An Unexpected Vet Visit for our Alligator 

Cat owners: STOP EATING PLASTIC Cat: *chews on bag* Emily: STOP EATING PLASTIC Rex: *eats siphon*

emily and ed doing the “what’s that in your mouth? stop chewing and give me that, let me put my hand in your mouth” dog owner routine with an ALLIGATOR requires some trust, man poor rex :(

I find it funny how Rex would do the same thing dogs do: *Dog is chewing something weird “Hey what’s that in your mouth” _chewing intensifies_

“She was just weighted today. She is 35 pounds.” Hold up, are you telling me my 5 month old puppy weights as much as a four foot long American alligator? She is a retriever pit bull mix, and most of her qualities are that of a pit bull.

"it's a beautiful bracelet around your nose!" Rex: *seething reptilian anger*

Rex: * hasn’t had an episode in a while * Pool siphon: * exists * Rex: So anyway, I started snacking

“I know, I wouldn’t wanna be taped either, but it’s for the safety of all the vet staff...” **Sad Rex noises**

can we please applaude this doc for finding the vein behind scales on this aligator while some doc managed to miss the highway-sized veins in me elbow seven times?

she's like a toddler, the worst things happen while you look away for ONE second

Emily sounds like a mom dropping her Naughty child off at school: “I hope it goes well I will have to have my fingers crossed.There she goes..good luck...Rex behave.”

Gosh, I remember when Rex could barely keep her head underwater or sleep in the shallow kiddy pool while keeping her head out of the water. She's so strong now!

"Rex is here because we might have eaten some plastic." Good to know there are helpful alligators out there that will be there when an irresponsible human ingests plastic.

“He complimented our husbandry :,)” sis she had a room in your house.

Pool siphon: *exists* Rex: And I took that personally

Rex’s mood getting home is me on my way out from work.

The fact that she is so strong shows just how healthy she's gotten. Rex is amazing and I absolutely adore her. I wonder if part of the reason that she did attack her Siphon is because she got the upgraded tube and because of that amount of space she decided now was a good time to try and om nom the Siphon and show it whose boss.

I think she got stronger because the water is finally deep enough to exercise!

Emily: Hasn't made a Rex episode in a while. Rex: Rex: Rex: crunch

I am an Exotics vet in central Canada. The only issue I saw in the vet videos was that the tech performing the rads wasn't wearing a lead thyroid collar! Dangerous step to forget. I get after my techs so often for forgetting their lead covers or radiation meters. Wouldn't worry about that little bit of plastic and would agree that she looks great. Glad you mentioned at the end the floating ribs and alternate route for removing foreign bodies in gators!

10:02 I like how pleased Emily is when the vet said she did a good job taking care of her animals.

Emily: Rex, let me see what you have Rex: A SIPHON! Emily: NO!

I haven’t seen any comments abt this yet, but can we talk abt the doctor’s cute brush that he used to scrub her tail?

Rex: getting a blood draw Me: getting memories of when doctors wipe you down before you get a shot

2:21 Those *”weird unhappy noises”* made me laugh 😂

Bless the veterinarians for filming the process for our sake 😭

Rex: [chews on something] Emily: What do you have in your mouth? Rex: [chews faster] Emily: GIVE ME THAT!

The advice at the end was really helpful so thx. I have a gecko and my friend has an alligator and when I went to his place he was saying to his parents that Sapphire had eaten plastic so thank you

Rex is the prettiest alligator I've ever seen! I live in South Florida. I've seen quite a few.

The people dislinking are Rex's multiple accounts blaming Emily for eating the tube.

"Hey, you did this to yourself" a conversation every person has had with their animals

Rex really is just looking better and better the longer you have her and it's just so amazing to see how much of a difference your love and care for her has made.

Rex's little whine is so cute

"Other than some curvature, which is normal [for her]." Me, with scoliosis: Same.

Animals can be weird. A dog at my clinic had surgery to remove 10 tennis balls. He was completely fine. Glad rex is ok!

Imagine waiting at the vet then you see someone show up with an alligator

Rex is like my dog when he demands for more food and treats even tho he as just eaten

It's a scaly girl, In a scaly world Eating plastic, It's fantastic

The fact you immediately contacted and went to a vet for a potential ingested item is just, yes. The number of people who watch and know their pet has eaten something and wait until their animal is near dying from a blockage is far too high. No your dog will not just "pass" those socks. Emily is a responsible pet owner. Be like Emily.

I love Rex and I was on edge at the beginning but I couldn’t stop laughing at how they were holding her during the rex-rays Lmao

Awe bless your heart emily! When they took Rex away you could tell the sadness in your eyes. You wanted to cry but your so strong! The love you have for your animals 😭❤️

I swear, whether it's a human or an animal, kids just get into things. And put us into panic mode. It's like they do it just to test if we are on our toes lol. My cats do it to me all the time.

I’m glad she’s going to be fine, though. So thankful for vets and all the medical advances we have these days

You are SUCH an amazing gator mommy! The love you have for her and ALL your animals is incredible.. I absolutely LOVE watching your videos💓💓🥰🥰

I’m so happy that Rex is ok!!!! She’s my favorite and actually how I found your channel!!!

Emily: WHATS IN YOUR MOUTH Rex: *bites down harder*

Emily: what’s in your mouth? Rex: A KNI- A SIPHON Emily: NO!

