Episode 5 Pet School

Hello, I'm Luke Franks

and I'm having breakfast with some goats, as you do.

And today's a big day. Day 5 at Pet School

means our pet heads have just got one week left to try

and prove they are responsible enough to have a pet of their own.

And let's be honest, some have got more work to do than others.

And just to keep them on their toes, we've got

a few surprises lined up as well.

Nine pet crazy kids...

-I'd like to have a dog

-I'd really like a rabbit.

I really want a pet rat.

..101 animals needing care and attention...

Two incredible weeks.

But have our pet heads got the animal know how...

Eurgh, they pooed, eurgh.

..to persuade their parents they've got what it takes,

to have a pet of their very own?

Has she proved to you she can be a responsible pet owner?

Is she getting a pet?

Previously on Pet School. Ananya buddied with her bunnies...

Yes!

..and Lauren cracked a smile over her chickens.

Coming up today - pet practice turns wet practice in a fishy task.

Oh, no.

And Tommy and William get in a furry feud.

I just think you're trying to get out of the dirty work, personally.

No, I'm not actually.

Time for morning assembly. Good morning, gang.

ALL: Morning!

Hello. Are we still celebrating after yesterday's success?

ALL: Yes.

All three groups did their pet practice Yeah?

It was huge. Today's the last day of the first week.

-ALL: Awww.

-It's going quick, yeah?

And we know all three groups can do it so we've got to keep it up.

-So shall we put you in your groups?

-ALL: Yes.

Awesome. Group 1, then...

Ananya, Sam, Thomas.

-You are with the rabbits.

-Yes!

Yes, result.

Group 2,

William, Lauren and Tommy, you are with the hamsters.

-Yes!

-Big yes from you, less of a yes from you.

-Don't like rodents.

-You don't like rodents. Why not?

-They're just dirty.

-OK, all right.

Group 3,

Chloe, Faramaz and Courtney, you're going

to be with the fish today.

Oh, really? You can't do anything with the fish.

You stick some food in the bowl and that's it.

There's some kind of exotic fish in there,

they've got some different rules. Another chance to prove yourself.

You've got to make sure you complete the task properly

and within the allotted time.

Today you won't miss time with your pet buddies

-but you are going to miss out on a special visitor coming later.

-Again?

Yes, again.

And it's a good one so make sure you do it properly.

Your animals are waiting, off you go. Go see them. See ya later, bye.

Effy.

By now our pet heads should be pretty well practised,

in, well, pet practice.

They've only got one more week to wait to find out if they've done

enough to persuade their parents to get them a pet of their own.

Yesterday, they did really well. All three groups passed.

What do you reckon today, Effy?

EFFY MEOWS

No idea what she said.

The first group to wade into pet practice are the fish team.

But things are off to a bit of a slow start.

Courtney, I think we need to get started.

-OK, right.

-Reading it's not going to help.

-We have to open it up.

-Oh, hello.

Today, their tasks will be to pump out 20

percent of the water in the tank,

clean the water, put it back in the tank

and feed the fish.

Courtney is the team leader

and they have 45 minutes to complete their tasks.

We've got to put this in, haven't we?

Or they could take 45 minutes to figure out how the hand pump works.

-Go, press it.

-I am.

Nothing is coming out.

-I don't get this.

-It's not working.

Wait. Let me try, let me try, let me try.

This is not working for us at all.

-Pet heads, how we doing?

-Failing.

-Not good.

No, you look a bit defeated already. What's the problem?

The pipe won't work.

How about reset, right? Get everything out,

start the whole thing again.

Follow it completely through from the beginning.

Let's do it properly. So, one.

"Hang and bend the short tube over the side of the tank."

OK, chuck it in.

Put that in there.

Ah, OK. Step 2, Faramaz.

"Place the long tube in a bucket.

"Make sure the bucket is lower down than the tank.

-"Change the tap to the on position..."

