In this episode, Doc Ferds Recio rescues a reticulated python in Laguna that has developed a large tumor. Meanwhile, Doc Nielsen Donato visits two sailfin lizards in Rizal, currently being cared for by a resident after being mishandled by some children. Can these wildlife recover from their pain and return to health? Watch to find out.
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00:00This is a sign that he is showing that he is the king of the land.
00:12But these two birds have different fate.
00:20His left foot is broken.
00:29This is beautiful. Only two left.
00:41As you can see, there are holes in their skin.
00:45They are so naughty. Some of them are so naughty.
00:47This is what they call a snake.
00:50We saw that there are holes in their skin.
00:54We have been rescuing the pythons for a long time.
00:57This is the first time I have seen two more.
01:08The birds are like small dinosaurs.
01:11Because of their sharp scales, long necks, and sharp teeth.
01:21But these two birds have different fate.
01:30These are the injured pythons.
01:41The pythons in Cebu are very noisy.
01:49The tourists learned how to take care of the pythons.
01:56They have their own place to relax.
02:02But here, how about there?
02:05They did not pass the test of cleaning the pythons.
02:19Pythons are omnivores.
02:22It means that they eat meat and plants.
02:36These pythons in Davao are their food.
02:41They eat fish and chicken.
02:49I met Tatay Bap.
02:52He is a resident who receives food from his pythons neighbors.
02:59What are the behaviors of pythons in Davao?
03:03What are the behaviors of pythons in Davao?
03:08The male pythons fight for their territory.
03:14The male pythons fight for their territory.
03:24Even if he gives vegetables, fruits, and meat to the pythons,
03:29they still avoid people.
03:33They cannot recognize their territory.
03:39Just like this python.
03:42It does not fight with you.
03:47This is a sign that it is the king of the territory.
03:57If there are pythons that can swim in their habitat,
04:03and there are also pythons that rule their territory,
04:11what are the behaviors of pythons in Davao?
04:15Arnold's story.
04:17While he was on his way home from Rizal,
04:20he met two pythons.
04:25Two pythons.
04:28We thought they were pythons.
04:31When I saw that there were pythons,
04:34I got interested.
04:36I decided to take the pythons.
04:39One of the pythons was injured.
04:42I decided to surrender.
04:45Can these two pythons return to their habitat?
04:51These are the proper handling equipments
04:55when you are going to handle reptiles.
04:58You can get injured here.
05:01Poor wildlife.
05:04They can go to people's hands.
05:07But look at this beautiful
05:10sailfin lizard.
05:12When the sun hits it,
05:14they suddenly regain their strength.
05:17Because at this time,
05:19these sailfin lizards really bask.
05:22Earlier, when we were observing them in the cage,
05:26they were very weak.
05:28Look at this.
05:29Even though it's weak,
05:31its color is very brilliant.
05:34Later on,
05:36its left leg was broken.
05:38Look at this.
05:40There are only two digits left
05:43compared to the right.
05:47It has five digits.
05:49Maybe it's because of fighting.
05:51By the way, this is a male sailfin lizard.
05:54I also got another lizard to examine.
05:58And to find out if these two are really married.
06:02This sailfin lizard is stronger.
06:05And you can see
06:07the effects of being in an enclosure.
06:10Because it always wants to escape,
06:13its head gets injured.
06:15That's why this is one of the most wanted
06:18to be poached in the wild.
06:21Because it's so beautiful.
06:24It's almost a finger
06:25because it's as long as my point finger.
06:29So this is a matured adult male.
06:33Probably the dominant one.
06:35It has scars here on its tail.
06:38It's tied up.
06:40It's still fresh.
06:45Arnaud thinks that the couple
06:49are both men.
06:51You can see that.
06:52Just surrender to the nearest LGU or DNR.
06:58We can't just let it go.
07:01We need to get it checked by a vet.
07:14These are the scars that it got
07:17from the enclosure that we got from Sir Arnaud.
07:20It developed granulation tissues.
07:25We will treat it with some
07:28antiseptic, povidone iodine.
07:31It still has no mouth rot.
07:34These are more of trauma.
07:37When they open their mouths,
07:40we can see that they have
07:43severe oral cavity problems.
07:47But this is normal.
07:49This big tooth
07:51has a large cavity.
07:55This part has an injury.
07:58We don't know what happened here.
08:00It's spine is bent.
08:02This is the reason why
08:04the sailfin lizards can stand
08:07and run in the water
08:09because they have extra skin.
08:11Maybe later it will have a kill
08:13when it runs because
08:15its digits are not enough.
08:19At the request of DNR Rizal,
08:23we brought the two lizards
08:26to a rescue center in Laguna
08:29for rehabilitation.
08:31For the next few days,
08:34they can go back to their home.
08:38They will stay here
08:40to get strengthened.
08:48Lizards are endemic in our country.
08:52Let's let them live freely
08:57and eat freely.
09:00Let's not catch them
09:03and hurt them.
09:12As you can see,
09:14there are bumps on their skin.
09:15There are bumps on their necks,
09:17and on their backs.
09:19They also have hair loss.
09:22They are itchy.
09:24In Suntat, Kudarat,
09:26a contagious disease
09:28attacks the family
09:30of the Philippine brown deer.
09:46Here, in a single rescue center
09:49in the Soksarjen region,
09:54a family of Philippine brown deer
09:56is living.
10:03They started with two rescue brown deer
10:06until more and more
10:10social animals were introduced to the deer.
