I think the lizard was actually "gaping" at the vet, which is a threat display. Lizards have not yet had the opportunity to evolve a threat display effective against dentists.
What an awesome responsibility! So many different types of animals, so many different needs. Kemosabe reminds me of my great grandma, a little grumpy, a lot sweet and many mutterings.
Great to meet Dr Card - I hope we'll be seeing more of her. It would be interesting to know how she learned how to treat these more exotic animals and how she feels about establishments such as yours. (I'm guessing she'll has very positive views: she certainly seemed to be enjoying her visit.) Also wonderful to see more of Kemosabe - and he makes such wonderful noises, even when he's barely conscious. I'm glad you covered this general topic of taking care of overgrowth, whether it be of teeth, beaks or claws. Even owners of non-exotic pets need to be aware of this: for example dogs' claws can grow too long and be painful for them (and anyone who comes in contact with them!), especially if they aren't exercised on hard surfaces.
It hurts just a bit to get a quill stuck in your skin like what you saw with Dr. Card, but the pain level really depends on where and how deep it goes in. It hurts way worse to _remove_ the quill due to the barbed tip.
+Jacob Cooperstein 1 Quill isn't so bad. Since she got it from simply handling him it probably barely went into the skin. If a porcupine was actually defending itself you'd have dozens of quills in you and they can go into the bone.
When Dr. Card was filing down Joy's beak, did it cause him much stress? I know birds can be easily stressed out, and since you didn't use any sedation, I was wondering how much stress it caused him, if any at all.
I bet your vet is actually thrilled she gets to work on your critters. Some of them she probably wouldn't have ever gotten to work with or work on, except for Animal Wonders!
everyone is talking about Kemosabe and his cute noises, and even though they are cute, i hope Ash is okay! yes i know im like... really late to these videos but i recently found your channel and i love all the animals and all your positivity!
This was really interesting seeing how to take care of different things in animals that we don't usually think about that need to be taken care of. Really enlightening.
It’s the first time I’ve ever seen our beautiful host looking like she’s feeling a little awkward with anyone. Maybe she’s more comfortable with the animals.💗
For starters, it didn't really go in that far - she probably just caught herself on it as she picked Kemosabe up. And freaking out about it would only scare Kemosabe, probably traumatize him - animals are really sensitive about that sort of thing, and it'd be difficult to gain his trust again.
A single quill is also not what scares off a predator. The real scary thing is getting smacked by a spiked tail that leaves dozens or hundreds of quills in your face. Just search for 'dog porcupine'.
I have two parrots (greater Vasa and Meyer's) and I give them mother plucking bird toys. The wood is cut cross-grain so its easy to break apart. Since using these toys their beak health has been a lot better. It might be something to try to help your Blue and Gold's beak growth (I put a thin layer of almond butter on some of the wood if they're not interested!)
Thank you for the suggestion! We haven't had Joy for long enough to know that she wouldn't keep her beak trimmed on her own. The beak growth kind of snuck up on us, but now that we know what to expect we'll be working on helping her do the work herself. I'll look into the mother plucking brand. Again, thanks!
I just realized that you must spend tons on vet bills! Do the animals have insurance?How do you get health insurance for such exotic animals? For that matter, how do you find a vet than knows how to deal with such exotic animals?
tissa71 Health insurance is alive and well for people here in the USA. I pay a monthly premium (taken out of every bi-weekly paycheck I receive) through my employer. Many people, such as myself, prefer this to socialized healthcare like what you described. There are some insurance companies that even offer insurance for pets, but I don't know if those companies (or different ones) offer plans for animal sanctuaries/rescues like Animal Wonders. However, non-profit organizations in the USA have the potential to receive different treatment from various parties. For example, monetary donations are tax-deductible from income taxes. It's considered a "perk" of sorts for the donator. Furthermore, a doctor (even veterinary) could potentially offer his/her services in the same manner; since the services have a dollar value, the service performed could be income-tax-deductible. I suppose my thoughts were more specific than what I had asked: if the regular visits and treatments to Animal Wonders are discounted in one way or another.
Ahhhh. Ya makes sense. Sorry I misunderstood. I was overly wordy because I wasn't sure if you're from the US and/or familiar with all that junk My apologies.
AGH watching the dremmel bit scared me! If that was one of the ceramic-esque bits those can shatter under load and the shards really hurt, especially if it was in the mouth! A metal diamond edged bit would probably work better for cutting and there is no risk of shattering.