-Yeah.

"..and squeeze the blue pump,

"which will pump the dirty water in the bucket."

-Something's happening.

-Ah, yes.

Oh, breakthrough, guys. Courtney, you're leader.

-Yeah.

-Get pumping.

So with the fish team all pumped up,

over in the furries room some team members seem a bit deflated.

I don't really like rodents. I just think they're a bit...

-pointless.

-They're not pointless.

I think reptiles are pointless.

But other people think that they're the best pets in the world.

Like William.

Awkward.

Straight to the clipboard and then we'll find out what we need to do.

The teams tasks are to clean out Patch's cage

and feed Ziggy some treats.

-I can't see them.

-Whoa, careful.

Guys, he's coming out. I don't know how to get him in.

-I'll do it, I'll do it.

-They're off to a good start.

With Patch the Syrian hamster out, Lauren

and William can get cracking on the cleaning.

OK, right. So first we're going to need a plastic bag

to put all the rubbish in.

While Tommy is busy moving Ziggy into a carrier.

But why?

Now I've got the hamster in its cage

it's going to be a bit easier to keep under control.

Your not suppose to clean that out by the way.

-We're not suppose to clean it out.

-What?

-That out.

-No.

I'm doing it so it's a bit easier to feed him treats.

Right, I guess that clears that up.

HE COUGHS

Oh, that absolutely honks.

Come on, baby.

It's funny how we're doing all the hard work

and he's just feeding it.

And he's team leader as well.

Meanwhile, over at the feed room,

the bunny team are ready to hop to it.

What I'll do is if I get one out and then I'm going to need

one of you to hold her on the table when I'm ready, OK?

Today, their tasks will be to give the rabbits a pet care check

and to trim their nails.

With this finger and this thumb I'm just going to gently lift up

her cheeks like this and you'll be able to have a look

and see the front teeth.

-Lift them quite up. Don't be afraid to do it.

-Oh, yeah.

Now, what do you think? What are they looking like?

They're all straight.

They're white and a bit yellow.

So are we confident the teeth with Freckles are looking good?

-Yes.

-Yeah?

So now it's time for the team to try on their own

and this time, Custard is the guinea pig. I mean rabbit.

Yup, that eye looks OK. Happy with the other eye?

Yeah, that eye looks OK.

-So is there any bumps in the skin?

-No.

-That's the spine.

-This is the spine.

-Amazing work, Ananya! Incredible progress.

And to think you used to be scared to go near rabbits.

-Right, so...

-So now it's nails.

Thomas, when you go to do it, hold the foot with one hand.

Now you need to leave a little bit of the blood vessel here

so only just take the tip off for me.

Open them up.

Yeah, about there, perfect. Clip. That's perfect, well done.

Good job, pet heads.

Over at the hamsters, Tommy's also doing a good job.

Of giving orders.

We need to put some soil pots in there.

William, you need to get it all out.

-There's some poo in there.

-Still, get it out.

We need a deeper level than that.

But he's not so good at following instructions.

I need to give both hamsters a health check.

-Did it say that?

-It says in the book.

But it doesn't say on the clip board.

Yeah, but when you do your weekly clean out,

you need to give them a health check.

Me and Lauren were working really hard.

And then Tommy was just going off doing his own thing.

Feeding it and giving it health checks it doesn't need.

Doing extra health checks is great

but have the hamsters had their treats yet?

-Put the hamster in first.

-All right.

Finished.

Back in the fish room the pump is working.

Ah I'm doing it like a boss.

-Oh wait, no wait, pull it.

-Or is it?

I just had it again. And now it's gone.

-Ah I give up, you know I give up.

-Should I squeeze?

Sounds like somebody's being sick. It's disgusting.

-I know how to do it!

-Yay.

-To do it!

-Right, nobody change anything.

-Success, finally.

But with all the delays the clock is seriously ticking.

Right it needs to stop now, I'm not joking.

