
and see what we can do.
739
00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:16,439
INA: Okay. That'd be awesome.
740
00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:18,983
DR. OAKLEY: The udder on a cow
is basically divided
741
00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,653
into four sections,
quarters they call them,
742
00:30:21,736 --> 00:30:24,155
and each compartment has
its own little teat.
743
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:26,866
So you have to milk each
of the four compartments
744
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:28,243
to get all the milk out.
745
00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:29,577
INA: Come on.
746
00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:33,081
Petunia is a seven-year-old Holstein.
747
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,583
Even with three quarters,
she's an amazing cow.
748
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:38,545
If she calves and she's full of milk,
749
00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:41,506
she gives me about
four gallons of milk a day.
750
00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:42,882
Come on in, 'Tunia.
751
00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:46,052
We make mozzarella, cheddar, cream cheese.
752
00:30:46,135 --> 00:30:49,013
If it can be made out of milk,
we try to figure out a way to make it.
753
00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,975
But I can't do anything
if she isn't pregnant.
754
00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:55,395
Tell me when you're ready
and I'll put her in the chute for you.
755
00:30:56,896 --> 00:30:58,398
DR. OAKLEY: First thing,
we're just gonna do a preg check
756
00:30:58,481 --> 00:30:59,732
and see if she's pregnant.
757
00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:03,820
To preg check Petunia,
we're gonna put her into a squeeze.
758
00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:09,868
Good catch.
759
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:10,952
Perfect.
760
00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,371
(moos)
761
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:16,165
So I'm moving really slow and gentle
762
00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:19,294
in through the end of her colon there
and her, into her rectum.
763
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:23,256
And then through the rectal wall,
I can actually feel her uterus
764
00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:25,008
where the baby would be underneath it.
765
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,260
-SIERRA: You feel anything?
-DR. OAKLEY: Alright.
766
00:31:27,343 --> 00:31:29,345
Not yet, just gas and poop.
767
00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:30,597
(Petunia expels gas)
768
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,433
There we go, that's the sound of music.
769
00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:34,976
Moo-sic!
770
00:31:35,768 --> 00:31:36,769
(moo)
771
00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:38,479
That's better.
772
00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:41,357
Okay, I'll take that ultrasound over here.
773
00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:47,155
Right now, she's considered a dry cow,
which means she's not making any milk,
774
00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:50,074
and that's because
she didn't have a calf last year.
775
00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:52,243
Okay. So I'm going in there.
776
00:31:52,702 --> 00:31:54,370
And that's important,
because she's a milking cow,
777
00:31:54,454 --> 00:31:56,831
so once she calves, then she'll make milk.
778
00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,791
Now I can kind of feel stuff.
779
00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:01,461
I can feel if she's pregnant or not.
780
00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:03,504
If she's not pregnant,
then we might be able to give her
781
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,173
some treatments to bring her into heat
782
00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:07,342
and get her bred again quickly
before it's too late.
783
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,721
And that is a uterus
right there, I think, hang on.
784
00:32:12,555 --> 00:32:13,598
INA: Whoa, mama.
785
00:32:13,681 --> 00:32:15,058
DR. OAKLEY: If she's not pregnant,
786
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:18,019
Ina knows she's in
for a whole another year plus
787
00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:19,479
of no milk for the family.
788
00:32:20,396 --> 00:32:21,898
The verdict is...
789
00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:27,028
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
You're being so good, Petunia.
790
00:32:27,695 --> 00:32:31,157
Petunia is a milking cow,
and Ina wants to know, is she pregnant?
791
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,035
Because if she doesn't have a calf,
she's not gonna be making any milk.
792
00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:36,412
Okay. Where's your uterus?
Okay. It's over here.
793
00:32:36,996 --> 00:32:38,373
There's your ovary.
794
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,709
I see a baby!
795
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:43,169
INA: Wahoo!
796
00:32:43,252 --> 00:32:44,379
SIERRA: Baby.
797
00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,047
That's the butt.
798
00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:48,424
DR. OAKLEY: Yay! Well, that's exciting.
799
00:32:48,508 --> 00:32:50,343
That's the ribs, and you see those lines.
800
00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:51,427
INA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
801
00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:53,471
DR. OAKLEY: I can see the heartbeat,
if you kind of look...
