Totally Pawsome Pod

Dr. Sip dishes on what veterinarians discuss behind closed doors, and Melissa  ruins the most photogenic animal on the planet, the quokka.

Resources:
Vet Peeves - Dr. Sip's actual life

Shacking Up At The Happy Quokka:
Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57159/6-things-know-about-super-cute-quokka
Varmints Podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/varmints/quokkas-to5la_u-zwi/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka
Rottnest Island: https://wildlife.rottnestisland.com/land/fauna/quokka

This week, we get cicada S&M fan art, Melissa has a hot take on smashing car windows and Dr. Sip teaches us all about the dulcet sounds of a naked mole rate queen singing what scientists call, "the toilet song".

Resources:
Hot Diggity Dog
CarTalk: How hot do cars get?
https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/today-pets-hot-cars
How K9s and sports folk keep their pets cool in the summer in cars: https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/fido-blog/keeping-dogs-cool-cars
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/dog-mode-how-tesla-uses-smart-technology-to-keep-an-eye-on-fido/

Royal Flush:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960497406/friend-or-foe-naked-mole-rats-can-tell-by-a-unique-squeak
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Toilet Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yivu8jjQcdw


Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/

Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, fan art, comments and more: [email protected] 

Today, Dr. Sip schools Melissa on why bats get a bad rap (and how much of the movie "Contagion" is real), and Melissa teaches Dr. Sip about sexy cicadas that would make Jerry Springer beg for a priest.

Resources:
Dr. Jon Epstein and his incredible work with bats, education and preventing zoonotic diseases:
https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/about
Dr John Epstein: Virus Hunter


Brood XXX
WBUR: Sex Crazed Fungus Butt Cicadas
What IS Brood X? CBS
Varmints Podcast - Cicadas

Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/

Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, fan art, comments and more: [email protected] 

Today a clarification on episode 4; Dr. Sip learns about animal based reality television  and Melissa learns the history of the Tanuki, testicles and all, putting an entirely new filter her favorite video game (Mario 3).
 
Resources:
Television and Entertainment Resources:
Dogs and Cats At War
Barks from the BookShelf (Episode #34)
 
Tanuki Testicles:
QI:  https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/18/14/
https://yokaicomposed.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/yokai-poetry-tanuki/
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/tanuki/
https://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2017/09/tanuki/

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/

Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]

This week, Dr. Sip tackles major rumors and misconceptions on pet food, and Melissa FINALLY talks about the fish orgies in Mexico that are so loud you can't even hear boat motors.

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Resources :

Pet Food and misconceptions (Dr. Sip)
https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/talking-talk-what-say-when-clients-prefer-raw-diets/ 
https://www.avma.org/raw-pet-foods-and-avmas-policy-faq 
https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/debating-raw-diets-january-2019/ 
https://vet.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/raw_meat_diets_memo.pdf 
https://www.aaha.org/about-aaha/aaha-position-statements/raw-protein-diet/ 
https://www.petmd.com/dog/nutrition/What-Is-AAFCO-and-What-Does-It-Do   
https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2021/ground-beef-and-performance-dog-raw-pet-food-recalled-for-pathogens/

Fish Orgies (Melissa)
The Guardian

Scientific American

YouTube video on Fish Orgies

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/

Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]
 

This week, Melissa talks about what everyone gets wrong about service dogs, emotional support animals and therapy dogs while Dr. Sip tells us about animal STDs.

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Resources for today's episode:

Service Dogs, Therapy Dogs and Emotional Support Animals (Melissa)
American's With Disabilities Act (ADA)
FAQ on the ADA
A downloadable poster/infographic from Project Canine: 

Animal STDs (Dr. Sip)
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/how-often-do-animals-get-stds

http://www.animalresearch.info/en/medical-advances/diseases-research/stis-sexually-transmitted-infections/ 

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Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/

Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]
 
 

In our first episode of Totally Pawsome Pod, Dr. Sip does a deep dive on why most car safety equipment is not going to keep your pet safe, and Melissa goes rogue on possum penises.

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Resources for today's episode:

Car Safety Resources (Dr. Sip)
The Center for Pet Safety: https://www.centerforpetsafety.org/
Car Talk - FIDO Blog
Crash Test Doggies (Heidi Bartruff - custom plush toy design)

Possum Facts (Melissa)
Mental Floss (bifurcated penises and more)

Dead ritual for possum in Wisconsin:
https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/wisconsin-woman-perform
s-ritual-dead-possum-road-tells-it-repent-police-say/Z7FXLNKWMVADHD6GJ3C77HH6AY/

That's not a kitty:
https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/kansas-grandmother-treats-opossum

Dr. Sip is a practicing veterinarian in and around Oakland/Berkeley, California. More about Dr. Sip and her veterinary work can be found here: DrSipVet.com/

Melissa can be heard on her other podcast, BewilderBeasts (safe for work and kids, unlike this show!) and at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com

Find them on Twitter: @PawsomePod
Email your story ideas, comments and more: [email protected]