But the waters coming, you need to pull the whole tube out.

-Oh, no.

-Look what you just did! I told you.

-Pull the tube out.

-I did. There.

Empty that.

It's too heavy.

-Oh shoot.

-Oh, no.

Right.

And the team is starting to feel the pressure.

You have, like, five seconds left.

-Yeah, we'll probably have enough time. Just about.

-OK.

The water conditioner is going in.

And now they just have to get the clean, conditioned

water into the tank.

Oh, no!

Or on to the floor.

You ruined a whole set of clothes.

Oh, sorry.

While the fish task seems to be turning into a bit of a damp squib,

over with the rabbits

the bunnies have had a full MOT and are ready to go back to their house.

Tiny problem, they've almost run out of time.

Team, come on, less than a minute to go.

Go, go, go, go, go.

Time is really ticking.

Carefully. Jump in, Ananya.

10 seconds.

-He's out, OK Custard's out.

-Yeah, the second one is out.

Time flies when you're having fun and that is time on pet practice.

But the question is, have our pet heads completed their pet

practices perfectly so they can meet our special visitor later?

Or will they have to come back to complete their tasks?

Coming up, Thomas gets in a tiz over the mystery guest...

..and the pet heads dive head first into pet life.

So pet practice is over, let's find out how they did.

The bunny team managed to complete the pet care checks

and trim the rabbits' nails.

So they've passed and are waiting to meet the mystery guest.

The fish team, however, made a bit of a splash.

-But not in a good way.

-You guys have...

You failed. There's like half the tank of water on the floor here.

And we've got water all down the side of the tank.

We've got it all around the front here.

So that's one task failed. And there's more bad news.

We haven't got a lid on there.

Now the downfall of not putting lids on, is fish can actually jump out.

Fish could be on the floor, fish could be dead very, very quickly.

So it's not good news for the fish team.

And it's time for the furries team to find out how they did.

We have a fail again. OK? But it's not a major fail.

So we can get it done nice and quick.

So, we've got a couple of points to raise.

Has this water been changed today?

When you're doing a full clean every day the animals should be

obviously having their water changed. We have treats in a bowl.

What have we learned about giving hamsters food?

-Scatter it.

-Why are we scattering it?

-So they've actually got to find it.

-Exactly.

Last point, we've got

a little bit of mess going on so let's just get that all tidied up

into your corner so it's all neat and tucked away again.

OK, so crack on, should only take a few minutes.

While both fish and furries scramble to finish their pet practice tasks

Ananya, Thomas and Sam are ready to meet the mystery guest.

Now, yesterday, after such success,

all the groups completed their tasks.

Today, only one group did. That was you guys.

So you've earned yourself a special little treat.

Say hello to Gary

and Winston the boa constrictor.

-Hello, pet heads.

-Hi.

-Do you like my new scarf?

-Yeah.

So this is Winston and he is a common boa or a boa constrictor.

He is about four years old, what do you think?

-He's cool.

-Why you standing so far away then?

-Swap.

-OK. Thomas?

-Awesome.

Yeah? Pretty cool, right. Any questions, pet heads?

How long can this sort of, type of snake get to?

Boa constrictors will grow up to four metres.

They come from all over South America and also Central America.

And you'll find that in different parts they reach different sizes.

Mainly because of temperature and availability of food.

So you do get some boas which will only reach

a metre to a metre and a half.

Erm, how is he like to feel?

-Do you want to have a feel?

-Yeah.

Awesome.

You can do better than that.

-Go on, get stuck in.

-Get a whole hand on there.

Good work.

'So while Ananya cosies up to her new boa buddy,

'The furries team are rushing to

'correct their pet practice mistakes.'

I'm just pouring the water for the hamster.

It looks like hamster care may be more work than this team thought.

When they're not at pet school,

Patch and Ziggy live at a rescue centre. Tell us more, Marie.