802
00:32:53,554 --> 00:32:55,264
INA: Yup, yup, yup!
803
00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:57,642
DR. OAKLEY: The size of it feels
like about a 60-day pregnancy,
804
00:32:57,725 --> 00:32:59,686
so sometime in April
she should be calving.
805
00:32:59,769 --> 00:33:01,688
INA: That's what I was hoping for.
806
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,273
Fresh milk, cheese, ice cream.
807
00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:05,441
SIERRA: Oh yum!
808
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,069
INA: I really wanted to be prepared,
809
00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:11,239
and we can get that baby born
in the best conditions possible,
810
00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:12,448
so that's all good.
811
00:33:12,949 --> 00:33:14,492
DR. OAKLEY: Do you want to get
in there and try the palpation?
812
00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:15,576
INA: Sure.
813
00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:18,621
DR. OAKLEY: It's kind of cool
to, you know, help out someone
814
00:33:18,705 --> 00:33:22,083
who's like, like a pioneer,
like, she's a pioneer woman.
815
00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:24,585
Like, I'm kind of fan-girling here.
I get to help out Ina.
816
00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,004
-You're gonna get poop on you.
-INA: Yes, I am.
817
00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:27,422
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, let me give you this.
-INA: If you don't mind me.
818
00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:28,589
DR. OAKLEY: I don't mind at all!
819
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,591
INA: I wasn't expecting to get to do this.
820
00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:32,260
DR. OAKLEY: So nice and slow.
821
00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:35,513
Now get in more to your elbow
and then reach down to the left
822
00:33:35,596 --> 00:33:37,640
and you'll feel like a water balloon
823
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:40,435
like this big down there,
and that's her uterus.
824
00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:41,811
INA: That is so cool.
825
00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:42,937
-DR. OAKLEY: Can you feel it?
-INA: Yeah!
826
00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:44,856
Ah-hah!
827
00:33:44,939 --> 00:33:47,483
I really learned a lot
from Dr. Oakley today.
828
00:33:47,942 --> 00:33:51,279
I know what I felt,
but I didn't know why or what.
829
00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:53,322
I'm very thankful for her expertise.
830
00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:55,950
DR. OAKLEY:
Okay. Let me have a lookie-loo.
831
00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:59,620
We know that Petunia is pregnant,
so that's really good news.
832
00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,665
So now we're gonna go ahead
and just have a quick check of the teat.
833
00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:05,543
She should have four quarters
of her udder working,
834
00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:06,794
but only three work.
835
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,880
Hi, Miss. Look, it's just me!
836
00:34:08,963 --> 00:34:11,215
I'm just checking out
this bum teat you got.
837
00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:13,009
SIERRA: Do you know what they call
what she's doing right now?
838
00:34:13,092 --> 00:34:14,802
-INA: I do not.
-SIERRA: It's a "moo-magram."
839
00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:17,346
(laughs)
840
00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:19,599
DR. OAKLEY: That's interesting.
841
00:34:19,682 --> 00:34:20,933
Looking at Petunia's udder,
842
00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:23,269
you can see which one
has never really given milk.
843
00:34:23,352 --> 00:34:25,396
One of these is not like the others.
844
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,106
If you see the size of these three teats,
845
00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:28,900
they're big and chunky.
846
00:34:28,983 --> 00:34:30,943
And then there's this
little wee cute thing
847
00:34:31,444 --> 00:34:33,237
that has been a bit of a dud.
848
00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:36,240
Initially, Ina was able to feel,
like if you rolled it,
849
00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:38,117
you could feel like a pea in there,
850
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:40,578
like a mass that was blocking it.
851
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,747
INA: I haven't felt it for a long time.
852
00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:44,082
DR. OAKLEY: The princess and the pea.
853
00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:47,376
I don't actually feel
any little pea in there.
854
00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:50,213
It feels really healthy.
It feels nice and soft.
855
00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:52,757
I don't know if it, like, resolved itself?
856
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,300
But let me put the ultrasound
and just see what we see.
857
00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,011
(moos)
858
00:34:57,804 --> 00:34:59,055
That's all normal.
859
00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:02,558
INA: Well, I may just have
a three-quartered cow, then.
860
00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:04,685
DR. OAKLEY: I see a perfectly normal teat.
861
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,270
Come on, Petunia.