If a doctor for humans only deals with humans... how does a Vet learn how to deal with ALL these different types of animal? It is quite impressive. PLUS she is like a dentist!
a bit of an unimportant question, but i was wondering why you let Kemosabe wake up in the crate and then put him back in his "home" instead of just putting him in his home and let him wake up there? not sure if that made sense, but oh well.
Great question! We didn't explain that in the video. If we let Kemosabe wake up in his home he would immediately try and climb up his tree before he was coordinated enough for it to be safe and successful. Meaning, he would fall off and hurt himself. We keep him in his crate until he's awake enough to climb safely.
I tried looking through the comments, but did anyone else notice the Doc had a quill in hand her hand and did the pro move.I did not even notice that very painful thing that happed.
***** they would go out of their way to chew things to wear them down. Stuff like trees, roots, and sometimes rocks and bones (same goes for some birds too). When ever you have an animal whose teeth constantly grow it is important to provide chew toys for them, not only can it make it difficult for them to eat but they could grow into the tops of their mouths or in rare cases cause the jaw bone to become misaligned, making it worse! I have rats and they have chewed everything I've given them to shreds because they need to chew.
***** According to Jessi in other videos, Kemosabe only has one top incisor (his other one rotted out from previous neglect), which makes it impossible for him to file down his lower incisors on his own. In the wild, a healthy prehensile tail porcupine (and all rodents for that matter), will file down their own incisors either by chewing on stuff like wood or by rubbing their top and bottom incisors together.
Wow! Veterinarians use Dremel tools WAY more than I would have thought they would! Kemosabe makes the best noises. Wha! Wha!! Whaa!! You know exactly what that little guy is thinking.
Also, I'm surprised that you can pick him up without the quills sticking in you! Does he have to do something specific with them for them to inflict injury that he can't do when he's immobilized? Or is it that it takes a specific amount of pressure for them to penetrate skin (and that amount of pressure can't be achieved by picking him up)?
I'm having flashbacks to when I had to knock out and trim my Canthigaster Valentini Pufferfish's teeth down. It's a super super stressful operation to attempt- for both me and the fish. Fortunately about 20 minutes afterwards she was up and about and even hand-feeding again. Just gotta do it once more and then hopefully never again after that. I can't imagine having to do it every three months!
This makes me remember one of my pet degus. His incisors also had to be trimmed regularly. But he was a professional patient. We could do that without a sedative...
Do you ever find yourself, despite the possibility of salmonella, kissing your reptiles? They're just so cute.. I'd have trouble not doing it. Lol Then again.. I'd probably try to kiss Kemosabe once... once.
Those porcupine sounds just do not get old. Kemosabe gives a lot of sass for someone who's just been stuck with a sedative.
He seems like a cuddly little grump...lol.
@@ophelias4172 im a grump too when people put needles in me :P
I'm sad that he is so pointy because he is so lovable I want to snuggle him. He makes the cutest sounds!
Kemosabe's voice is freaking adorable.
Listening to the audio alone of Kemosabe's teeth being drilled brings back horrible flashbacks from the dentist's office!!
That vet was totally indifferent to the quill in her hand. She was all, "Oh what's that doing there. *pluck*".
Kemosabe's sleepy chatters are cute! Like a sleepy little kid saying "but I'm not tired" while nodding off.
Kemosabe is so cute! The noises he makes are also so cute!!!!!!
I swear I heard Kemo say "uh oh" at the end there :P
I love how cool the lizard was with the vet.
"Hi Doc! What, open my mouth? Sure!"
*opens mouth*
"Ish it ooking goog ing 'ere?"
I think the lizard was actually "gaping" at the vet, which is a threat display. Lizards have not yet had the opportunity to evolve a threat display effective against dentists.
***** Go away with your "facts" and reality! We're anthropomorphizing here!
Look out! @ 1:15 incoming porcupine swear words lol! I can't get enough of Kemosabe's noises ♡
Kemosabe is just too damned cute.
Kemosabe is such a rock star. I just can't get enough of his muttering. Thanks for everything you do.
Haha kemosabe makes me laugh with his strange noises he makes
Kemosabe is defiantly one of my favourite animals you guys have. I find him fascinating to watch.
