Welcome to the new CAT CHAT, brought to you by Dr. Elsey’s, the wonderful private company owned by Dr. Elsey, whose mission is to formulate litters to help keep cats in loving homes. Tracie wrote THE CAT BIBLE: Everything Your Cats Expect You to Know and with that book and this show, her own mission is to entertain, educate and inspire cat lovers to offer their kitty cats the best possible life in nutrition, affection, and environmental enrichment. With Dr. Elsey’s support, CAT CHAT® brings you interviews with cat authors and experts so you can better understand and appreciate your feline family members. Sit back and enjoy the conversations that we hope will deepen your knowledge and affection for all cats. Thanks for listening!
Feel free to reach out to Tracie at RadioPetLady@gmail.com.
Hosted by Tracie Hotchner
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (05-05-2021) #0040: Dr. Elsey talks about the problem with many cat foods is that they do not respect the 60% protein in a cat’s natural diet of rodents or birds. He explains why carbohydrates are so bad for cats and how he created a kibble for […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (04-28-2021) #0039: Dr. Elizabeth discusses a question from Cindy, in a small town in East Tennessee, whose cat was put on birth control instead of spaying her. The kitty then developed mammary cancer, which the local vet operated on only partially, so then it spread. Since […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (04-21-2021) #0036: Sterling Davis is known as the Trap King and works at TNR all over his native Atlanta, hoping to change the perception in his Black community of what a cat lover and rescuer looks like! MP3 Audio [17 MB]DownloadShow URL
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (04-14-2021) #0037: Dr. Elsey, the feline veterinarian who developed all the litter for his private company, Precious Cat, gives the 101 on the history of litter, where it comes from, how it is made, and how he experimented in engineering it differently so that cats would […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (04-07-2021) #0035: Mikel Delgado discusses how sociable cats are. People just don’t know how to read cats and feel their feelings. Dr. Delgado co-founded Feline Minds, cat training & consulting in the Bay Area and was co-author with Jackson Galaxy of Total Cat Mojo. She is […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (03-31-2021) #0034: Susanna Finn, assistant Director of the Black Cat Rescue in Boston, Massachusetts, discusses the prejudice against black kitties and how they are working to overcome it and find nice homes for these beautiful cats. MP3 Audio [9 MB]DownloadShow URL
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (03-24-2021) #0033: Tracie helps JoAnn in Olympia WA with a carb-addicted, bread-thieving cat, Levi. Tracie suggests the problem began with feeding “kitty crack” (dry food) to Levi., which is probably what got him hooked Switching the obligate carnivore (and his sister, Piper) to a quality canned […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (03-17-2021) #0032: Tracie talks to Laura Clark from MeatMe, where their humanely-raised, organic, raw meats are prepared frozen for dogs and cats. They talk about why cat owners are so much more eager to feed this style of food than dog owners- despite the health benefits […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (03-10-2021) #0031: Tori Peterson created Space Cat Academy to encourage cat lovers to engage their kitties in fun pursuits and challenges, like teaching them the sport of “nose work” — which is searching for a target scent, the way drug-sniffing dogs are trained to do — […]
Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (03-03-2021) #0030: Susanne Schotz talks about her book The Secret Language of Cats: How to Understand Your Cat for a Better, Happier Relationship and how to improve and enrich your interactions with your kitty.