862
00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:08,981
I'm not sure if it's resolved,
if something's happened
863
00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:11,859
to kind of break it down,
but it's no longer there.
864
00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:15,238
SPEK: It's nice to know that
she's gonna calve next spring.
865
00:35:15,321 --> 00:35:16,781
DR. OAKLEY: That's the good news
I can give you.
866
00:35:16,864 --> 00:35:19,575
The bad news is I didn't find anything
that we could fix on her quarter, but...
867
00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:22,120
-INA: Sure.
-DR. OAKLEY: She's definitely pregnant,
868
00:35:22,203 --> 00:35:24,122
and you're headed for
a perfect timing for calving, so...
869
00:35:24,205 --> 00:35:25,248
INA: Yeah, we are.
870
00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:28,793
Petunia, all she's got to do
is eat and get fat
871
00:35:28,876 --> 00:35:31,337
and grow that big,
beautiful, healthy baby.
872
00:35:31,879 --> 00:35:33,047
Petunia.
873
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:34,340
SPEK: She's coming.
874
00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:38,719
DR. OAKLEY: We're logging the miles today,
875
00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,763
and once again Maya and I are on our way
876
00:35:40,847 --> 00:35:42,473
to the Alaska Wildlife
Conservation Center.
877
00:35:42,890 --> 00:35:44,308
MAYA: Okay. We're here.
878
00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,936
DR. OAKLEY: So where are we
going today, Sarah?
879
00:35:47,019 --> 00:35:48,729
SARAH: We're going to see Artemis.
880
00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:51,149
DR. OAKLEY: Arty farty, little party.
881
00:35:51,232 --> 00:35:52,567
(laughs)
882
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,069
SARAH: Artemis is our yearling musk ox.
883
00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:57,363
She's a wild rescue musk ox
from Deadhorse, Alaska.
884
00:35:58,197 --> 00:36:00,449
A bear was actively trying to get to her.
885
00:36:00,783 --> 00:36:02,535
It actually killed her mother
and her siblings.
886
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:04,162
But she's kind of a tough cookie,
887
00:36:04,245 --> 00:36:06,664
and she survived that
and she got sent here
888
00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:08,207
to live out the rest of her days.
889
00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:11,169
-Artemis is super into the scratchies.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay!
890
00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,671
SARAH: So these guys can get her
in the zone with the scratchies,
891
00:36:13,754 --> 00:36:15,047
and you can just come up and poke her.
892
00:36:15,131 --> 00:36:16,132
DR. OAKLEY: Okay, perfect.
893
00:36:17,049 --> 00:36:19,385
Today Artemis is due
for her annual checkup.
894
00:36:19,886 --> 00:36:22,013
Maya and I are gonna do
a very thorough physical.
895
00:36:22,096 --> 00:36:23,222
You know, nose to tail,
896
00:36:23,306 --> 00:36:25,266
and just make sure
that everything is okay.
897
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:26,350
Hi, beauty queen.
898
00:36:26,809 --> 00:36:28,519
I want to be able to get
in there and sedate her.
899
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:30,188
Hi.
900
00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:31,939
Austin knows her really well,
901
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:34,567
but we do have
to still be careful with her.
902
00:36:34,650 --> 00:36:35,902
SARAH: Good girl, Arty!
903
00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:38,529
DR. OAKLEY: Her skull is like
that thick, even at her age.
904
00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:42,700
So one little flip
and she could easily hurt someone.
905
00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:44,744
What a good girl.
906
00:36:45,453 --> 00:36:46,495
AUSTIN: Good girl.
907
00:36:46,579 --> 00:36:48,372
DR. OAKLEY: What was that? I didn't do it.
908
00:36:48,998 --> 00:36:50,124
SARAH: She's like,
"No, I know it was you."
909
00:36:51,334 --> 00:36:52,501
AUSTIN: Come on, kid!
910
00:36:53,252 --> 00:36:55,421
SARAH: Artemis is actually
a one-eyed musk ox.
911
00:36:55,504 --> 00:36:58,090
She accidentally got herself
into a pickle last fall,
912
00:36:58,174 --> 00:37:00,509
and we had to have
emergency eye removal surgery.
913
00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:02,511
DR. OAKLEY: It definitely was
a freak accident
914
00:37:02,595 --> 00:37:04,138
that Artemis injured her eye,
915
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,349
and we weren't sure how she would do.