Patch and Ziggy came in as their owner was poorly

and was unable to care for them any longer.

They were in quite good condition,

however, their accommodation was quite dirty.

So they were quite happy to settle back in with us.

Patch is a happy hamster, he loves to be handled and come out of his cage.

Ziggy is completely different, he doesn't like to be handled

and he is a little bit worried about humans.

So the pet heads are really going to have to be

nice and gentle with Ziggy.

Patch and Ziggy bring the cute factor to pet school

and I'm sure the children are going to find them adorable.

Bin bag away, water in.

-You're done. Woo.

-That was kind of a fail.

Oh, come on then, Yeah. Well done, guys.

Good job, pet heads.

And speaking of jobs, Gary has a few tasks for Ananya, Sam and Thomas.

I think what we're going to do

with the help of you guys is measure how long Winston is.

So we're going to cut a length of string.

Ananya, do you want to hold him at one end.

-You got that?

-Yes.

Excellent, well done.

Put your finger on the tip where the nose is

and hold the string, yeah. So hold the string.

And then you need to use the string and follow along the body.

Then you pinch the string where the tail finishes.

So if you want to cut the string at your end.

-Try not to...

-Watch your fingers. Done.

Excellent. And now using the measuring tape.

So, 202.

202, so we're looking at about two metres.

What else we can do is we can weigh him.

We've got a bag here so we'll pop, we'll pop Winston in.

Slide him up

-What's it saying?

-5.95.

5.95. Does that sound healthy, Gary?

So that's a, that's a lovely weight. He's lovely and healthy.

So that's Winston weighed and measured.

Meanwhile, back at the fish room.

The team aren't quite off the hook yet.

Put the top on quick.

That one would take seconds to do.

So do you think any of you could become fish experts?

ALL: No.

-Are we done?

-Yeah.

-Thank you.

-Welcome.

-I knew we were going to fail.

-Nice catch, fish team.

Back at the reptile's room,

there's one more challenge in store for the team.

So, if you're not scared, who wants to hold him?

On their shoulders.

Your hand started going up, I'm going to take that,

-Thomas, you're up first.

-Excellent, Thomas.

-Yes.

-OK.

-He wants to give you a kiss.

-Yep. thanks.

I feel really happy right now.

Ananya, you're up next.

-There we go, just slow movements, Ananya.

-Oh, my God.

-You all right?

-It's all right, it's OK.

-Yeah.

Just going to lay it down. Stand up straight.

-It's all right, it's OK, it's OK.

-I got it.

-It's really heavy.

-Well done.

-Ananya, you are holding a boa constrictor.

What do you think your mum's going to say?

Well, she's going to be proud cos she knows I'm not really

comfortable around snakes.

-I wouldn't know now, that's amazing. Well done.

-Yeah.

-Sam.

-Yeah.

-Step up.

-That's it, use your hand there.

-It's not that heavy.

-Yeah, it's not.

-Maybe you're just very strong, Sam.

Hello, Winston. All right, man?

What's going on?

Cool. Great.

-Erm...

-How you doing?

-He wants to take it off.

Yeah, I mean it's fine, isn't it?

It's... I don't want it forever, sure but...

It's fine till he moves.

And then, then all I'm thinking is, "What are you doing?

"What are you up to?" All right, all yours, Gary. I'll give him back.

Well, thanks so much for coming in, that was pretty awesome, right?

-ALL: Yeah.

-Yes.

Most of the animals at Pet School are rescue animals.

So pet life is how we help our pet heads learn not to make

the same mistakes their previous owners did.

Bring on the mice.

All right, team, looking lovely.

ALL: Eurgh!

-Not looking so lovely, right?

-ALL: No!

So I want you to imagine that you're a rodent who's got a bad owner.

They haven't cleaned out your cage at all.

They've left all sorts of horrible stuff in there.

Your challenge is to get in there and find some bedding,

some food and a toy.

