Totally Pawsome Pod

Dr. Sip explains what to do if your pet has a seizure, why animals can't have many human medications, and how Poison Control helps vets. Melissa gives a doctorate course in CYA and introduces everyone to the runaway camel of Bonner Springs, Kansas.This week, our thanks go out to…Sip’s real life!ASPCA App and Emergency Linehttps://www.aspca.org/news/what-expect-when-calling-aspca-animal-poison-control-centerBonner Springs Police Departmenthttps://www.livescience.com/wildest-animal-escapes-2021...

Melissa gets on a soapbox about leashes, and Dr. Sip comes in hard with an animal who disintegrates after having *MULTIPLE* 14-hour sex sessions. This week's resources: Soapboxes by Melissa,https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/2110223269https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrateshttp://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/07/07/3262428.htm And the googled images of the deceased antechinus:(You've been warned: Caution...

This week, Dr. Sip terrifies Melissa six ways to Sunday with spiders and hedgehogs, and Melissa brings up the hardest museum in the land. Resources for today's episode:"Don't rub hedgehogs all over you" NatureAVMA CDC.gov"You can just take this dong anywhere":https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-tapirs-nsfw/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-final-member-2014phallus.is/enhttps://animalogic.ca/blog/11-of-the-strangest-animal-genitals-on-the-plan...

Season 2 is here with a bang - Pablo Escobar's theme park and zoo backfired spectacularly, and we have a driving animal who is absolutely better than most Boston drivers. Alright, let's do this! Resources for today: Invasive Hippos: The Truth about Animals by Lucy Cooke (book) https://www.businessinsider.com/how-colombia-can-get-rid-of-pablo-escobars-hippos-2021-6https://www.grunge.com/186303/how-pablo-escobars-former-hippos-are-ruining-colombia/https://www.nationalgeographic...

Dr Sip's outside is coming inside, Melissa has company, so everyone is taking a break. Enjoy this episode from BewilderBeasts - remastered for your listening pleasure. This is a remastered version of the second story in episode 20, "Quoth the Raven, Baltimore." Resources for today's episode can be found here: https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-20-quoth-the-raven-baltimore.

This week, the ladies are remixed, Dr. Sip talks about veterinary options, including wild hamster tagging; Melissa brings up lady octopuses and has to apologize to all but one Todd. Resources for today's episode: Dr. Jonathan EpsteinDr. Xuan Mai VoDr. Amanda LeefDr. Raimon Duran-StruuckDr. Yoanna MaitreThe Varmints PodcastVoxDr. Sip is a traveling exotics veterinarian in Oakland, California. More about her, her practice and contact infor can be found here: DrSipVet.comMelissa McCue-McGr...

Melissa dives deep on separation anxiety and Dr. Sip can't wait to talk about the many, many unsettling features of one evolutionary wonder. Separation Anxiety Resources:Patricia McConnell's book, "I'll Be Home Soon"Nicole Wilde's book, "Don't Leave Me"Melana DiMartini's Separation Anxiety Training Programs"Seymour Butts"Livescience: "Meet the marine worm with 100 butts that can each grow eyes and a brain"*****Dr. Sip is a traveling veterinarian working with exotic pets in and around Oakland/...

Dr. Sip and Melissa announce the winners of a weirdly restrictive contest; dog bite statistics that every dog owner and professional needs to hear; the UK has a drunk seagull problem. Dog bites, "Pit bulls" and statistics resources: Lili Chin's book, Doggie LanguagePatricia McConnell's book: The Other End of the LeashBronwen Dicky's "Pit Bull: Battle For An American Icon" https://www.mkplawgroup.com/dog-bite-statistics/https://www.aaha.org/publications/newstat/articles/2019-06/new-study-...

Today, Melissa talks about COVID19 dogs, who they are, and why we might need to rethink some tactics on using them in public; Dr Sip discusses horse artificial vaginas and what it takes to get a turkey in the mood. Resources: COVID 19 Dogs: https://deadline.com/2021/07/a-left-field-contender-palm-dog-covid-detecting-canines-deployed-cannes-1234789387/ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20reports%20of,countries%2C%20includ...

Melissa and Sip are busily working on episode 8 but with a few technical difficulties and both of your intrepid hosts going back to real-work in real-person, Episode 8 of Pawsome will be delayed. However, Melissa is putting in a tide-you-over goodie from her show, BewilderBeasts. Topics include: President Andrew Jackson's swearing parrot was kicked out of a presidential funeral for swearing; 5 parrots in a UK Zoo made some exhibits R rated; and predatory birds in Australia are using fir...