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Cat Chat®

Tracie Hotchnerwww.radiopetlady.com
Welcome to the new CAT CHAT ® brought to you by Dr. Elsey’s, the private company owned by Dr. Elsey, who created the #1 litter in the country to keep cats in their loving homes (helping to avoid Out of Litter Box problems, the #1 reason people abandon their kitties).Tracie wrote THE CAT BIBLE: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know and hosted Cat Chat ® as a live call-in show for nearly 8 years on the Martha Stewart channel of Sirius/XM. Her mission is to entertain, educate and inspire cat lovers so they can give their kitty cats the best possible life in nutrition, affection, and environmental enrichment.Tracie's co-host is Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado of Feline Minds Cat Behavior Consulting, who has a PhD in Psychology from UC Berkeley, where she studied animal behavior and human-pet relationships, followed by postdoctoral research at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She was co-author with Jackson Galaxy of the “Total Cat Mojo” and wrote the forthcoming book “Play with Your Cat!”Tracie and Dr. Mikel discuss all manner of feline issues so you can better understand and appreciate your own feline family members. They welcome questions (at RadioPetLady@gmail.com).  Sit back and enjoy the conversations that we hope will deepen your knowledge and affection for all cats. Thanks for listening!Podcast also available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon podcasts, and Audible.
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Episodes

“We’ll Prescribe You a Cat”

#262: Tracie and Jennifer Mowdy [from the Literary Cat Bookstore and Cat Lounge] discuss the international bestseller "We'll Prescribe You a Cat" by Syou Ishida, translated from the Japanese, which strikes them as a metaphorical fable about how cats can teach us important lessons.

Jul 28, 202513 min

Does your cat love you but ignore your significant other?

#260: Stephen Quandt talks about ways to reset your partner’s relationship with your cat by taking advantage of the "kitten-mother" relationship between cats and people. Have the person take over feeding. Schedule interactions between them using a special treat, like Creamy from Catit.

Jul 21, 202513 min

Dr. Elsey Speaks for Cats

#261: The feline veterinarian whose name is on the bag of America's favorite litter talks about removing all scents from his litters because of the harm they do cats — and Tracie explains why Dr. Elsey's CleanProtein is the only dry cat food she can recommend.

Jul 14, 202530 min

Street Cats and Where to Find Them Around the World

#259: Travel writer and cat lover Jeff Bogle talks about his book “Street Cats & Where to Find Them: the Most Feline-Friendly Cities and Attractions Around the World,” which could serve as a road map for anyone wanting to give a feline theme to their travel planning.

Jul 07, 202529 min

A Bookstore for Lovers of Literature and Cats

#258: Jennifer Mowdy created The Literary Cat Co., a bookstore and “cat lounge" in Pittsburg, Kansas, to bring books and reading to people in a lower socio-economic environment, who otherwise might not have access to books — while surrounding them with adoptable cats from her local shelter.

Jun 30, 202529 min

How to “Cure” the Nighttime Crazies

#257: Stephen Quandt (CatBehaviorHelp.com) describes how you can get your “nighttime terror” (or early morning riser) to go from crazy to calm — and let you sleep through the night.

Jun 23, 202515 min

"Creamy" is Dreamy — The Versatile Cat Treat

#256: Sandra Grossman (https://www.thefelineconsultant.com/), who specializes in companion animal nutrition, explains the importance of feeding treats to your kitty that are good for her and also delicious, so that they are a huge incentive and a "big pay day" for trick training (meaning teaching your cat to do something you ask her to!)

Jun 16, 202519 min

A TNR Colony in Your Own Backyard?

#255: Mikel Maria Delgado says that cat ownership can be caring for a small colony in your own backyard, but she cautions that not all “loose cats” are unowned, so you need to try to find the owner by using social media or just asking around/posting notices in the community.

Jun 09, 202515 min

Goat’s Milk from Happy Austrian Goats!

#254: Sue Delegan from Brutus Broth talks about how they developed their Goat Milk product as the perfect hydrating treat for cats, in a unique shelf-stable tetra pack, by importing the triple-safety-tested milk from goats in Germany and Austria.

Jun 02, 202524 min

Pop Manga Cat Coloring Book for Adults

#253: Pop Surrealist artist Camilla d’Errico's (https://www.camilladerrico.com/) "Pop Manga CATITUDE Coloring Book (as she says, she's "the Stephen King of coloring books"!) gives adults who like to color inside the lines a chance to express their inner catitude using her big-eyed cat drawings as their guide.

May 26, 202516 min

What Can Old Cats Tell Us About Old People?

#252: They have been studying geriatric cats at Penn Vet at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Carlo Siracusa — Chief of the Animal Behavior Service — talks about how their study might give us clues to healthier aging for humans.

