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  • Hay is for Horses, Straw is for Strays
    Jan 13 2025

    #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!

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    10 Min.
  • Can You Manage Feline Leukemia in a Kitten?
    Jan 6 2025

    #155-REV: 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.

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    20 Min.
  • Danger! Your Fat Cat Must Lose Weight Very Slowly
    Dec 30 2024

    #161-REV: 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.

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    22 Min.
  • “The Cat’s Meow” - Its Many Meanings
    Dec 23 2024

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

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    18 Min.
  • Hate the Litter Box Mess? Scoop Buddy Saves the Day!
    Dec 16 2024

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

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    18 Min.
  • Can You Live With a Cat Who is Not Spayed or Neutered?
    Dec 9 2024

    #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.”

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    19 Min.
  • Cat Doing Something You Don't Like?
    Dec 2 2024

    #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.

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    18 Min.
  • Does Every Cat Need a Hidey-Hole?
    Nov 25 2024

    #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.

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    6 Min.