00:08so yeah we're going to be treating those ringworm lesions it's a fight against the fungus
00:21what do you think of your top boy look it's you it's you my boy it's you yeah
00:28hey 27 years of working with the lions and this is something new all right good morning everyone
00:35um today we're going to be moving some of the lines around but it's going to be
00:41a move with a bit of a twist i'm having to treat two lines for a fungal infection basically just
00:50your your typical ringworm and that is due to all the rain we've been having so we've had a
00:59a ton of rain that's fallen it's caused conditions to get really damp and muddy and mucky and then
01:06we've had several overcast days and then when the days come that the sun is up it gets really really
01:12humid and muggy inside the night quarters and even in the felt so um we are having to treat
01:21uh vietzi and charlie but before we can do that i want to get uh george and yami out of
01:27the camp next
01:28to the walking camp bring them to another camp and then move the six thaws group into this camp over
01:34here where these two boys are i don't envisage any trouble loading these two yeah
01:52uh
02:19Oh, you're so fluffy from all the water, hey?
02:22Yeah, you're off and rolly-poly, and rolly-poly, no rolly-polys, okay, we're gonna get in the side
02:51Here
03:02Here
03:26Such good boys
03:28Yeah, even though they've eaten, they're still such good boys
03:36I suppose that's also because they're young
03:38Hey, youth definitely plays a role, George
03:43When you're old like us, doesn't help
03:59Yeah, GG
04:01Yeah
04:20Yeah
04:33Alright, so I'm just gonna rattle off to you what's here
04:38So this is a hibitane biotane 5% solution
04:45So we're gonna be using this to clean the lesions
04:51So we're gonna scrub it with this initially just with some gauze
04:57And then what we're going to be putting on is two different treatments
05:02One is the chlorhexidine
05:03This is this one, a 3% with myconazole
05:072% so it's an antibacterial shampoo
05:13So this actually has to be put on and scrubbed in
05:16And then we're gonna alternate that with the F10 germicidal treatment
05:21This is an antifungal, antibacterial skin treatment
05:25The F10, good stuff
05:27And then we have the mixture of clotrimazole and F10 germicidal ointment
05:39So this is the ointment, we've got a lot of that
05:42We're gonna alternate between the chlorhexidine and the myconazole
05:50And we're going to alternate that with the F10 germicidal treatment
05:55And every day we're gonna be cleaning with the hibitane or the biotane as it's known 5% solution
06:06A lot to do, it's going to be tricky
06:10It would be far easier if I could just go in there and do it while he's preoccupied with something
06:18else
06:18But it's not going to be possible with me being away
06:21So that's why we have to come up with this plan B
06:25So stick around
06:28Alright, so we're gonna load them as if we're gonna be going on an enrichment walk
06:35Or an enclosure change
06:40So you can see they're all excited
06:42Where are we going Kev?
06:45You're not going anywhere my boy
06:47Well you are, you are going somewhere
06:49You're going in the back of the truck
06:51And then this is the tail
06:54And that is the lesions
06:57Hello my boy
07:00So yeah we're going to be treating those ringworm lesions
07:06Before
07:09Hello my boy
07:10Before they get worse
07:12Before they get worse big boy
07:16Before they get worse and oh down you go
07:20And before they spread
07:24And before they spread
07:25Not just on you my boy
07:27Before they spread all around the sanctuary
07:30Hey?
07:35No don't growl at her
07:38Don't be like that
07:42Don't be like that
07:42Don't be like that
07:45Don't be like that
07:46Come come come
07:47Come
07:48Whoa
07:50Okay here boy
08:00Here
08:00Here
08:01Here
08:09Alright
08:10In you go
08:12Alright
08:13In you go
08:21You know what
08:22Let's just do him
08:28Here
08:35Do you see?
08:37Here
08:38Yeah
08:38Oh
08:39Whoa
08:39Whoa
08:39Was in
08:40Yeah
08:44Yeah
08:44Sorry
08:45Okay
08:47Locking
08:48Locking Jenny up
08:49Alright
08:58Here's the bag of meat that you're going to need
09:02Okay, can you give me the hibby scrub, the pink one with the gauze?
09:13That's fine like that and then give me the pink one and then give me the cream and the small
09:26one.
09:30Alright, let's go. We need to get him to a position where he's going to lie down and you're going
09:39to just feed him one chunk, one chunk.
09:46Alright, let's just try wherever.
09:51I'm going to try and bring his head to my side.
09:54Yeah, boy. Right where you...
10:04That's it. Exactly like that. Keep feeding him.
10:12Okay? Yeah, perfect.
10:23Keep feeding him.
10:26Keep on there, that's good.
10:45Okay, keep on feeding him.
10:49Right, that went better than expected. Now I've got to put this stuff on.
10:57See what I'm doing, eh, George?
10:59Yes.
11:03Then we're going to put the F10, which has the mixed-in clotrimazole.
11:16But I see he's got one lesion on his leg here, eh?
11:19I'm going to treat that as well.
11:24Yeah.
11:35This is what we want. You see how it comes through the gate?
11:39Yes.
11:40So when you and Brenton are doing it, it would be really good if we can...
11:45I'm sure as he understands what we're trying to do.
11:49Yeah.
11:49I'm sure he will be more compliant.
11:52As he understands the gig.
11:54He gets food.
11:55Yeah.
11:56And he just needs to sit here.
11:58Like a good boy.
12:00It's our first day.
12:02It's our first day doing this.
12:04So as time goes, I will get there.
12:06It's not bad for the first day.
12:08I just want to get this camera here.
12:11Oh, let's stay here.
12:11Okay.