The coolest thing was seeing Kemosabe's tail in action... I wondered about the "prehensile" thing....yep. That tail is prehensile all right! :)
Aww kemosabe was so cute when he was all sleepy and complaining. He reminds me of a grumpy kid on a Monday morning. "Mooooom just 5 more minutes?" Lol
What an awesome responsibility! So many different types of animals, so many different needs. Kemosabe reminds me of my great grandma, a little grumpy, a lot sweet and many mutterings.
Great to meet Dr Card - I hope we'll be seeing more of her. It would be interesting to know how she learned how to treat these more exotic animals and how she feels about establishments such as yours. (I'm guessing she'll has very positive views: she certainly seemed to be enjoying her visit.) Also wonderful to see more of Kemosabe - and he makes such wonderful noises, even when he's barely conscious.
I'm glad you covered this general topic of taking care of overgrowth, whether it be of teeth, beaks or claws. Even owners of non-exotic pets need to be aware of this: for example dogs' claws can grow too long and be painful for them (and anyone who comes in contact with them!), especially if they aren't exercised on hard surfaces.
omg, kemosabe sounded like a samurai when you woke him up. "HAI!"
vet has pretty good screen presence, describing the infection in the lizard's jaw bone
You have no idea how happy I was to see the last shot of Kemosabe back in his home.
Awwwwwww, Kemosabe is so cute!!!
aw Kemosabe makes the cutest noises...
That Kemosabe is a real cutie, too bad you can't cuddle up with him unless you want to become a human pin cushion lol.
Wear a gambeson
I saw the vet got a quill in her arm. Relative to the bites and stings of other creatures, how much does that hurt?
It hurts just a bit to get a quill stuck in your skin like what you saw with Dr. Card, but the pain level really depends on where and how deep it goes in. It hurts way worse to _remove_ the quill due to the barbed tip.
AnimalWonders Montana And she just pulled it right out like it was no big deal, dang. Veterinarians do not fear pain 0_0
I cannot be a vet, then...
+Jacob Cooperstein 1 Quill isn't so bad. Since she got it from simply handling him it probably barely went into the skin. If a porcupine was actually defending itself you'd have dozens of quills in you and they can go into the bone.
Kemosabe is like a magical animal!
+Fluff Of Fuzz Like a little Goblin, covered in spikes xD
This was such an interesting video! I had never seen or heard a porcupine before, it makes the strangest noise!
0:16 Is it bad that I'm still laughing from when the doctor said "its always fun to come..."
Yes. An immature mind is fun but come on, me, I never laught about that stuff.
Paul Tee That sounds boring. lol Unless you're being sarcastic.
I liked this video a lot. Would you consider doing more videos when Dr. Card comes for her check ups?
Kemosabe is such an amazing and facinating animal. All of the others are cool and fun to see too. Thanks for an amazing video!
KEMOSABE is super cool, thanks for sharing your life with us
kemosabe is my absolute favorite of the animals from animal wonders :D his lil face is so cute and the noises he makes are adorable
You should make jewelry out of his teeth bits and quills that come off. after blunting the quills, of course
When Dr. Card was filing down Joy's beak, did it cause him much stress? I know birds can be easily stressed out, and since you didn't use any sedation, I was wondering how much stress it caused him, if any at all.
Sleepy Kemosabe sounds are the best Kemosabe sounds.
I bet your vet is actually thrilled she gets to work on your critters. Some of them she probably wouldn't have ever gotten to work with or work on, except for Animal Wonders!
His noises are sooooo cute!!!!
kemosabe is so cute, i love those vocalizations.
Who else can claim Kemosabe as their hands down favorite ambassador on Animal Wonders?
"Hee...Haauu...Hauu" Lmao
I like the titles instead of the RUclips annotations. Nice job.
I have never expected in my life to see hedgehog with a tail. It looks so awesome!
Those quills are awesome. It would certainly be impressive if you displayed them.
Dr Card is a rock star.
That is the angriest I've ever seen one living being be about being waken up.
Kaoss134 Clearly you haven't seen me when I have to wake up for school
Well considering I don't even know you I'd say that's pretty obvious :P
The sound that he makes crack me up lool it's like he's constantly arguing so cute though
Oh my god, Kemosabe makes the cutest noises.
Those grunts are adorable even though he might be swearing at you... still very cute.