Three, two, one, off you scuttle. Go, go, go, go, go!

Go on, get foraging!

Start digging!

You've got the strawberry, good news.

'So Chloe's found the first item, a bit of food.

'But if food is kept in a mucky cage it'll get mixed up in a pet's

'poo and this can lead to serious health problems.'

Get digging!

Yes, you got the ball, Ananya, good work.

'Can you imagine, being in your bedroom trying to find

'your favourite toys and it's covered in all this muck and dirt?

'You're just not going to have a good, fun time'

Just the pillow to go.

Oh, William.

Good job, buddy.

'If that's what someone's cage is like then that's pretty dirty.

'The message is you should always clean out your pets.

'Some of the animals here they've probably been through that and

'we just found out what it was like for them to be in that situation.'

Look how mucky and disgusting you are.

Mostly you, William.

-Go and get yourselves cleaned up. See you later.

-Cheerio.

'And if you want to find out more about

'keeping your pets happy'

and healthy head over to the CBBC website where you'll find

lots of helpful animal fact sheets.

It's the last pet buddy session of the week

and this lot want to make the most of their time together.

You all right, baby?

Come on, Clark.

Courtney's decided to spend her session with Clark,

polishing up a few tricks.

Whoa. That's better.

Over, roll over Clark. Come on, Clark.

Well, someone is rolling over.

Roll over.

Come on, Clark. No. Right.

He's not brilliant at fetch either.

What's this? Go get it.

High-five.

-Yay.

-Ah, this is more like it.

-Round.

-All right so Clark's a bit of a clever clogs.

When he's not at pet school, he lives with his owner Liv.

Clark's a two-year-old Bernese mountain dog and I got him

when he was a puppy.

The reason that I chose him was because he was just big,

soppy and gentle.

Clark is named after Superman.

He's a super dog and he was born in Kent.

So he's Clark of Kent.

Clark's just qualified as a PAT dog which stands for Pets As Therapy.

Which means he's basically qualified to go into special needs

schools, nursing homes and hospitals to provide therapy.

Allowing the patients or the kids to get hands-on with him,

cuddle him, pet him and feed him the occasional treat.

And it basically just brightens up their day.

With Clark being at Pet School,

it's going to show the pet heads how to really look after a big dog.

But if they give him plenty of treats and lots of walks,

they should all get on great.

Go get it, Clark.

And speaking of treats, Courtney has a bit of a surprise for Clark.

It will probably make him - Clark - do a poo but even if he does

I don't mind picking it up and just bringing it to the bin.

Oh, that's so, special Courtney.

Well, one person who isn't getting all lovey-dovey

with his buddies today is Thomas.

Well I'm going to kind of clean out and try

and get the guinea pigs into the garden.

So then I'm going shut the door so they can't come in.

That's not very sociable. Still, Thomas has come a long way.

Earlier in the week he was finding it a lot harder to get

a handle on his buddies.

To look after more than one pet I've learned to take your time

and to be slowly around more than one animal.

Because they get frightened very quickly.

And Thomas has also learned a little something

about pampering the piggies.

These are their kind of treat bags

so I'm going to put some of the treats inside for them.

I did a few jobs that I thought I wouldn't get done

so I think they will be a bit pleased with me.

I'm sure they're pleased with you, Thomas.

Less pleased are the goats.

After four days together and some pretty mixed feelings, Chloe

is determined to start things off on the right foot today. Sorry, hoof.

By taking them for a nice walk.

Argh.

Yeah, maybe I'm not such a goat herder.

I don't know about that, Chloe.

I didn't know he could climb. Step out, step out.

Sweetie, not helping. Hey, stop, argh.

This is worse than walking a dog.

They're like kids at a theme park.

Actually, Chloe, they're literally kids in a field.

Oh, oh, no!

Meanwhile, over at the chickens,

Lauren's still not too sure what to expect with her feathered friends.

Today is chicken bravery day, I'm feeling it.

