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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #16 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #16 with Kaye Browne
    May 20 2025
    THIS WEEK: (Full transcript below)Recently Ron's Producer Jessie's dog Moon, recently developed an abscess and required surgery. Kaye explains why abscesses are so common and that pets can get sepsis poisoning if not treated sooner rather than later. Kaye also talks about the benefits of having a 1st Aid Kit always handy plus some easy ways to keep your pet's toenails trimmed!And... Remember Valerie the Dachshund who survived 529 days alone on Kangaroo Island? They say she's put on weight!.. but why? And how did she survive? 00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'06" - Why Abscesses Need To Be Checked01'18" - Benefits Of A 1st Aid Kit04'00" - Easy Ways To Trim Toenails05'41" - Valerie the Dachshund - How She Survived FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: And now it's time for our weekly pet segment with our VETtalk On-Hold expert Kaye Browne - Kaye good morning! - (good morning to you) - Look we're going to talk today about some of the common, I was going to call it illnesses but they're things that can go wrong with your pets particularly dogs and one of the most common is it's a nasty sort of thing, it's the abscesses they get.How how do we deal with those? and are there particular symptoms that can tell you you're it's going to happen and why do they get them so often?KAYE: Well it's a very common illness and it's caused by bacteria often dogs will be just play fighting but they have bacteria on their teeth because we don't clean their teeth enough and so should they puncture the skin and that often happens around the neck or on a leg, the body tries to heal itself and it closes over the top of the wound and that causes a little pocket of puss! - sorry for anyone having breakfast right now that's right yeah um and unless that is treated and allowed to escape drained or you know punctured by the Vet and allowed to drain out that infection can travel through the body and cause a lot of serious illnesses actually so it's something to keep an eye out for and cats also get that as well cuz they have very very sharp teeth and lots of bacteria.RON: Now when you have your own family of course the first thing you do is stick a a first aid kit under the bathroom sink so that if anything goes wrong you can rush to that and sort the kids out but should we also maybe have some sort of first aid kit for our pets and if so what do we put in it?KAYE: Definitely a very very good idea and in fact you can sort of share your human one as well I dropped a heavy cast iron grill plate on my toe on the weekend oh my goodness I needed I needed the the styptic powder now the styptic powder is a common thing that people keep in case they accidentally nip the part of the claw that causes it to bleed so you can actually have a quick toenail and you can use that styptic powder or even just good old fashioned corn flour.So if you don't have that styptic just grab some corn flour from the kitchen and you can actually dab the claw in that and it'll temporarily stop the bleeding so it gets a chance to coagulate so a good idea is to have that to stop bleeding one thing, another thing a bottle of saline solution I don't know how many of our listeners have contact lenses but usually we have a bottle of saline solution or some of the those separate capsules of it in the in the bathroom cupboard keep a couple of those in your first aid kit for your pet. A very good idea, gauze pads very handy gauze rolls some scissors blunt tip scissors to cut those and my favourite thing given we're in Australia with some of the deadliest snakes in the world is to have not one but two snake bite bandages because you want to immobilize the part of the dog or cat or animal that's been bitten by a snake and get them to a vet ASAP.Have you ever had to put a snake bandage on Ron?RON: No I haven't but I think over the years the way of treating snake bite has certainly changed.KAYE: Definitely has. Years ago it used to be a joke that you know a very bad joke that you know Joe Blow out in the outback gets a snake bite but um his mate says "Mate you're gonna die because I'm not going to suck the poison out." It was the old fashioned joke about doing that but now what they've found is the important thing is to immobilize the patient, get them to a vet or a doctor if it's human so that the poison doesn't travel through the lymphatic system and slow everything down stop your breathing so don't worry about the type of snake or the antivenene that they use nowadays works on all snake poisonings and definitely don't try and kill any snake you come across because that's when most people get bitten.RON: Yeah just leave the darn thing alone. Alright now talking about our pets and the little things that they can get like abscesses it seems that sharp claws have a lot to do with that so let's talk a little bit about that sort of maintenance when should we look at cutting the pet's claws and how do we do it?KAYE: Okay, well first things first and we tend not to think about it but dogs ...