Could we have a tour of Animal Wonders? :D
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. I love the videos!
everyone is talking about Kemosabe and his cute noises, and even though they are cute, i hope Ash is okay!
yes i know im like... really late to these videos but i recently found your channel and i love all the animals and all your positivity!
Kemo is adorable!
i have never herd of a kemosabe before. they look awesome.
Kemosabe sounds a lot like Navi the fairy...
This was really interesting seeing how to take care of different things in animals that we don't usually think about that need to be taken care of. Really enlightening.
It’s the first time I’ve ever seen our beautiful host looking like she’s feeling a little awkward with anyone. Maybe she’s more comfortable with the animals.💗
Dr Card is a true professional
Are quills not that painful? I saw that the vet got one on her and it didn't seem to bother her at all.
she may just be used to that kind of stuff
I assume that she's been doing this so long that she's gotten enough quills from animals in her where one or two don't bother here as much anymore.
For starters, it didn't really go in that far - she probably just caught herself on it as she picked Kemosabe up. And freaking out about it would only scare Kemosabe, probably traumatize him - animals are really sensitive about that sort of thing, and it'd be difficult to gain his trust again.
A single quill is also not what scares off a predator. The real scary thing is getting smacked by a spiked tail that leaves dozens or hundreds of quills in your face. Just search for 'dog porcupine'.
looks like it just caught her skin, but didn't actually penetrate. My guess is that that probably felt similar to having a burr hook on your hand
Yay more kemosabe!
That cartoon you is probably exactly like how you really are! That's awesome.
I don't think I have ever heard a porcupine...speak? It's super adorable, and extremely interesting how comprehensible he can be :P
I have two parrots (greater Vasa and Meyer's) and I give them mother plucking bird toys. The wood is cut cross-grain so its easy to break apart. Since using these toys their beak health has been a lot better. It might be something to try to help your Blue and Gold's beak growth (I put a thin layer of almond butter on some of the wood if they're not interested!)
Thank you for the suggestion! We haven't had Joy for long enough to know that she wouldn't keep her beak trimmed on her own. The beak growth kind of snuck up on us, but now that we know what to expect we'll be working on helping her do the work herself. I'll look into the mother plucking brand. Again, thanks!
I just realized that you must spend tons on vet bills! Do the animals have insurance?How do you get health insurance for such exotic animals? For that matter, how do you find a vet than knows how to deal with such exotic animals?
I wonder if the doctor(s) offer reduced rates for establishments like Animal Wonders.
tissa71 Health insurance is alive and well for people here in the USA. I pay a monthly premium (taken out of every bi-weekly paycheck I receive) through my employer. Many people, such as myself, prefer this to socialized healthcare like what you described. There are some insurance companies that even offer insurance for pets, but I don't know if those companies (or different ones) offer plans for animal sanctuaries/rescues like Animal Wonders. However, non-profit organizations in the USA have the potential to receive different treatment from various parties. For example, monetary donations are tax-deductible from income taxes. It's considered a "perk" of sorts for the donator. Furthermore, a doctor (even veterinary) could potentially offer his/her services in the same manner; since the services have a dollar value, the service performed could be income-tax-deductible. I suppose my thoughts were more specific than what I had asked: if the regular visits and treatments to Animal Wonders are discounted in one way or another.
Ahhhh. Ya makes sense. Sorry I misunderstood. I was overly wordy because I wasn't sure if you're from the US and/or familiar with all that junk My apologies.
I love Kemosabe's noises but they make my bird very angry!
that black and white lizard SOOOO adorable
I've only got one question for you Kemosabe: "Is it safe?"
Kemosabe is so cute :)
This was absolutely fascinating! I so enjoyed this video!
AGH watching the dremmel bit scared me! If that was one of the ceramic-esque bits those can shatter under load and the shards really hurt, especially if it was in the mouth! A metal diamond edged bit would probably work better for cutting and there is no risk of shattering.
If a doctor for humans only deals with humans... how does a Vet learn how to deal with ALL these different types of animal? It is quite impressive. PLUS she is like a dentist!
a bit of an unimportant question, but i was wondering why you let Kemosabe wake up in the crate and then put him back in his "home" instead of just putting him in his home and let him wake up there? not sure if that made sense, but oh well.
Great question! We didn't explain that in the video. If we let Kemosabe wake up in his home he would immediately try and climb up his tree before he was coordinated enough for it to be safe and successful. Meaning, he would fall off and hurt himself. We keep him in his crate until he's awake enough to climb safely.
