x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Cat Chat®

Tracie Hotchner

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

science & medicine medicine

All Episodes

9:46

Hay is for Horses, Straw is for Strays

Cat Chat® ·

2025/01/13

#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!

en-US

19:34

Can You Manage Feline Leukemia in a Kitten?

Cat Chat® ·

2025/01/06

#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.

en-US

22:13

Danger! Your Fat Cat Must Lose Weight Very Slowly

Cat Chat® ·

2024/12/30

#233: An overweight cat should not lose more than ¼ lb a week or risk life-threatening Fatty Liver Disease — which Dr Elizabeth Hodgkins says you can avoid by removing dry food from their diet and feeding quality high protein wet food to help safely and naturally remove fat packed around their liver.

en-US

18:22

“The Cat’s Meow” - Its Many Meanings

Cat Chat® ·

2024/12/23

#232: Each cat has many ways of saying “Meow,” as Jonathan Losos explains in his book “The Cat’s Meow.”

en-US

17:42

Hate the Litter Box Mess? Scoop Buddy Saves the Day!

Cat Chat® ·

2024/12/16

#231: One lady invented a simple clip to hold the bag on the box for efficient litter clean up.

en-US

19:07

Can You Live With a Cat Who is Not Spayed or Neutered?

Cat Chat® ·

2024/12/09

#154-REV: Find out from feline behaviorist Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado that the answer is “No!” and all the ways your life would be miserable with a cat who is not “fixed.”

en-US

18:03

Cat Doing Something You Don't Like?

Cat Chat® ·

2024/12/02

#225: Cat behaviorist Rachel Geller from All Cats, All the Time, suggests ways to replace unwanted behavior with something you want the cat to do that he will like better. Cat jumping on the kitchen counter while you’re preparing food and cooking? Give him a puzzle toy on the floor — or add an appealing cat tree near the kitchen with some treats on it - or tie a shoelace to your belt so the cat can play with it and interact with you without jumping up on the counter.

en-US

6:13

Does Every Cat Need a Hidey-Hole?

Cat Chat® ·

2024/11/25

#224: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado says all cats need a safe place to retreat to, it’s an "environmental necessity.” Make sure your cat has options of private nooks and crannies to dash to when he’s feeling unsafe or overwhelmed.

en-US

13:02

The 3 Litterbox Laws

Cat Chat® ·

2024/11/18

#223: Zazie Todd's checklist from her book PURR says that the 3 rules for avoiding out-of-litter-box problems are: location, size and cleanliness.

en-US

11:28

Can Cats Play Happily Alone?

Cat Chat® ·

2024/11/11

#222: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado says if you offer the right toy[s] to your cat s/he might play alone with a racetrack style toy, a robotic toy, a few small toys to bat around or a wobbly weeble toy.

en-US

17:43

How to Photograph a Black Cat

Cat Chat® ·

2024/11/04

#221: Professional cat photographer Karen Hoglund says that the “sweet spot” for photographing a black cat is to place him at the edge of a sunbeam.

en-US

10:01

Titillate Your Cat's Amazing Nose!

Cat Chat® ·

2024/10/28

#220: Zazie Todd's book "PURR: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy," includes "scent as enrichment" on her "happiness checklist" — recommending you get toys with catnip, valerian, honeysuckle (that comes as a block of wood) and/or silver vine to discover which ones delight your particular cat’s amazing nose.

en-US

20:25

Vet Behaviorist of the Future

Cat Chat® ·

2024/10/21

#219: Dr. Sameera Nalla discusses how being an intern at the Animal Behavior Wellness Clinic in Maryland is taking her beyond a lifelong dream of being a veterinarian, taking her on her way to becoming a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, a small and select specialty group.

en-US

10:56

Watch What You Put on Your Skin

Cat Chat® ·

2024/10/14

#218: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado talks about the dangers to a cat of any medication we put on our skin — pain relievers, hormones — and how your cat can wind up licking you or you can stroke and play with your cat and deposit some of the residue on their fur where they will groom it off.

en-US

28:37

Cats of the World

Cat Chat® ·

2024/10/07

#217: "Kitten Lady" Hannah Shaw talks about how she and her husband, Andrew Marttila, a distinguished professional cat photographer, created their book CATS OF THE WORLD to show us how philanthropic cat tourism can be a way for anyone to truly connect with like-minded citizens of the world who are looking after the their community cats.

en-US

18:28

Best Friends Expands Families While Saving Lives

Cat Chat® ·

2024/09/30

#216: Marlan Roberts, the Executive Director of Best Friends in New York City, talks about the 3-day adoption event Oct 12, 13 & 14 at the NYC Lifesaving Center in preparation for Best Friends being the beneficiary of the Premiere of the 6th Annual NY Cat Film Festival on October 15th.

en-US

14:00

Cats in Art with Catitude

Cat Chat® ·

2024/09/23

#215: Nicole Tersigni created hilariously snarky captions to accompany stunning cat-inclusive paintings in her nifty little book “Cat People to Judge in Art and Life” [which will be in the gift bags of all the filmmakers attending the NYC Premiere of the 7th Annual NY Cat Film Festival on October 15th].

en-US

13:46

"Shock and Paw”

Cat Chat® ·

2024/09/16

#214: Cate Conte's 8th book in her Cat Cafe cozy mystery series — “Shock and Paw” — is about the danger of losing the small newspaper on their island and an unscrupulous cat breeder attempting to create costly designer cats.

en-US

14:33

Cat’s Eye Witness News at the NY Cat Film Festival

Cat Chat® ·

2024/09/09

#213: Michele Campbell explains how she turned a passion for her own kitties into popularity on TikTok with 600 episodes of her Cat’s Eye Witness News — three of which will be featured in the 7th Annual NY Cat Film Festival.

en-US

12:26

Does Going to the Vet Make Your Cat Drool, Puke or Pee?

Cat Chat® ·

2024/09/02

#212: Dr. Amy Pike, the board certified veterinary behaviorist who owns the Animal Behavior Wellness Clinic outside Washington, D.C., talks about the new anti-anxiety medication Bonqat, designed to calm cats before visits to the veterinarian.

en-US

271 results

Similar Podcasts

Eye On The Sky

Vermont Public

Cienciaes.com

cienciaes.com

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Hablando con Científicos - Cienciaes.com

cienciaes.com

The Elective Rotation: A Critical Care Hospital Pharmacy Podcast

Pharmacy Joe