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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #15 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #15 with Kaye Browne
    May 13 2025
    THIS WEEK:Got a 'Scooter'?? you know, those dogs (or cats) that rub their 'bum' on the floor, beds or carpet??It's probably diet related and affecting their anal glands! Kaye explains some solutions to stop 'scooters' in their tracks!PLUS...Why do dogs (& cats!) wee outside their designated places - like inside on the carpet or lounge legs!Dogs in particular are attracted to the smell of their own 'wee' especially if they need to go 'urgently' and have lifted a leg or squatted inside somewhere before! But a new product seems to have helped solve the problem. An Aussie branch of the company 'HomeoPet' has taken out the top prize at the recent Global Pet Expo for the 'Best New Animal Product' that helps solve problems like runny noses, sneezing & more in our pets.And Arthritis... As we move into cooler weather, do you know the signs to look for and what can we do to help our pets overcome or even just deal with this issue?FINALLY - Is this the last RSPCA Million Paws Walk?00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'06" - Scooters!... Not Hooters!!!01'49" - No Pee?... No Problem!02'56" - New Natural Product-'Sinus Plus'04'09" - Arthritis - Signs To Look For05'45" - Is This The Last RSPCA Million Paws Walk?FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from VetTalk On-Hold... and we really are going to get to the back end of things this morning Kaye.. Good morning!KAYE: Good morning Ron!...RON: Now if you're a pet owner you tend to be a 'poo and wee' watcher and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Whether it's birds dogs cats guinea pigs you name it! - Their poos actually tells a lot about the health of your furry friend!KAYE: It certainly does because you don't want them to have diarrhea or anything like that, so you know people are always coming up with new products to actually firm things up so that the anal glands get expressed!In case people don't realize at '10' and '2' on either side of a dog or cat's bottom are two little glands that have a smelly fluid that normally gets emptied when they do a number two.If they get compromised or what they're eating doesn't push things out nicely, then they get clogged up and then the dogs and cats get very uncomfortable and they start scooting or licking or both!... So have you ever had that happen?RON: Well yes I have actually! And there's the other thing where they rub themselves along the floor...KAYE: That's right Scooting And there's nothing nice about it cuz it stinks It's sort of a a fishy smell...RON: Oh that's what you call it scooting do you?KAYE: Yeah Scooting!! absolutely and one of my dogs in fact a little rescue dog the paperwork that came with them said needs anal glands expressing weekly.Well that was never going to happen I changed his diet had him checked out by my vet and once that happened he was fine.He did not have to have them expressed, and I imagine that his previous owner might have had the odd bite because if you do it roughly then it can hurt, so it's always best to talk to your vet about anal glands.RON: Now while we're talking about that end of our pets, weeing in the same spot... I mean you can see dogs going along and they know where they've been before and they know where other dogs have been and that always seems to be the favourite spot.How do you overcome that issue?KAYE: Well there is a new product I mean they're always coming out with new things over the years but we took a look at the Global Pet Expo which happens every year in Florida which is where the best of the best in the world get together to show off new products and they actually had a product take third place in the dog section for something called 'No Pee Indoor Permanent Dog Marking Prevention'Now it's quite a simple thing really. It's basically a couple of layers of special deodorizers in a blanket and also a nice fresh scent and it means that the dog can't smell where he's been before!RON: Oh what a great idea!KAYE: What a great idea. It's not in Aussie shops yet but I think it is on Amazon here, ...so yeah - this is quite a good thing. And each one lasts about 6 months, so that should be enough time to retrain your dog.RON: And while we're talking about new ideas I'll just touch on this... An Australian company 'HomeoPe't took out the Global Pet Expo's top prize for a best new small animal product. Tell us what that's all about...KAYE: This is wonderful news because HomeoPet is part of a global group of companies... it was started by an Irish vet some 30 years ago who looked at different ways of being able to come up with some things to solve common problems like runny noses sneezing you know difficulty breathing.And this particular product that has got the best in show, is called 'Sinus Plus' and it is available in Australia.In fact the company is based in Jervis Bay and it really helps all kinds of small animals birds guinea pigs rabbits dogs cats and I believe they've even got a large size for horses.And it's a tasteless unscented ...