10:12That's why
10:14they can't be separated
10:16for better or for worse.
10:19That's why one disease
10:21can be transmitted to others.
10:24Most of them are injured
10:26and bruised.
10:30When they are juveniles,
10:32they are treated.
10:35Caretakers don't know
10:37where the disease came from.
10:39They don't know
10:40where the disease came from.
10:42You're telling us
10:44that the deer has skin depression.
10:46Yes.
10:49You gave him skin medicine,
10:51but there's a slight improvement.
10:53However, he's still skinny.
10:55He's still skinny.
10:57His skin is itching.
11:04They're very active.
11:06We can see that
11:08there are lesions.
11:10It looks like papilloma.
11:12But generally,
11:14you can see their skin
11:16has a sparse alopecia.
11:19You can see that
11:21there are bumps on their skin.
11:23But here, it's on the neck
11:25and on the back.
11:27There's hair loss.
11:29They're itchy.
11:31We'll give injections of
11:33antibiotic for the skin
11:35because there's an ulceration.
11:37I saw something there earlier.
11:38It looks like
11:40an ulceration on the arm.
11:42And then,
11:44we'll give something for the mites,
11:46for the parasites.
11:49I'm wearing gloves
11:51because it might be
11:53zoonotic.
11:55It means that
11:57for fungal infections of animals,
11:59some of them are zoonotic.
12:01Most of them.
12:03If we don't touch them,
12:05they'll get sick.
12:07If it's not big, it's small.
12:24This is the biggest one.
12:32After giving antibiotics,
12:34we'll clean the wound
12:36with a wound spray.
12:38In two weeks,
12:40we'll process the wounds
12:42and give them
12:44another dose of antibiotics.
12:46And
12:48his
12:50spray
12:52and for the mites.
12:54It's possible that the cause of their wounds
12:56and bumps
12:58is a disease called
13:00cutaneous fibroma.
13:02It's a type of disease
13:04caused by the virus.
13:06It's common in mammals,
13:08specifically in bats.
13:11The bats were rescued
13:13from illegal hunting.
13:15Where did this come from?
13:17Actually, it came from
13:19Soudan Modra State College
13:21in 1998.
13:23Okay.
13:25Then in
13:272008,
13:29it was turned over to
13:31Region Zero.
13:32Did they get infected?
13:34Yes.
13:36When the bats return,
13:38there's a chance
13:40that they'll return to their habitat.
13:42They can stay here longer
13:44because this is not
13:46the right habitat.
13:48If there are a lot of bats,
13:50sometimes,
13:52there are two releases in a quarter.
14:03One big bat
14:05was found in a reticulated python
14:07here in Laguna.
14:12The bat
14:14covered the left eye
14:16of the male python.
14:32This bat
14:34was rescued by residents
14:36near a house in Laguna.
14:38They plan to eat the bat
14:40and other bats
14:42in one place.
14:46It was brought here
14:48to Calawan Rescue Center.
14:50This is what they called
14:52a snake.
14:54We saw that it had eyes.
15:03We've been rescuing pythons for a long time.
15:05This is the first time I've seen a tumor
15:07in a wild python.
15:09Practically young.
15:11Still young.
15:13Half of its head
15:15is filled with a mass.
15:17Looks like a tumor
15:19coming out of the eyeball.
15:21Although I'm not sure.
15:23So what we're going to do,
15:25I want to examine this further.
15:27We'll do some imaging
15:29and some check.
15:30I want to remove this
15:32and send this
15:34to the laboratory for biopsy
15:36and find out what this one is.
15:40But even though
15:42there's a heavy tumor,
15:45the python is still strong
15:47and agile.
15:53If we can remove this
15:55and treat it,
15:57it has a good chance of surviving
15:58and returning to the wild.
16:12We're going to first
16:14sedate this animal
16:16so it can have
16:18a bit of muscle relaxation.
16:20While I was examining the snake,
16:22I noticed another tumor.
16:24Oh, there's something here.
16:25There's a wound here
16:27that I didn't notice.
16:35To examine it properly,
16:37I also did an X-ray.
16:41We can see the lesions
16:43really coming from there
16:45and not affecting the bone itself.
16:47It's a soft tissue.
16:55It's not a joke to operate
16:57on reptiles like snakes.
17:00They have a long recovery phase
17:02so we have to be extra careful
17:04with all the procedures.
17:09Within 30 minutes,
17:11we were able to remove the tumor.
17:14But there's another good news.
17:16The eyeball is intact.
17:18In fact, I'm not sure if this can see
17:20but it's intact
17:22so I'm not going to remove it.
17:23I'm not going to remove the eye.
17:25We are just going to fix
17:27what we can
17:29oppose here.
17:38I gave him an antibiotic
17:40and pain reliever.
17:44And to hydrate him,
17:46we gave him fluids.
17:50I also gave him
17:51post-operation care
17:53that he needs.
18:08Aside from being far away
18:10from their natural habitat,
18:13it also hurts the animals
18:15that are being rescued.
18:19Our job here
18:21is to make sure
18:23that they are treated.
18:26But if we keep
18:28bringing them here,
18:30their suffering
18:32will never end.
18:34There's no turning back
18:36for nature.
18:38Doc Ferds Resho,
18:40Doc Nielsen Donato,
18:42Born To Be Wild.
18:44Thank you so much
18:46for watching Born To Be Wild.
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