Thank you for answering!
Aww, that's so thoughtful!
He really talks a lot.
Hooray for Dr. Card!
Is it just me or does the doctor look like nanny McPhee from the side
AWW.................POOR DEAR,LOVE YOU BABY.
I tried looking through the comments, but did anyone else notice the Doc had a quill in hand her hand and did the pro move.I did not even notice that very painful thing that happed.
He looks so sweet when he's sleepy! Does he not need his top tooth dremmelled as well, or did it just happen off camera?
His top tooth is filed down by his two bottom incisors. You can just barely see it in the video, it's only about 3cm long.
AnimalWonders Montana
How would they file down their teeth in the wild? Or do they just not live long enough in the wild for it to matter?
*****
they would go out of their way to chew things to wear them down. Stuff like trees, roots, and sometimes rocks and bones (same goes for some birds too). When ever you have an animal whose teeth constantly grow it is important to provide chew toys for them, not only can it make it difficult for them to eat but they could grow into the tops of their mouths or in rare cases cause the jaw bone to become misaligned, making it worse! I have rats and they have chewed everything I've given them to shreds because they need to chew.
***** According to Jessi in other videos, Kemosabe only has one top incisor (his other one rotted out from previous neglect), which makes it impossible for him to file down his lower incisors on his own. In the wild, a healthy prehensile tail porcupine (and all rodents for that matter), will file down their own incisors either by chewing on stuff like wood or by rubbing their top and bottom incisors together.
ShadeSlayer1911
Interesting. Thanks for the info. :-)
It seems so violent to take a dremel to his teeth, but I guess it's no different from me clipping my nails or cutting my hair. :P
Wow! Veterinarians use Dremel tools WAY more than I would have thought they would!
Kemosabe makes the best noises. Wha! Wha!! Whaa!! You know exactly what that little guy is thinking.
Loved the way you talk.
And can see the live you have for animals.
Keep like this ;)
I am Mikael from Brasil
this was a really cool episode! Keep it up
I bet that vet bill was expensive! Yet another reason why exotics are difficult to care for. Keep up the great work!
Kemosabe is like "Put me back in my tree fort bitch!"
Are all your animals grumpy or just when doctor/vets are involved?
Haha, they all know when the vet is here and they do not like her, at all.
AnimalWonders Montana I could clearly hear Kemosabe shouting: "I do not like injections!"
Also, I'm surprised that you can pick him up without the quills sticking in you! Does he have to do something specific with them for them to inflict injury that he can't do when he's immobilized? Or is it that it takes a specific amount of pressure for them to penetrate skin (and that amount of pressure can't be achieved by picking him up)?
I'm having flashbacks to when I had to knock out and trim my Canthigaster Valentini Pufferfish's teeth down. It's a super super stressful operation to attempt- for both me and the fish. Fortunately about 20 minutes afterwards she was up and about and even hand-feeding again. Just gotta do it once more and then hopefully never again after that. I can't imagine having to do it every three months!
Ash Ketchum : I’m not an animal
Ash : “-“ (the punctuation marks are tears)
thanks for the chinchilla update. what happens to the other one?
This was such an interesting video, thank you for sharing it with us!
Omg, i love kemosabe and alll the other aqnimals there so cute!
This makes me remember one of my pet degus. His incisors also had to be trimmed regularly. But he was a professional patient. We could do that without a sedative...
Porcupine so funny. I think he enjoyed that sedative just a little too much.
Injection : *boop*
Kemosabe : *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH-*
Me : *starts crying*
Now I really really really want a porcupine.
How long does it take for a prehensile tailed porcupine (or any other spiky animal) to grow a spike back after losing some fending off an attacker?
He makes cute noises.
Question. Are all the animals in the intro ones you have taken care of or still care for?
Is Ash your only chinchilla? I'd like to get two chinchillas some day. :) And are overgrown molars a common problem for chins?
It astounds me how much like a human child kemosabe sounds.
Do you ever find yourself, despite the possibility of salmonella, kissing your reptiles? They're just so cute.. I'd have trouble not doing it. Lol Then again.. I'd probably try to kiss Kemosabe once... once.
:D Awwwhawhawhawhaw prickly little Fart, he sounds so damn cute! Do they all make those sounds, or has he picked up on intimidating human talk?