12:12So what I was saying is it's going to be really good if he can put his tail out like
12:18he is
12:19doing now for when I'm not here.
12:22Because obviously there might be a different reaction of trust if Kev's not here.
12:29But actually, guys, sometimes when I'm not here, things go better because there's
12:36no, none of this protection or this competition.
12:42So it's a double-edged sword.
12:45But this has gone really well.
12:47And I think Charlie will be compliant as well.
12:50Charlie's a really good cat when it comes to this kind of thing.
12:54But yeah, that's good.
12:56I've got a good amount of everything all over his tail.
13:04I've scrubbed it nicely.
13:06And I'm happy.
13:08I'm happy with that.
13:09I'm just going to put one more on this wound on this one here.
13:13Easy.
13:13See, even this one you can get him to, if he's sitting like that.
13:17Yeah.
13:17One of you can kind of get your hand there.
13:20Or if not a hand, a stick or something.
13:23Yeah.
13:24Okay, I have done that one.
13:26Okay.
13:27That's it.
13:29Not too bad.
13:31He's a good boy.
13:32He's a good boy.
13:33Yeah.
13:35I think he's a good boy.
13:39Okay, I'm going to let him out.
13:47Hey boy.
13:48Oh.
13:50Oh, whoa, whoa.
13:52Oh, whoa, whoa.
13:59You can let Ginny out as well.
14:01Okay.
14:10Ah, ah, ah.
14:11Don't jump in.
14:13Bugger.
14:14Wait here.
14:15Yeah.
14:17Yeah.
14:33Right.
14:34So guys, you can understand.
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14:38Hey, I didn't even realize that.
14:39Check out that.
14:40I only saw it now.
14:41Oh, the Vietsy is on my chest.
14:43What do you think of your top, boy?
14:46Look, it's you.
14:47It's you, my boy.
14:48It's you.
14:49Yeah.
14:50Hey?
14:52Yeah, guys.
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15:11I particularly like this new Vietsy, uh, T-mill top.
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15:20Um, in fact, I'll just go as far as to say is the, the shirt with the portrait of, um,
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15:39Uh, but what I was going to say, guys, is you can understand why the tail, um, is the place
15:46where the fungus, uh, kind of goes or, or attacks first is because if you think about them lying in
15:54a area that has this fungus around the, the tail is always lying flat kind of against it.
16:03So it's always, uh, subject to, um, yeah, being, being in his presence.
16:10So it makes logical sense as to why, um, hello, my boy.
16:15It makes logical sense as to why that would be the place where it goes or attacks.
16:21All right.
16:22And you, you're fine, eh?
16:23Okay.
16:24So luckily there's been no transmission to Ginny because when this stuff, uh, goes rampant, it's, it's a real nightmare.
16:41So what we have done guys is, um, just as a, another measure is these night, uh, houses, which obviously
16:50the problem with the night houses is that with all the rain, they, the bricks absorb the moisture.
16:56They don't get the sun like outside.
16:59So it is perfect environment for a fungus, um, to grow.
17:05So what we have to do with the night houses is we have to sterilize them with the, uh, F10,
17:12uh, solution and, uh, you know, all these antibacterial scrubs that we, uh, use.
17:19We're going to have to up the concentration, which we have started to do as of yesterday.
17:24So yeah, uh, it's a fight against the fungus.
17:30Basically athlete's foot, um, that we get in humans.
17:35Same thing.
17:37Ringworm.
17:40Horrible.
17:41I never, when I was younger, I was like, oh my gosh, you got a ringworm.
17:45Oh, that's terrible.
17:45You got worms under the skin.
17:48Um, how on earth does that, uh, compute, but actually it's not a worm.
17:54At all.
17:54It's a fungus.
17:58Right.
17:59So the question that must be, uh, arising.
18:04The question that you guys must have is what on earth would one do if they had a breakout,
18:13which a lot of facilities, um, incidentally I've been told have had, uh, these ringworm or these fungal outbreaks.
18:23What on earth would you do if you didn't have lions that were so compliant?
18:27I.e.
18:28A lion that jumps into this loading vehicle.
18:30It's in a confined environment.
18:32Um, and he is quite happy for somebody to be scrubbing his tail while he's getting some tasty titbits, as
18:39well as putting some ointment and cream.
18:42Um, what would you do if the lion was in a captive facility, but, um, but wild in the sense
18:49that it doesn't want anything to do with humans.
18:52And unfortunately the only way to then treat, um, this fungus is orally.
19:00But the problem with treating it orally is all the meds that are used to treat it are toxic to
19:08cats.
19:09So it's a bit of a, uh, it's a bit of a, uh, a double whammy because you've got the
19:15ringworm, you need to treat it.
19:17If you don't treat it, it's going to just, uh, spread everywhere.
19:20Um, but if you treat it, you are actually poisoning the animal.
19:25So what they have to do or what you have to do is you have to treat in lower doses
19:30and you have to, um, you have to supplement the diet.
19:36So you have to give all these, uh, um, treatments to support, uh, the liver and the kidneys, um, through
19:45the treatment.
19:46So it's not ideal.
19:47Um, and actually we are very fortunate that we can be hands on.
19:52So the animals actually, um, have it a lot easier, um, than if, than if, uh, you know, one didn't
20:00have these relationships.
20:02So yet again, yet again, if, if I needed to say yet again, uh, but yet again, um, because of
20:08the relationships,
20:09it does, it has helped us, um, in the management of these animals.
20:16Yeah.
20:18And yeah.
20:19Yeah.
20:23Yeah.
20:24Yeah.
20:28Thanks for watching.
20:29Till next time.
20:30Ciao.
20:30Bye.
20:31Bye.
20:41Bye.
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