Cat Cafe Podcast

Dr. Mikel is back for our second podcast about how to care for feline orphans and we are so excited that we break our every other week rule! What a great episode it is indeed. Mikel has lots of good tips on how to care for orphans and tells us about her latest research on this very topic!

Dr. Mikel Delgado is specialized in cat behavior and a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. This a podcast that was published on the purrpodcast but is so relevant for cat owners too that we decided to simultaneously publish it in the cat cafe too. The 1-2-3 in how to handle neonatal kittens!

Dr. Ashley Bourgeois, a veterinary dermatologist, is the guest of this week's podcast. We discuss common skin problems in cats and what you can do about them. Is it ok to bathe and shampoo your cat? Why do cats groom themselves, and what happens if they overgroom? Ashley will provide great insights for all cat owners

Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle are back to wish you a happy new year and discuss their new books. Both are working on 2 different projects and explain that publishing a book is a lot of love and labor. We also give an update about the latest covid tests for cats and the news that there is a vaccine for cats. The question is, do cats need a vaccine?

Happy holidays #catcafepodcast listeners. This week we will repeat the most downloaded podcast of 2020, the one with the awesome Dr. Julie Churchill where we will bust some cat myths surrounding the proper nutrition for cats. This was such a great episode that it absolutely allows a repeat! Enjopy and have a great New Year!

Professor Paulo Steagall talks pain with us in the latest catcafe podcast. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize if your cat is in pain, and he answers the question if cats feel as much pain as we do? Did you know that you can recognize pain in cats by looking at the cat's grimace? The cat grimace scale is a tool to help vets and clients to ascertain how bad acute pain is in our feline friends. P...

Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle answer the most common cat questions on the internet. Did you know why a cat purrs or kneads and how long do cats live? We provide all the answers in this fun and entertaining session.

Dr. Serge Chaloub is an educator at the University of Calgary in Canada. Serge will explain what students need to become a cat expert and a doctor in veterinary medicine. Covid has changed quite a lot at schools and forced educators to use lots of new ways to reach and teach the students. Also, he explains what hoops students have to jump through to become a real doctor

Dr. Leslie Lyons joins us to talk about cat genes. The great thing about Leslie is that she explains it so clearly and easily to understand. Cat genes are essential for everything a cat does and they do not differ that much from our own genes. How is it that a cat purrs and has fur and we don't? Leslie for the rescue!

Yay, we have reached out 25th podcast milestone with Dr. Panos Xenoulis, an expert in pancreatic diseases in cats. Panos lives in Greece but did most of his postgraduate work in the USA. We discuss why the pancreas is important for your cat, what can happen to the pancreas, and what clinical signs do you have to be looking for. If your cat is depressed and suddenly does not want to eat.......? It...

Our guest co-host Dr. Kelly StDenis and Dr. Jolle are interviewing Dr, Sheri Ross an expert in kidney disease in cats. When your cat gets older, there is an increased risk for kidney disease. what clinical signs are important and what do you need to do when these occur? Dr. Sheri explains why the right nutrition is so important in these cats for a healthy and long life.

Today we chat with Dr. Karen Perry, a feline bone surgeon from Michigan State University. Our main topic is cat pain and how we should recognize it? Cats are so good at hiding what is wrong with them. Dr. Perry tells us about common signs of how you can recognize pain and we discuss some common orthopedic (bone and joint) problems in cats. Did you know that up to 90% of older cats are in pain?

Dr. Jessica Vogelsang, famous author and blog writer is our guest at the podcast. Jessica wrote an amazing book called 'All dogs go to Kevin'. Dr. Vogelsang also has a website called pawcurious and is an expert in telling stories. We discuss with her how important it is to explain things clearly. We discuss how important telemedicine is in this pandemic times. It is a helpful tool that is geared t...

Today's episode features Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle discussing common bone and joint diseases in cats. Di you notice that your cat does not like to climb their usual spots or hesitate to jump off furniture that normally they would easily master? This could indicate common joint and bone issues in the older cat. We will give some easy answers to often asked questions.

Oh wow, episode 20! Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle discuss why it is important to bring in your cat to the vet and not wait until the epidemic is over. We discuss why it is safe and what you can expect when you come into the vet clinic. we discuss safety measures and why curbside really does not work in a cat clinic. Is your cat ready for a check-up? Listen to this episode

Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle will talk today about if you should spay your cat or not. We will discuss the procedure for female and male cats, what are the advantages and possible disadvantages. This is an important topic, especially in the spring and summer! We will terminology, procedure and after care.

OMG, we are so excited about this new book that is coming out in July, written by lots of cat behavioral experts, called decoding your cat. After the big success of decoding your d.., Dr. Debbie Horwitz and team decided to tackle the cat this time and what a great book it has become. Dr. Susan and I are interviewing Dr. Debbie about the book and how difficult it is to write one and will have lots...

Dr. Julie Levy loves to talk about cats and is a Professor of shelter medicine at the University of Florida. New guidelines on retroviruses (like FIV and FeLV) just came out and Dr. Julie and Dr. Susan will explain to you what these viruses are about, what they can do to your cat, and how you can help a cat with a retrovirus infection in a simple and clear way. In this episode, both Susan and Juli...

Another episode with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle where they discuss the use of diagnostic imaging techniques in veterinary practice. What is the difference between an X-ray, an ultrasound, and a CT scan? Why can these techniques help your veterinarian in understanding what is wrong with your pet? Join us for another exciting episode.

This episode is dedicated to the virus that keeps us all in check at the moment. COVID-19 or Corona Virus Disease 2019. cats are susceptible to general coronaviruses and we know quite a lot about them. There is NO evidence that cats are a risk factor for people. As a matter of fact, people with COVID-19 are probably more dangerous to the cat than vice versa. Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle discuss the lat...

Dr. Margie Scherk is one of the first veterinarians dedicated to cat medicine. As a board-certified feline practitioner, Margie is also known as the cat expert. We are lucky to chat with her about why cats do not want to go to the vet usually. Cats are solitary animals and do not like anything different from what they are used too. Imagine that you are stuffed in a little crate, put in a car, in w...

Dr. Chris Byers, the criticalcaredvm, is with us today. Chris is a specialist in emergency medicine and internal medicine for pets. He works in an intensive care unit for animals. He deals with animals with heart failure, diabetes, and many other diseases and these units are open 24/7. He explains what happens when you have to take your pet into the emergency room. As soon as the pet enters the un...

The #catcafepodcast hosts the veterinary Dr. Phil, as in Dr. Phil Fox from the famous NYC Animal Medical Center. Phil is talking about common heart diseases in cats. The most common condition has to do with the thickening of the heart muscle or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Phil explains how you can watch for clinical signs and how to diagnose heart disease in cats. We explain how a Dutch invention...

Nutrition specialist and most compassionate veterinarian, Dr. Julie Churchill, is a guest at the Cat Café PC. Julie is specialized in veterinary nutrition for cats. She talks about myths in cat nutrition and how nutrition has to be the cornerstone of veterinary medicine. ‘Food be thy medicine’, nutrition is important for all life stages of cats. The number one problem in cat nutrition is obesity a...

In the tenth episode of the @catcafepodcast, Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle explain how you can become a cat doctor or a cat surgeon. Dr. Susan is a famous cat doctor and went through many years of training to become who she is. She has 2 cat-only clinics in Ottowa, Canada. Dr. Jolle is a specialized surgeon, with a big heart for cats. He spent many, many years studying and is now boarded in veterinary s...