Does Your Cat Want to Be Your Sous Chef in the Kitchen?

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (05-24-2023) #0145: Dr Mikel Maria Delgado says you need to figure out why your kitty walks all over your kitchen counter. Is it a food obsession? A desire to be up high? Or a desire for social interaction with you while you’re cooking? MP3 Audio [15 […]

Spray Bottles Are Only for Misting Your Plants

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (05-17-2023) #0144: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado and Tracie say “Ditch the spray bottle” if you don’t want to ruin your relationship with your cat and have her mistrust and fear you. Toss the spray bottle and instead address the issues that you are trying to “spray” […]

10 Things NOT to Do to Your Kitty

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (05-03-2023) #0142: Dr Mikel Maria Delgado and Tracie agree there are a handful of things you should never do to your cat. Advice like don’t let young children pick up a cat…or don’t pick him up yourself unless you know he likes it… or don’t pull […]

Do You Have to Train A Kitten to Use the Litterbox?

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (11-09-2022) #0117: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado of FelineMinds Cat Behavior Consulting talks about how it’s instinctive for a cat to bury their waste in a sandy substrate. Therefore, there’s very little you need to do to get a kitten off the right foot to use the […]

Crate Training a Cat? Good Grief, NO!

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (10-26-2022) #0115: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado and Tracie were both dismayed by a listener who wrote in describing the use of a crate to deal with a cat with out-of-litter-box issues — and not understanding why it didn’t work! The whole concept of crate training is […]

Are Cats Like Potato Chips? Or Are Multiple Cats a Problem?

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (08-31-2022) #0107: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado and Tracie discuss the joys and challenges of having multiple cats in one household. But what happens when space and resources for each cat become insufficient? MP3 Audio [17 MB]DownloadShow URL

Cats Fighting? Don’t stick your hand in “the blender”!

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (06-29-2022) #0097: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado of www.FelineMinds.com, discusses why cats fight, what you can do to eliminate fighting, and how to best handle a cat fight (with a towel, not your hands!) MP3 Audio [17 MB]DownloadShow URL

The Problem is 4 Litter Boxes in the Garage

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (05-18-2022) #0092: Tracie’s co-host Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado discusses last week’s caller about Molly Who Pees Everywhere and concludes that no other adjustments are needed until the litter box situation is changed.   MP3 Audio [17 MB]DownloadShow URL

NIH Uses Your Tax Dollars to Turn Beagles into Cocaine Addicts

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (03-20-2022) #771: Featuring Justin Goodman, Mikel Maria Delgado, and Julianna Carella. Justin Goodman talks about his Washington-based White Coat Waste project and the travesty of the NIH funding cocaine experiments on Beagles; cat behaviorist Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado from Feline Minds talks about whether it is possible to “change” a […]

Moving with Your Cat? Don’t Forget the “Used” Litter Box!

Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (03-16-2022) #0083: Tracie’s co-host Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado (acclaimed cat behavior consultant with her own company FelineMinds.com) discusses how to prepare your cat when you are moving homes, mentioning all the things your kitty cat needs in “her suitcase,” most especially the scooped but gently used […]