Omg I was soooo scared but I’m glad that she can pass it through easily

I appreciate that they were willing to film in the vet! I had never seen a blood draw from a reptile like a gator.

Rex: *weird unhappy noises* Me: Sounds more like the alligator equivalent of a whine to me.

The vet students carefully handing Rex off between them reminded me of how awkward I feel when someone asks me to hold a baby.

She is so cute!!!That is the most well behaved alligator I have ever seen

I love your channel. It's like a documentary about reptile care and biology but with the format of an actually interesting reality show

Doctor: "Rex is here today because we might have eaten some plastic." Not you too, Doctor! Bad Doctor!

I had no idea alligators made those “weird unhappy noises” lol! Sounds almost like a dog whining

Rex: “ >:( so mad right now” 😂❤️

I'm glad rex has gotten a good bill of health

Rex: oOoOoOoOoh, new spaghetti stuff Emily: aye, crap

every pet owners worst nightmare: the dreaded 'what's in your mouth?! Don't swallow that?!' routine glad she's ok!

I love how you want to make sure that your pets and reptiles are safe.

I love Rex so much. I’ve been binge watching all her videos.

That was one angry gator when she was getting her mouth taped. Still it's astonishing how well-behaved she is even when angry.

LMFAO Rex pulling herself out of the pool “MORE????”

I love how the comments stays so positive even at the darkest of times. Hope Rex is ok

Thank you Vic for taking care of our sweet Rex

Me: *Happily eating* “We had to take Rex to the vet” *Anxiously eats taco*

This deepens my suspicion of Rex just being a really angry dog

Thanks for the comments that said she was ok so I could watch without anxiety for the scaly baby

Such a amazing, concerned mother 🥰

The vet office staff did a GREAT job filming and explaining what they were doing. They should do their own show!! It was very nice of them to do that filming.

Seeing her lil arms cling the side of her pool as she gives you the desperate "I AM STARVING MOM" eyes made me laugh so hard she loves food

Aww Rex was so well-behaved! She's a very good gator

i'm so sorry for rex when i was a kid i have always see rex as good as new this makes me want to cry😢😭😭

Episode 50 of "Don't Get A Pet Alligator."

On a side note, I think it's dope that the veterinarian explained everything he was doing! It's great that they actually explained everything!! 👍

Bless the vet tech for getting that close a shot for the blood draw. All of them for all of it really, her getting moved around for x rays was so funny in retrospect. So professional, v well done

I’m soo happy Rex is my one of my favourite animals in your channel so I’m happy she’s okay

Oh no! Poor Rex... I was sitting at the edge of my seat waiting to hear the diagnosis. ; _ ; Very appreciative of the vet techs for recording the process and explaining it! I'm very glad to hear that she's okay and that it'll likely pass without any issue.

She's not even my alligator, but when Emily said she was fine, no surgery needed, I noticeably relaxed.

Our beautiful little Rex! I hope that she is okay!

Glad you're okay, Rex! We love you 😭

As a vet tech student, thank you so much for allowing Rex to be a part of their class! What a cool opportunity that they’ll never forget.

when my horse decided to eat hook-side velcro (he ripped a strap off someone's jacket), and horses have terribly weak digestive systems, I was informed to fill him up with paraffin oil as they can't digest it to try to lube all the way through. We went through several litres over several days. he's perfectly fine now but that panic is real

People who know a lot about their industry are just incredible to watch at work

I love this type of video but it feels like video taking is taking away the joy you have from the event. Just so you know, we love this kind of content ❤❤❤

Emily: *hasn’t made rex in an episode in so long* Rex: hey I wanna be in a video... hmmmm... I will get some attention! Rex: *eats plastic tube*

"She's never done it before" the lament of many a pet owner and my constant refrain haha had one of those moments just this morning, fingers crossed for a quick and safe expulsion for rexy girl 😂 ❤

I have not watched you in almost 2 years and I finally found your channel again :D

Bless You and Rex

It... She's so much like a dog it kills me. Like the way she's moving her head and stuff really reminds me of my dog

The thought of sending rex in there alone made me laugh. We once had a kind of aggressive dog who didn't like strangers. They assured us that they would be okay but not even 5 minutes later they came straight back out asking for my dad's help. Oh and we went for a similar reason. He ate carpet and actually did need surgery

Your videos are so cool and interesting I especially like the snake videos you don't have much subscribers but I think you deserve more I liked when you did the clutch eggs I really like when you got surprises from the eggs that you didn't expect

I am glad she is in no major danger such a pretty Gator

Every time you said "Doug" when talking about the vet I pictured your snake Doug with a little stethoscope and glasses examining Rex! Glad she's ok🧡

To Rex, she did a good thing, to everyone else, it’s internal panic mode.

Emily talking to Rex: And never again will I trust you with your siphon refilling your pool! Me talking to my friend who has traded my giraffe (In Adopt Me): And never again will I trust you with my pets!!!!

Her: **Mentions Nearly headless Nick** Me: *Intense sobbing*

"What did you just eat" is the eternal pet owner experience. When my family got a new puppy she kept trying to eat everything interesting she could find on walks. This included discarded face masks >_

I never thought about how much of a chore taking an alligator to a vet must be.

I had an old golden retriever after the 2 years we were with her she had already around 6 surgeries because she kept on eating the rocks in our back yard we tried everything,at one point she even ate glass my mum said she couldn’t take it anymore so we had to let her go

Poor Rex I hope she gets better soon. I love her.she is the best reptile of all.🥺🥰