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  • Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #14 with Kaye Browne

    Radio 2SM Breakfast Segment #14 with Kaye Browne
    May 5 2025
    THIS WEEK:YUK!... How dirty water bowls can leave your dogs' sick!It's true... while we tend to just 'fill it up every day', there are a number of hidden dangers not cleaning them every day as Kaye explains.PLUS...Why both dogs & cats (and kids!) benefit from regular play sessions... and is it possible to actually 'train' a cat like we do with dogs?00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'07" - Dirty Water Bowl Dangers!02'37" - Playtime Benefits for Dogs & Cats03'42" - Training Cats - Can It Be Done?05'45" - Pet Trivia...THIS WEEK:YUK!... How dirty water bowls can leave your dogs' sick!It's true... while we tend to just 'fill it up every day', there are a number of hidden dangers not cleaning them every day as Kaye explains.PLUS...Why both dogs & cats (and kids!) benefit from regular play sessions... and is it possible to actually 'train' a cat like we do with dogs?00'00" - Welcome Ron Wilson00'07" - Dirty Water Bowl Dangers!02'37" - Playtime Benefits for Dogs & Cats03'42" - Training Cats - Can It Be Done?05'45" - Pet Trivia...FULL TRANSCRIPT:RON: Time now for our weekly pet segment with Kaye Browne from Vet Talk On-Hold... Kaye good morning! KAYE:Good morning to you too!RON: Look I've noticed this even with some of my friends when we go around to visit, their pet bowls and their water dishes just don't seem to get the regular washing that we might give to our own cutlery or dishes after we have a meal and I'm wondering do the pets suffer the same... you know the bugs and all the things that we would get if we didn't wash our dishes a week at a time?KAYE: It's a very good idea and good that you noticed because they can get a lot of really nasty things unfortunately now have you ever put your hand in a dog's water bowl for example and felt it all slimy, RON: Ooh yeah!... it does get a bit furry doesn't it?KAYE: Yeah well that's called a biofilm and if that's not removed properly your dog or your cat could actually get some sort of microbial infection such as a urinary tract infection maybe an ear infection even a bladder infection so it's not a good thing and I mean in an ideal world we'd all wash our dogs bowls every single day and our cat's bowls too but you know life gets in the way and sometimes it just gets topped up, But there are some other things that you need to worry about as well and that is that respiratory infections like kennel cough can be shared when dogs bowls aren't properly cleaned or when dogs share bowls for example at the dog park or at a café...You know the saliva and the nasal secretions can be quickly picked up and 'bam'... then your pet's got a problem.RON: WOW!... Now are cats as susceptible as dogs to these sorts of things?KAYE: Not quite so much. As you've noticed probably cats tend to do a lot of cleaning so they clean themselves a lot. They do then bring up fur balls, but you know that's another topic for another day, but what we do have to worry about is making sure that we've got good quality bowls.Stainless steel is ideal because plastic can get scratched and then dogs and cats but mostly dogs can get little pink blotches on their noses where the chemicals in the plastic have actually leeched into the skin and it stops their nose being so black so it's called nasal dermatitis or plastic dish nasal dermatitis so good idea to maybe have a couple of stainless steel bowls or bamboo and actually give them a really good wash with soap and hot water every week.RON: Let's talk about playtime with a pet. I mean it's enjoyable for everybody, but is it important in creating the bond with your pet to actually spend time playing with them?KAYE: It definitely is crucial in fact to build trust and that bond because all of our pets be it a dog a cat rabbit guinea pig even a rat they become bored and bored animals can get up to trouble, so the whole idea is we should spend some time every day coming up with some games so that they can have some good time with us you don't have to worry about treats when it's a playtime thing because the treat is actually you.They get to enjoy you. They look for you for fun and you know it's a good thing and there are lots of interactive toys and puzzles and food games that you can use for dogs and cats and for cats in particular they like those laser lights or feather on a string.RON: Oh they'll chase anything won't they?KAYE: Oh yes!... it's like hunting and occasionally you should let them win and let them carry away their prize!RON: All right... now we've talked a lot about training dogs over the last couple of weeks, but we tend to overlook cats when it comes to training... can cats be trained? I always get the impression that you are actually owned by the cat not the other way round so maybe it's us that should be trained by the cats!!KAYE: Well it's sort of a two-way street really. If you look at it like this... behaviorists say that dogs are like toddlers really when you're training, whereas cats are like teenagers with an attitude to match. They'll...
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