May 18, 202529 min

Yes! Let Your Vet Take Out Your Old Kitty’s Teeth!

#251: Tracie tells about an old friend who wrote to her because the woman’s veterinarian had recommended removing some teeth from her 17 year old kitty, Thelma. She wanted Tracie’s advice: was it worth the investment for an old cat? Tracie’s own vet, Dr. Suzy Pence, explains why oral disease in cats is such a big deal to their health and welfare since the cat with gum disease is suffering already. The moral of the story? Taking care of your aging cat’s mouth is a moral obligation and you might b...

May 12, 202521 min

Cat Sushi — Pure Yumminess!

#249: Spyq Sklar, a co-founder of Earthly, describes how Cat Sushi came to be — from his visits to tuna processors in Japan and securing bonito flakes as cat treats.

May 05, 202522 min

Choose a Friendly Father to Get a Friendly Kitten

#250: Mikel Maria Delgado talks about purebred cats and how limiting the gene pool for physical characteristics can lead to inborn physical problems. Selecting for appearance not for temperament can backfire.

Apr 29, 202518 min

Rachel the Cat Savior

#246: Cat behaviorist Rachel Geller, with her own nonprofit All Cats All the Time, has helped more than 1,000 cats and their people to have a better relationship and stay together — and she’s done it without changing her own style of patient insight and support.

Apr 14, 202523 min

Living Well With Your Blind Pussycat

#245: Behavior tips from cat behaviorist Stephen Quandt about living with a blind cat, whether blind from birth or she becomes so later. He recommends starting with a compressed space, giving them a chance to explore their litter box, food and “cat cave” safe space before you slowly expand their physical world.

Apr 07, 202515 min

Your Cat Doesn’t Play? That’s on YOU!

#244: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado published a research project with other feline experts in England to ascertain what keeps people from playing with their cats? Turns out, changing human behavior is harder than changing that of kitty cats!

Mar 31, 202517 min

Jenny the Brilliant Blind Kitten

#243: Cat behaviorist Stephen Quandt [CatBehaviorHelp.com] describes how he adopted blind Jenny as a kitten and realized she had “sight without vision” — she spent 8 hours nonstop roaming his entire apartment when he first brought her home, only resting once she had made a mental map of new territory.

Mar 24, 202514 min

What Every Whisker Twitch Can Tell You

#235: Understand how a cat’s whiskers function, then Mikel Delgado tells you how to watch them to discover your cat’s feelings.

Mar 17, 202516 min

The Cat Psychiatrist Will See You Now

#228: Veterinary behaviorists are called "psychiatrists" in France, where Dr Claude Beata is one of a very small number of these doctors who are helping treat emotional issues in pets, including the use of psycho-pharmaceuticals.

Mar 10, 202528 min

Is Your Kitty a Retriever?

#229: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado discusses her scientific paper on whether cats play fetch.

Mar 03, 202528 min

How to Rate a Cat

#242: Matt McGlasson's delightful book "How to Rate a Cat: Rate Any Feline Friend From Their Boopable Nose to Their Sweet Toe Beans" features his hilarious Cat Rating System (CRS) that rates all aspects of cats. He has three special needs cats himself and says anybody who can should get one because they give us a great perspective on life: they never feel sorry for themselves and just get on with it, enjoying their lives.

Feb 17, 202522 min

Teaching Your Cat to Love Her Carrier

#227: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado recommends a carrier the cat can enjoy as a resting place and bed that you keep out all the time in your home — not a soft-sided carrier but a hard-sided one (Sleepypod is her favorite — if you can afford one or put it on your wish list for Santa Claus!)

Feb 03, 202516 min

Translating What Your Cat is Telling You

#237: Wonder what your cat is thinking and feeling? The answers are in Lili Chin’s book “Kitty Language: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Your Cat.”

Jan 27, 202517 min

Does Your Kitty have Her “Go Bag” Ready?

#226: Zazie Todd’s book “PURR: the Science of Making Your Cat Happy," has a nice checklist of what you should set aside in a bag for emergency preparedness if you have to leave in a hurry.

Jan 20, 202514 min

Hay is for Horses, Straw is for Strays

#241: Dr. Maria Mikel Delgado discusses how to care for outdoor cats in the winter by providing a warm and dry shelter and food (using the insulation of straw) — while also making the indoors more fun for your house cat, offering a heated bed inside and using tips from her book PLAY WITH YOUR CAT!

Jan 13, 202510 min

Can You Manage Feline Leukemia in a Kitten?

#234: Dr Hodgkins recommends finding a feline-specialist veterinarian who will know how to use broad spectrum antibiotics to deal with the kitten’s upper respiratory symptoms.

Jan 06, 202520 min
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