It's been an emotional week for Lauren.

After making some good progress early on,

a nasty cockerel encounter set her right back to square one.

But with Tommy's help yesterday,

-Lauren has started to get back on track.

-Come walk with me.

-I'm really scared, I can't.

-Try and loosen up a little bit

because you're getting yourself really worked up about it again.

So let's talk through, what happened with the chicken yesterday?

I had one in with me yesterday and it didn't come near me.

Do you want to have a little stroke of her again how you did yesterday?

-Hello.

-Nice, isn't it?

Yeah?

Lauren really has done so well and we're really,

really conscious that we don't want to try and push her.

It's really on her terms

and when Lauren feels ready to take each step.

It will come but on her own terms.

You have made such an amazing achievement, Lauren.

You've come here really frightened of them,

you've be able to do chicken agility,

you've been able to sit down next to them in their cage

And you've been able to have one roaming around

and you've been able to stroke them. Yeah?

And with another pet buddy session over, Marie, I think

it's time for a bit of a catch up.

We've got some decisions to make.

Going to choose three people who we think worked really hard,

impressed this week to give a little treat.

I think she has done amazing this week.

He's not the loudest of the group but consistent.

Always does the job well. Reading that manual

and looks after the animals really well as well.

She's had some real highs and lows this week.

-I think she generally just deserves it.

-Happy with that?

-Definitely, good choice.

-Let's go and tell them. Let's go.

-Let's do it.

So, team, it's the end of the first week at Pet School.

ALL: No!

And now me and Marie, we've been having a bit of a chat.

And we think three of you have done really, really, really well.

So you're going to get a special little treat.

Ananya, when you arrived you were really

nervous around most of the animals pretty much, weren't you?

-And then today tell us what's happened.

-Well, the snake, erm...

was the guest and I...

I'm actually really scared of snakes.

But I held it around my neck.

-Yeah, a two-metre long boa constrictor.

-Yeah.

That's a pretty big turn around, isn't it?

For the end of week one. Good work, well done you.

So, Sam. I actually think this week you got really mucked in there

you worked well as a team

and I really think your actually starting to prove that

you could be a really good pet owner. So, well done.

-Thanks.

-Good work, Sam.

And...

Lauren.

You've had a pretty tough week, right?

I didn't like my pet buddy at the start

but had them in the agility course next to me.

And went in the chicken coop and fed them.

Awesome. Facing your fears, it's not been easy so well done you.

So you three guys, your special treat for the afternoon you can

pick any animal at Pet School and just go and hang out with them.

-Lucky.

-Lucky.

-So, Ananya, who do you want to go and hang out with?

-Rabbits.

-Cool. Sam, what you thinking?

-Quite like a dog.

Cool, cool, so you can do dogs, that's, that's a your treat.

Lauren, is it the chickens?

-No.

-OK, that's fine. Who would you like to spend the afternoon with?

Can I hang out with one of the dogs?

Do whatever you like, Lauren, you've earned it.

The three of you, you can

go off and spend some time with the animals that you choose.

And you lot got to go and clean up.

-Oh, I'm so pleased we got the dogs.

-Same here.

I hope I do get a dog next week as a pet buddy, though.

So I can show my mum and dad that I'm good enough to have a dog.

Yeah, I mean this week I passed four out of five

so I'd either like to do the same again.

Or try and get five out of five.

If I didn't see the rabbits any more I would feel quite sad.

But I'm really happy that I've actually progressed

and now I'm not really scared of rabbits.

And that's it, it's been an eventful

and emotional week for our pet heads.

But what they don't know, is next week, it's all going to change.

Next time on Pet School.

It's chicken chasing time at pet practice...

Well done, Sam. Well done, Ananya.

..our pet heads say bye-bye to their buddies...

I'll miss you, Leonard.

..and boy band District 3 drop in for a chat.

-You all right?

-Yeah.

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