Purr Podcast

Our celebratory 104th episode talking about our achievement of 100,000 downloads and, of course, the AAFP hypertensive toolkit. This time without a guest, so it is Dr. Susan and me just chatting away. We are so excited that you were there for the entire ride! This week we talk about the diagnosis of and therapy for hypertension n cats. And the fact that we love the AAFP! Thanks for tuning in to th...

Your favorite cat hosts are back with a celebration of our 100th podcast and 100,000 downloads. Yay, we are so excited and could not have done it without you. Also, we talk about the new toolkit from AAFP about feline hypertension. We start with the indications why your cat would get hypertension and next week we will discuss treatment and clinical signs. The most common causes for feline hyperten...

Robin Saar is back on the podcast, and we talk with her about living in Canada during the winter, how to talk nutrition, and specifically obesity in cats. It is important not to judge. It would be best if you showed empathy, but you also need to be able to dissociate. We discuss feline-only vet tech education. In the end, we discuss virtual consultations for cat owners Thanks for tuning in to the...

This week we host Robin Saar a veterinary technician from Canada. Robin has done a specialization in veterinary nutrition and explains what you need to do to become a specialized technician. We discuss how we can utilize our technicians better and gives some tips for veterinary technicians on how to get more responsibilities. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! I...

Dr. Mikel is back for our second podcast about how to care for feline orphans and we are so excited that this is purrpodcast number 100! 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! Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forge...

Dr. Mikel Delgado, our guest, studies the health and behavior of neonatal kittens and feline orphans and currently is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. We talk about suckling neonates, feeding behaviors, and taking care of these little kittens. Do you know what Dr. Susan had to do with the s...

In our second episode with Dr. Ashley Bourgouis, we focus on common cat derm problems including flea bite hypersensitivity, atopic allergies, parasites, pyoderma, and lots more. Even Dr. Susan got excited about derm after this podcast! Thanks, Dr. Ashley! Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leav...

The amazing Dr. Ashley Bourgeois is our guest this and next week. Dr. Ashley is a board-certified dermatologist with lots of years of clinical practice under her belt. Next to that, she is a strong force on social media with her excellent 'Dermvet' podcast and other activities. We will discuss lots of cool and itchy topics and chat about why Dr. Susan is not a derm expert. Cats have lots of cool d...

Happy 2021! Yay we made it and are happy to present the first episodes of the new year, where Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle explain what it takes to write a veterinary book. We both are in the midst of editing multiple books and it always looks more fun at the beginning than at the end. It truly is a labor of love. We also discuss the new feline Covid vaccine. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast wi...

Happy NY, happy 2021. We are going to repeat the most downloaded podcast of our young podcast history. This is podcast number 95 and we are so excited to reintroduce Dr. Sarah Boston, who will talk with us about lots of good things and one bad one, feline injection-site sarcomas. Sarah is a great surgeon and we had an awesome chat. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jo...

Happy holidays, dear #purrpodcast listeners, This week we will repeat the most downloaded podcast for 2020 and that is the one with Dr. Serge Chaloub. We discuss chronic kidney disease in cats, a topic we will never get enough of. Serge dives into the specific treatments available and gives us lots of good info. This podcast was posted for the first time in March of 2020. Enjoy and be safe! Thanks...

We are so excited to talk with Dr. Paulo Steagall about the feline grimace scale, one of the most exciting pieces of feline research this year. Recognizing pain in cats is tough but the feline grimace scale will help you in assessing acute pain in cats and Paulo is THE expert. He and his team developed and validated the feline grimace scale and it is now ready to be used at https://www.felinegrima...

Professor Paulo Steagall joins us today in the first podcast about feline pain. Paulo is an expert in feline anesthesia and pain management and talks with us about how important it is to use local analgesia and what you can use if you do not have opioids readily available. Paulo is a proud Canadian since he just became an official Canadian citizen. Paulo is a great guy and he is doing some amazing...

Part two of hot cat news!. Dr. Susan talks about new methods for measuring glucose in cats. The permafrost in Yukon revealed a Sabertooth cat, we talk about famous world cats and about melanocytic tumors in felines. In other words, lots of cool topics of the latest cat news discussed in a lively manner. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! If you enjoyed today’s e...

This is one of our favorite podcasts, where Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle roam the internet for hot cat news. We talk about famous presidential and cabinet cats, cats in Egypt and Peru, and a cat app that recognizes cat talk. A fun episode that updates you about the latest cat news. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to sub...

Dr. Serge Chaloub is back for his second episode. We are still talking about academics in this covid epidemic and how faculty and students are coping. How to educate has changed completely and also school activities. At the end of the podcast, Serge gives the latest updates on feline chronic kidney disease. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! If you enjoyed today...

Renal expert and educator Dr. Serge Chaloub came back to the podcast to discuss with us what feline student education is all about. Serge works at the University of Calgary in Canada and speaks about veterinary education before, during, and after Covid. Covid has forced the system to develop better education for students that is partially off-site and partially on site. All in a safe environment....

Dr. Leslie is back for part 2 and it is going to be a hell of a ride! We start off with Cinnamon the famous cat where the cat genome was based on and her little secret. Then we talk genetics (of course), ketogenic diets, cloning cats, and tomb cats. Best of all Leslie shares her to-do list and the content may surprise you (or not when you know her a bit better). What a great episode. Thanks for tu...

Dr. Leslie Lyons from the University of Missouri joins us on our 86th podcast and we of course talk about genes! Leslie is an amazing geneticist that has focused her career on cat genes and what effect genetics can have on personalized cat medicine. We talk about her 99 lives project and the important link between her work and human disease. Did you know that quite a lot of 2 legged animals have p...

The second episode of the purrpodcast with Dr. Panos Xenoulis will deal with the pancreas again. We discuss if pancreatic biopsies are ok and dive into all the therapy options for acute and chronic pancreatitis. Did you know that corticosteroids may not be bad for cats with pancreatitis? Listen to the latest news of this interesting organ. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan an...

Dr. Panos Xenoulis is one of the world's most famous pancreas experts, especially when we talk about cats (and that is all we do!). Panos lives in Greece and did most of his graduate work in the US and worked at Texas A&M for more than 10 years. We discuss how cats are different in showing signs of pancreatitis and discuss the most common tests to diagnose this disease. Whoever thought that pa...

The second episode of the purrpodcast with cohost Dr. Kelly StDenis and the awesome Dr. Sheri Ross talking about feline CKD. After discussing how to diagnose a cat with chronic kidney disease, we deep dive now into therapy options. Dr. Sheri tells us how to treat early kidney disease and what we can do when the disease progresses. The good news is that cats with CKD can survive a long time with th...

I am so excited to introduce my co-host Dr. Kelly StDenis for this podcast. kelly jumped in for Susan for 2 podcasts. We are interviewing Dr. Sheri Ross and talk about her soul cats, early renal disease in cats, and how you can recognize chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cat kidney diagnostics. A great episode, full of exciting cat news. Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and D...

Another great episode with Dr. Karen Perry, a social media star, and super orthopedic surgeon. This time we are talking specific cool cases that she published and the top five orthopedic diseases in cats. Can you guess what those are? Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle! If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it real...

Dr. Karen Perry is our 80th purrpodcast guest. Karen is an amazing and social media-active orthopedic surgeon that loves cat surgery. Karen is present on all social media platforms and posts great cases online. Her social media handle is @karenlperryk. We discuss clinical signs of cats with orthopedic diseases and how to score chronic pain. Karen gives some really good tips on what to use for chro...