916
00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:07,767
We put her back into the herd.
917
00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:10,645
Okay, are you gonna be okay
with one eye by yourself
918
00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:12,605
joining a regular musk ox herd?
919
00:37:13,147 --> 00:37:14,941
She just was like, great.
920
00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:17,652
Why don't you walk her
into the shed? It might rain.
921
00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:19,820
She's already getting sedate, I think.
922
00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:23,866
Look at her little butt.
923
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,913
We're gonna protect that
only eye that you have left,
924
00:37:28,996 --> 00:37:30,289
very carefully.
925
00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:36,420
These horns are the tiniest little horns
I've ever seen on a musk ox.
926
00:37:36,504 --> 00:37:38,839
We're just putting tennis balls
on the little horns
927
00:37:38,923 --> 00:37:41,342
because even though they're small,
they're really spiky.
928
00:37:42,843 --> 00:37:44,720
So I'm just gonna do a quick exam.
929
00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,306
We've got her, like, stable and on oxygen.
930
00:37:48,057 --> 00:37:51,477
Let's check all her little joints.
931
00:37:52,561 --> 00:37:53,646
Okie-dokie.
932
00:37:53,729 --> 00:37:56,732
We'll have a look in that good eye.
Make sure it still is good.
933
00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:59,402
I'm gonna get out the ophthalmoscope,
have a really good look in there.
934
00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:01,862
Hi, Arty, it's okay.
935
00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,447
And I want to make sure
that everything's healthy with it,
936
00:38:03,531 --> 00:38:06,450
because as a one-eyed musk ox,
she's doing great.
937
00:38:07,243 --> 00:38:08,869
Oh, that eye looks so cool.
938
00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:12,081
But I don't know how well
a blind musk ox would do.
939
00:38:12,164 --> 00:38:14,500
That eye is definitely
her lifeline at this point.
940
00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:16,127
Huh.
941
00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:18,796
It's kind of marbly looking.
942
00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:23,426
It almost looks like
kind of wavy on the cornea.
943
00:38:23,509 --> 00:38:27,513
As I'm looking into Artemis's eye,
it looks a little unusual.
944
00:38:27,596 --> 00:38:28,848
The surface looks kind of like
945
00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:30,808
almost like you're looking
at shimmery glass.
946
00:38:31,559 --> 00:38:32,977
Let Tracy have a look with that.
947
00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:35,896
Normally, the cornea should be
totally clear,
948
00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,149
so I shouldn't really see
too much reflection
949
00:38:38,232 --> 00:38:40,234
or any type of marbly-looking appearance.
950
00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:41,819
-TRACY: Oh wow!
-DR. OAKLEY: Isn't that weird?
951
00:38:41,902 --> 00:38:43,696
-TRACY: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: That's what I thought.
952
00:38:43,779 --> 00:38:44,947
She only has one eye,
953
00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:47,742
and if she's starting to have
some issues with her sight,
954
00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:50,119
that could be kind of
a nasty game-changer for her.
955
00:38:50,619 --> 00:38:52,038
Oh, this makes me nervous.
956
00:38:55,249 --> 00:38:57,543
DR. OAKLEY: Look in this eye.
It's just kind of weird.
957
00:38:58,377 --> 00:39:01,422
Artemis is the AWCC's one-eyed musk ox,
958
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:04,050
and I'm seeing something in her eye
that I've never seen before.
959
00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:06,635
Do you see how it looks kind of
like stained glass almost?
960
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:07,720
-MAYA: Yeah.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah,
961
00:39:07,803 --> 00:39:08,804
it doesn't look quite normal to me.
962
00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:10,014
Actually, it could be,
963
00:39:10,097 --> 00:39:12,516
but I don't recall that
from other musk ox.
964
00:39:12,975 --> 00:39:14,518
Her optic disc looks good.
965
00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:18,606
Everything in this eye is looking
and behaving how it should be,
966
00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:20,441
except kind of this odd color.
967
00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:23,235
The eyeball itself, the size, the shape,
968
00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:25,196
she's certainly seeing normally
969
00:39:25,279 --> 00:39:26,822
from what we can tell,
she's moving around.
970
00:39:26,906 --> 00:39:27,990
All of that is normal.
971
00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:31,202
So I suspect this could just be
an anomaly in her.
