At Unhinged and On Call, we bring you the heart and humor of veterinary medicine—from the barnyard to the back of the clinic. Our hosts Dr. Chelsea Luedke and Trish Wilhelm, RVT are the perfect veterinary duo who take clinical care—and comedy—seriously. With decades of combined expertise in all aspects of veterinary medicine, we’re “on call” to deliver the real-deal insights in every episode.
From Equine Vet to Meadery and Bees: Dr. Ayla Guild’s Pivot and Boundaries Hosts Dr. Chelsea and vet tech Trish welcome equine veterinarian Dr. Ayla Guild, a longtime friend, who describes pivoting from a psychology major into vet school after a riding-related head injury and completing her training at the University of Pennsylvania/New Bolton. Isla discusses challenges in equine clinical training and practice, including sleep deprivation, perfectionism, anxiety, postpartum depression, and the inefficiency of extensive driving in ambulatory work. She explains how gluten sensitivity led her family to discover mead, begin fermenting raw honey-based mead without heating above hive temperature, and ultimately open The Hive Taproom with distribution, supported by their own honey production and expanding beekeeping efforts. The conversation also covers bee health pressures (nutrition and mites), practical beekeeping realities, work-life balance, boundaries in veterinary medicine, and Ayla's plan to return via equine emergency relief work.
00:00 Show Intro
00:30 Meet Dr Dr. Ayla Guild
02:03 From Psych To Vet
04:55 Vet School Reality Check
07:52 Practice Life And Caseloads
10:56 Burnout And Big Pivot
12:59 Discovering Mead Making
16:07 Beekeeping From Scratch
18:41 Hive Growth And Challenges
20:40 Bee Health And Forage
25:35 How Mead Is Made
26:27 Eco Friendly Mead
27:20 Raw Honey Fermentation
28:10 Flavoring And Style
29:12 Scaling Up Production
30:27 Shipping And Regulations
31:20 Allergies And Ingredients
33:07 Vet Career Boundaries
36:20 Horses And Riding Time
38:29 Work Life Balance Shift
41:22 Mental Health And Guilt
45:32 Social Media And Wrap Up
46:41 Podcast Outro And Call for Guests
6 May 2026
Would You Rather - Veterinary Edition
Would You Rather? Vet Med Edition with Dr. Chelsea and Trish Dr. Chelsea (veterinarian) and Trish (registered vet tech) host a chaotic, kid-inspired “Would You Rather?” game mixing veterinary and everyday dilemmas, and suggest adding the segment to future guest interviews while inviting listeners to share their own questions. They debate choices such as anal glands on the face vs being peed on, being trapped with a nervous Great Dane vs a furious chihuahua, cleaning kennels vs answering phones, surgery prep vs front desk work on no sleep, switching jobs vs switching phones, losing a phone vs losing caffeine, search history vs Amazon orders being leaked, cleaning puke vs attending a social school function, stepping on Legos vs sitting in mystery wet spots, losing sight vs losing memories, Hallmark Christmas movies vs horror movies, and never doing laundry vs never grocery shopping. They also discuss boundaries with phones, kids and social media, and close with guest and rating/subscription calls to action.
00:00 Show Intro
00:24 Game Setup
01:39 Gross Vet Dilemma
02:44 Big Dog Or Chihuahua
03:15 Kennels Vs Phones
04:30 No Sleep Choices
05:39 Switch Jobs Or Phones
06:49 Phone Detox Parenting
10:58 Search Vs Amazon Leak
13:01 School Function Survival
13:50 Barn Clothes Social Life
15:08 Trailer Tack Room Repairs
15:58 Legos vs Mystery Wet
16:46 Sight or Memories Debate
17:38 London and Badminton Trip
19:32 Hallmark or Horror Forever
20:24 Laundry vs Grocery Shopping
21:58 Kids Chores and Folding Hacks
24:19 Wrap Up and Guest Call
29 Apr 2026
Vitamin E in Horses with Dr. Chelsea Luedke
Vitamin E in Horses: Deficiency Signs, Testing Targets, and Why Liquid Supplementation Matters Dr. Chelsea and vet tech Trish deliver an educational PSA on equine vitamin E, emphasizing that many horses—especially in dry regions like Colorado without lush pasture—are at risk because vitamin E is unstable and largely lost from sun-cured hay. They discuss testing differences (Cornell HPLC targets 300–600 µg/dL; higher targets like 600–800 for symptomatic horses) and suggest annual spring screening with rechecks in 1–2 months. Key conditions linked to deficiency include equine motor neuron disease (often irreversible; only 45% recovery after induced cases), vitamin E–responsive myopathy, and the ENAD/EDM spectrum in young horses with progressive, symmetric ataxia and frequent behavior changes; deficiency may also contribute to penile ataxia/paraphimosis and head shaking. They warn high doses may affect coagulation, advise avoiding injectables, and stress natural d-alpha tocopherol—using liquid (e.g., 5,000 IU/day for 60 days) because powders/pellets can take 8–10 weeks and may not raise levels or CSF vitamin E.
00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:29 Why Vitamin E Matters
03:19 Pasture Limits and Deficiency Risk
04:46 Testing Targets and Ranges
06:30 Hand Grazing Reality Check
08:41 Sponsor Break
09:15 Deficiency Signs and Safe Dosing
10:28 Equine Motor Neuron Disease
13:48 VEM and Screening Strategy
17:28 Case Study Paraphimosis Link
19:26 Liquid vs Powder Absorption
22:23 Practical Dosing Workarounds
23:07 Liquid vs Powder Dosing
23:42 Testing Surprises and CSF
24:47 Avoid Injectable Vitamin E
25:17 EDM and Vitamin E Link
27:08 EDM Signs and Differentials
28:42 Young Horses and eNAD
30:30 Lab Ranges and Natural Forms
32:30 New Omega Oil Pump
34:27 Barn Practicalities and Storage
36:20 Common Myths and Hay
38:10 Senior Horses and Headshaking
40:10 Wrap Up and Listener Call
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