Cat Chat®
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CAT CHAT ® was Tracie’s own weekly, live call-in show on the Martha Stewart channel of Sirius-XM for 7 years – until the channel was canceled. Since 2015 it has been a weekly podcast carrying on her mission to educate and inspire cat lovers to optimize their relationship with their kitty cats by giving them the best possible nutrition and environmental enrichment.
Tracie’s frequent co-host is Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado of Feline Minds Cat Behavior Consulting and author of the new book Play With Your Cat! the Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline.
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Dr. Elsey’s, who developed America’s #1 kitty litter and also created a healthy dry and canned food for kitties called cleanprotein™ inspired by a cat’s natural prey.
The Man Who Built His House For His Kitty
#166: JJ Yosh Simon is famous for his exploits with Simon, the Bombay cat who swims, kayaks, snowboards, white water rafts, and rock climbs with him. So he built his house for Simon!
Got a Fat Cat? Megan the Cat Lady Has Advice
#165: Megan runs Basil’s Cradle Sanctuary and talks about helping many cats who were fat from eating “kitty crack” lose weight slowly and safely. She tells the sad but ultimately happy story of NeNe the Siamese — who went from 22 lbs. to 8 1/2 under her careful and loving care.
She Has Kept Over 1,000 Cats in Their Homes
#164: Cat behaviorist Rachel Geller offers free advice to cat owners in a “no judgment zone” where she works together with them to solve problems.
The WOW Factor for Cat Lovers
#163: Justice Le, owner of Doyen World, designs and creates unique cat toys with a “wow factor.” Her fetching catnip toys will be in the party bags at the Dr. Elsey’s’ Meow Party (October 20th) at the NYC Meow Parlour, and in the filmmakers’ gift bags at the 6th Annual NY Cat Film Festival on October 21st.
2 Crazy Cat Ladies
#162: Jae & Adrienne offer advice on social media to a huge following of cat lovers — learning and sharing information about cat wellness.
A Fat Cat Can Die from Fatty Liver Disease
#161: Dr Elizabeth Hodgkins talks about the importance of slow and steady weight loss for overweight cats (no more than 1/4 lb a week) because abrupt weight loss can overwhelm their liver and cause life-threatening fatty liver disease. The fat cat needs at least 50% of his diet from high quality protein, which will bind with the fat packed around his liver and package it out of his body.
“Nine Lives and Alibis”
#160: Author Cate Conte discusses her most recent Cat Café Mystery, set in a haunted inn visited by a psychic during Halloween, with an intrepid cat who solves one of the many mysteries.
So What Exactly Does That Meow Mean?
#159: Jonathan Losos returns with his book “The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved From the Savanna to Your Sofa” and describes what we can gather from the many different meow sounds each cat can make.
Watch the Whiskers
#158: Tracie’s co-host, Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado, explains the anatomy of a cat’s whiskers and also what you can learn about a cat’s frame of mind from watching the twitch of those whiskers.
Rehoming Scooter and Scamper After a Mother’s Death
#157: Brian Porter (the author of “Dreams of Arcadia,” a novel about a country veterinarian) discusses the challenges of taking in 11-year-old kitties, who had spent their entire lives in one home with his mother, until she passed away.