972
00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:33,871
Okay. Injections.
973
00:39:33,954 --> 00:39:35,373
-Sarah?
-SARAH: Huh?
974
00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:38,125
DR. OAKLEY: Maya did
the last musk ox, so it's your turn.
975
00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,169
I'm gonna have Sarah get the blood sample.
976
00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:41,962
SARAH: Shouldn't she like double-do it?
977
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:43,714
She's so good with musk ox.
978
00:39:43,798 --> 00:39:45,841
DR. OAKLEY: It's really good
that we all kind of take turns
979
00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:47,426
and keep our skills going.
980
00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:49,678
SARAH: I wouldn't want
to take Maya's thunder.
981
00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:52,473
Getting blood is honestly
like going to the dentist.
982
00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:54,600
You know you have to do it,
you don't want to do it.
983
00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:57,353
DR. OAKLEY: You're gonna be fine.
You're gonna do it.
984
00:39:59,146 --> 00:40:00,648
SARAH: I know I'm gonna have
to step up and do it,
985
00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:01,732
but I suck at it.
986
00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:03,567
And nobody likes to do something
that they suck at.
987
00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,236
DR. OAKLEY: I know
you're gonna do it, Sarah.
988
00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:06,529
I've got faith in you.
989
00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,114
Okay, right here.
990
00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:10,157
Find that jugular.
991
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,701
Get your fingers in that dent
992
00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:14,954
and then basically try to poke
your own fingernail.
993
00:40:16,372 --> 00:40:17,415
SARAH: I don't know.
994
00:40:18,332 --> 00:40:19,500
DR. OAKLEY: You can do it.
995
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:21,794
But just go all the way in there.
996
00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:24,463
It should go easy.
997
00:40:24,547 --> 00:40:27,550
So if you're, if you have resistance,
you must be in meat.
998
00:40:28,342 --> 00:40:31,387
I feel a bit bad because
the jugular is tricky on a musk ox.
999
00:40:31,470 --> 00:40:32,763
Okay, another little secret is
1000
00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:34,598
that's the hardest one to do on a musk ox.
1001
00:40:35,516 --> 00:40:38,853
So we're gonna come to the back leg,
which is way easier.
1002
00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:42,022
SARAH: It certainly felt like
I was getting a little bit of hazing,
1003
00:40:42,106 --> 00:40:44,066
but that's just fun
between Dr. Oakley and I.
1004
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:45,401
We've worked together for so long,
1005
00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:47,486
and she knew that I was stressed out
about getting blood,
1006
00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:49,613
so I'm sure she was just kind of
poking the bear a little bit.
1007
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:53,451
DR. OAKLEY: Okay. So I'll hold it off.
1008
00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,286
SARAH: Okay, here we go.
1009
00:40:56,787 --> 00:40:57,872
MAYA: There's blood.
1010
00:40:58,998 --> 00:41:00,166
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Sarah.
1011
00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:01,584
See?
1012
00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:03,794
Oh yeah.
1013
00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:07,006
SARAH: Keeping up on skills
like drawing blood
1014
00:41:07,089 --> 00:41:10,176
is really important and vital
when you work out here in animal care.
1015
00:41:10,259 --> 00:41:12,094
DR. OAKLEY: See? No problem.
1016
00:41:12,178 --> 00:41:14,638
-SARAH: See, Maya? See?
-DR. OAKLEY: See, Maya?
1017
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:16,557
SARAH: Because what if there's
a situation that comes up
1018
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,267
that the vet can't come in to do that?
1019
00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:20,311
Just saying, I got that one.
1020
00:41:20,769 --> 00:41:22,104
But let's be honest,
1021
00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:23,772
I do kind of suck at it.
1022
00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:26,775
DR. OAKLEY: Now let's prop her up
and get her moving.
1023
00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:29,028
Hi.
1024
00:41:29,653 --> 00:41:31,155
MAYA: Good morning, pumpkin.
1025
00:41:31,822 --> 00:41:33,407
DR. OAKLEY:
Things went great with Artemis.
1026
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:34,909
There we go.
1027
00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:37,953
She did really well with the sedation.
1028
00:41:38,037 --> 00:41:39,705
The anesthesia went perfect.
1029
00:41:39,788 --> 00:41:41,624
I forgot the tennis balls on her.
