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Holiday-themed novel The Twelve Days of Snowball is told partly from the point of view of Snowball, official feline of a Victorian B&B, busy matchmaking humans

Cat Chat --- Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (11-24-2021) #0068: Dr. Elsey, who owns Dr. Elsey\'s Precious Cat, has raised over $14 million dollars for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (a disease his wife Kathy lives with) by donating proceeds from their litter sales for one month, along with coupon incentives to cat owners. Tracie and he discuss the value of funding \"orphan cancers\" which are neglected by the large cancer associations and how research for treatment and cures for any cancer help move the needle forward in knowledge about all cancers and hope for those who have it.

Cat behavior consultant Dr. Mikel Delgado discuss cats using toilets, litter box problems and how to resolve them

Cate Conte (A Whisker of a Doubt) discusses her latest “cat cafe mystery”

Mel Futorian ("Mel & Bobcat") talks about recovering from Covid-19 in the early days, emergency surgery, and how her adopted kitten helped her through a difficult recovery

Christina Ha (Meow Parlour, NYC) talks about Dr. Elsey's Power of Purrsuasion cat adoption campaign coming back to New York City

Marilyn Kreiger (Naughty No More) helps Tracie figure out why a listener’s cat bites/attack his ankles

Andrew Graham talks about the woman who gave a full life to disabled cat featured in "Winston the Kitty Who Couldn't Pee."

Pam Johnson-Bennett (Cat vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have More than One Cat) on honoring each cat’s personal choices

Atypical's Tal Anderson on challenges of pandemic isolation as autistic person/actor and how observing her cat gave her uplifting perspective

Director Mark Rivers discusses The Cat Flap, his funny film featured in upcoming 4th Annual NY Cat Film Festival

Cat behavior consultant Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado on value of putting in a catio for your cat to enjoy fresh air safely

Author Cate Conte discusses the newest addition to her delightful cozy mystery series, this one set at a cat cafe on a vacation island

Ellen Carrozza (Licensed Veterinary Technician) embraces use of cat calming pheromones at cat-only clinic where she works

Dr David Bruyette (CMO of Anivive) discusses a medical breakthrough for a drug in development for feline coronavirus FIP, with possible applications for people and COVID 19

Dean Nicholson (Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride) on his ongoing world bicycle travels with rescue kitty Nala

Steve Applebaum (Animal Behavior College) on how to kindly train your cat out of various behavioral issues

Does your kitty bug you in the middle of night? Dr. Mikel Delgado (co-author of Total Cat Mojo) suggests ways to get a good night's sleep.

Heather Gibson on choosing Tonkinese cats to breed as therapy pets at her Elevated Cattery

Cat Chat – Brought to You by Dr. Elsey\'s (07-21-2021) #0052: Dr. Audrey Cook, Chief of the Internal Medicine Department at the Veterinary College of Texas A&M University, has the rare distinction of being a member of both the U.S. and European Colleges of Internal Medicine, as well as being on the American Board of Feline Practitioners. She talks frankly about nutrition and diabetes in cats, and how wrong the veterinary profession was about the right diet for cats back in the \'90\'s, with some doctors still mistakenly continuing to recommend dry food.