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00:00 There he goes.
00:01 There he is.
00:06 - Good, it's done. - Well done, Jim.
00:08 Now that the head of Puppy is in the tube,
00:11 we've got his tail under control,
00:13 even if he keeps twirling around.
00:15 So we have to hold him until he falls asleep.
00:18 We're inducing him to breathe in an anesthetic gas
00:23 until he relaxes.
00:25 And then we'll put a tube in his trachea, or the windpipe.
00:29 Oh, no.
00:30 I'm a bit of a poop.
00:32 - You're holding the cloaca? - She asked me to.
00:35 - Yeah, it's a good place. - It's a good idea.
00:37 We need to be several to hold the body, so...
00:40 - They're very powerful animals. - Yeah.
00:43 Puppy can grab a glass tube
00:45 and break it just by squeezing it.
00:47 - It's one of the nodules? - Yeah.
00:50 I see two more here.
00:51 - You feel them? - There's one there.
00:53 - They look like fat. - Yeah.
00:55 Because snakes have very particular types of lesions
00:58 compared to other species,
01:00 it's good to have a different opinion,
01:02 especially from a dermatologist
01:04 who has more knowledge and experience
01:06 to be able to make the right decisions.
01:08 It looks like there's only soft tissue.
01:12 It doesn't look like it's spread all the way to the muscle layer,
01:14 - which is a good thing. - Yeah.
01:16 So we will prepare for the surgery.
01:18 Dr. Griffin will take care of it,
01:21 and we'll take care of the anesthesia.
01:23 - I can't wait. Let's do it. - Okay. Let's do it.
01:27 It's rare for snakes to develop tumors,
01:29 so I'm going to incise it to know more.
01:32 Come on, Puppy.
01:35 It has a cute name. I love it.
01:38 Let's see.
01:39 I'm going to try to go around the scales.
01:44 Which way am I going to go?
01:46 So there's the tumor.
01:50 It's kind of starting to come out.
01:52 - Do you see these little bumps? - Yeah, I see them.
01:54 There they are.
01:56 The mass looks like a little grape.
01:58 I've seen cancers that looked like this.
02:01 Puppy is old, and he has several,
02:03 so I am afraid it's a cancer.
02:06 This one really looks like a grape.
02:08 One of them is removed.
02:10 We'll get two more to go.
02:13 This one is a little more deep.
02:15 Do you think it's growing out from the top,
02:17 or is it just spreading in?
02:19 It's probably invasive, yes.
02:21 Well, I'm just relieved we're doing it now.
02:23 All of Puppy's masses have the same look.
02:26 So I think that they're all due to the same disease.
02:29 I'm going to close the wound.
02:32 Snake skin is like mammal skin,
02:35 but a little slower,
02:36 because snakes have a slower metabolism,
02:38 and that's actually dependent on their temperature.
02:41 So if it were to heal, it might take a little longer.
02:44 - It's done. - Super.
02:46 It's going to take a few weeks for the biopsy,
02:50 and then we'll be able to develop a treatment.
02:54 Such a good dog.
02:56 - Ready? - Would you like to go?
02:58 It's great to be able to work with Dr. Kiss
03:00 and to be able to use my expertise
03:03 to treat this amazing creature.
03:05 He's going to wonder what happened to me.
03:08 This was an amazing experience.
03:11 I'm anxious to get back to treating animals that I can cuddle.
03:14 - Great job. - Woo-hoo!
03:16 - I'll be calling you as soon as I have the results. - Okay.
03:19 - Next snake, I just saw. - That was awesome.
03:25 I'm calling Kristen, Puppy's nurse.
03:27 - Hi, Kristen. - Hi. How are you?
03:31 How's Puppy doing?
03:33 He's doing well. He was mute two days ago,
03:36 and he's doing a lot better now.
03:38 But I keep an eye on him, and I clean him often.
03:41 Yeah, that's perfect. You do a good job.
03:43 Puppy is a four-meter royal cobra.
03:46 Oh my God, he's huge!
03:48 I had these big, suspicious skin on him.
03:50 It really looks like a grape vine.
03:53 I'm checking it out with the lady who's taking care of it.
03:55 Kristen is taking care of it, and I'm waiting for the results.
03:57 I was calling you to get the results, and I have good news.
04:00 There's no cancer.
04:02 I discovered that these lesions were actually granulomas.
04:05 A granuloma is the result of an isolation of a foreign body,
04:09 like a bacterial or fungal infection.
04:11 And in Puppy's case, he had a bacteria under his skin
04:13 that the body tried to isolate.
04:15 Definitely something that has to be removed.
04:17 It shouldn't be an issue, and I think we've removed them well.
04:21 And having not found cancer in a 25-year-old snake,
04:24 it's a good thing.
04:26 Yeah, that's good news.
04:28 Yeah.
04:30 As long as we've removed them and they haven't caused any issues,
04:33 I would really keep a close eye on them.
04:35 And I don't think there's anything to really worry about.
04:37 Definitely good news.
04:39 Yeah.
04:41 Well, thank you so much for your help.
04:44 Yeah, thank you very much.
04:46 We'll talk soon.
04:48 Bye.