1030
00:41:41,707 --> 00:41:43,667
And she got up and recovered
really nicely.
1031
00:41:43,751 --> 00:41:44,752
Everything looks good.
1032
00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:46,545
Austin, you need to come and reassure her.
1033
00:41:46,629 --> 00:41:47,671
She's looking for you.
1034
00:41:48,130 --> 00:41:51,050
She knows something happened,
but she's not too sure what.
1035
00:41:51,133 --> 00:41:52,510
AUSTIN: Hi, kid!
1036
00:41:53,093 --> 00:41:55,137
DR. OAKLEY: Aw, she wants a hug.
1037
00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:57,848
She loves him.
1038
00:41:58,557 --> 00:41:59,767
That's cute.
1039
00:41:59,850 --> 00:42:02,436
Oh... good stuff.
1040
00:42:03,646 --> 00:42:04,813
Good work.
1041
00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:17,284
The best part of running a mobile clinic
1042
00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:20,204
is getting to travel all around
this amazing country,
1043
00:42:20,788 --> 00:42:24,416
around the Yukon, Alaska,
seeing incredible places and animals.
1044
00:42:24,750 --> 00:42:28,629
And the worst part is
not being in one spot
1045
00:42:28,712 --> 00:42:30,339
for a lot of the patients
that I leave behind.
1046
00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:33,717
Okay, Taku.
1047
00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:37,429
I've been treating Taku for some second
and third-degree burns.
1048
00:42:37,513 --> 00:42:40,516
He walked across some smoldering ashes
and didn't realize it,
1049
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:43,727
so he had some very serious burns
of three out of his four feet.
1050
00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:45,271
Bummer, Taku.
1051
00:42:45,354 --> 00:42:46,939
This is a big deal, buddy.
1052
00:42:47,606 --> 00:42:48,774
Let's go, buddy.
1053
00:42:49,191 --> 00:42:51,360
He's walking lifting his feet up,
1054
00:42:51,443 --> 00:42:52,778
-it's so sad.
-SIERRA: Aww!
1055
00:42:52,861 --> 00:42:54,154
DR. OAKLEY: I couldn't do
the second bandage change
1056
00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:55,489
because I'm traveling.
1057
00:42:55,573 --> 00:42:57,616
BONNIE: Ohh, Taku!
1058
00:42:57,700 --> 00:42:59,368
Oh, hello!
1059
00:42:59,827 --> 00:43:02,121
DR. OAKLEY: Bonnie had
to take Taku to another clinic
1060
00:43:02,204 --> 00:43:03,789
for him to have his second bandage change,
1061
00:43:03,872 --> 00:43:05,624
and things are looking a lot better.
1062
00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:07,585
BONNIE: Taku, shake.
1063
00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:08,836
Yes!
1064
00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:10,212
He's doing great now.
1065
00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:11,797
DR. OAKLEY: He looks fantastic.
1066
00:43:12,339 --> 00:43:15,759
He's running around, no sign
of any soreness in any of his feet.
1067
00:43:15,843 --> 00:43:16,969
BONNIE: Taku, good boy.
1068
00:43:17,052 --> 00:43:18,679
DR. OAKLEY: Totally back to his old self.
1069
00:43:20,889 --> 00:43:22,308
BONNIE: Good dog, Taku.
1070
00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:25,227
Hey, snowy-faced boy.
1071
00:43:25,311 --> 00:43:28,564
I'm just thankful that Dr. Oakley
happened to be in town
1072
00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:31,066
and was able to fit him in.
1073
00:43:31,150 --> 00:43:34,278
I didn't know if he'd be able to... walk.
1074
00:43:34,361 --> 00:43:36,572
I mean, it's kind of a big deal.
1075
00:43:37,531 --> 00:43:39,575
DR. OAKLEY:
All of our pets get into stuff.
1076
00:43:39,658 --> 00:43:42,328
They bump into porcupines and get quilled,
1077
00:43:42,411 --> 00:43:44,997
they end up getting injured,
antlers get broken.
1078
00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:47,541
But it's very satisfying
1079
00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:50,085
to be the vet that comes along
and helps them through this,
1080
00:43:50,169 --> 00:43:52,588
that makes them better
and gets them back on their way.
1081
00:43:52,671 --> 00:43:54,089
BONNIE (off screen): (kisses)
Taku, come here.