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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

Mel & Bobcat

Mel Futorian (Mel & Bobcat) on how her kitty Bobcat got her through a challenging illness

Feb 09, 202219 min

Would You Call Your Kitty “Mean”?

Dr Mikel Delgado discusses British university research study that labeled natural, normal cat behavior using words like "psychopathy"

Jan 26, 202218 min

Shop Cats of China

A discussion with the Marcel Heijnen, author/photographer, of the unique book, Shop Cats of China

Dec 22, 202119 min

Can You Change a Cat’s Personality?

Dr. Mikel Delgado discusses whether its possible to alter a cat's nature to make them more affectionate, more outgoing, less timid

Dec 15, 202119 min

The Twelve Days of Snowball

Holiday-themed novel The Twelve Days of Snowball is told partly from the point of view of Snowball, official feline of a Victorian B&B, busy matchmaking humans

Dec 01, 202118 min

Cats Helping Cure Human Cancer

Cat Chat --- Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (11-24-2021) #0068: Dr. Elsey, who owns Dr. Elsey\'s Precious Cat, has raised over $14 million dollars for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (a disease his wife Kathy lives with) by donating proceeds from their litter sales for one month, along with coupon incentives to cat owners. Tracie and he discuss the value of funding \"orphan cancers\" which are neglected by the large cancer associations and how research for treatment and cures for any can...

Nov 24, 202119 min

Why Are Cats Using the Toilet?

Cat behavior consultant Dr. Mikel Delgado discuss cats using toilets, litter box problems and how to resolve them

Nov 17, 202119 min

A Whisker of a Doubt

Cate Conte (A Whisker of a Doubt) discusses her latest “cat cafe mystery”

Nov 10, 202119 min

Dr. Elsey’s Share Your Story: Mel & Bobcat

Mel Futorian ("Mel & Bobcat") talks about recovering from Covid-19 in the early days, emergency surgery, and how her adopted kitten helped her through a difficult recovery

Nov 03, 202119 min

The Power of Purrsuasion

Christina Ha (Meow Parlour, NYC) talks about Dr. Elsey's Power of Purrsuasion cat adoption campaign coming back to New York City

Oct 27, 202119 min

Peacekeeping Between Housemate Cats

Pam Johnson-Bennett (Cat vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have More than One Cat) on honoring each cat’s personal choices

Oct 06, 202118 min

The Cat Flap

Director Mark Rivers discusses The Cat Flap, his funny film featured in upcoming 4th Annual NY Cat Film Festival

Sep 22, 202119 min

Let the Cats Out (in a Catio)!

Cat behavior consultant Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado on value of putting in a catio for your cat to enjoy fresh air safely

Sep 15, 202118 min

Claws for Alarm

Author Cate Conte discusses the newest addition to her delightful cozy mystery series, this one set at a cat cafe on a vacation island

Sep 08, 202119 min

The Cat LVT

Ellen Carrozza (Licensed Veterinary Technician) embraces use of cat calming pheromones at cat-only clinic where she works

Sep 01, 202119 min

A Cure for ‘Incurable’ Feline FIP

Dr David Bruyette (CMO of Anivive) discusses a medical breakthrough for a drug in development for feline coronavirus FIP, with possible applications for people and COVID 19

Aug 25, 202119 min

Midnight Munchies – Begging for Food?

Does your kitty bug you in the middle of night? Dr. Mikel Delgado (co-author of Total Cat Mojo) suggests ways to get a good night's sleep.

Aug 04, 202119 min

Emotional Support Cats

Heather Gibson on choosing Tonkinese cats to breed as therapy pets at her Elevated Cattery

Jul 28, 202119 min

Diabetes and Diet — the Doctors had it Wrong

Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey\'s (07-21-2021) #0052: Dr. Audrey Cook, Chief of the Internal Medicine Department at the Veterinary College of Texas A&M University, has the rare distinction of being a member of both the U.S. and European Colleges of Internal Medicine, as well as being on the American Board of Feline Practitioners. She talks frankly about nutrition and diabetes in cats, and how wrong the veterinary profession was about the right diet for cats back in the \'90\'s, with ...

Jul 19, 202125 min
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