This week we discuss the eye of the cat, a beautiful organ that makes a cat special. Don't you love looking at those beautiful cat eyes? How are they different than our eyes and what diseases should we beware of. This week's guest is Dr. Rick Sanchez, a specialist in cat-eye diseases. Happy International Cat Day 2021!

The great Dr. Gert ter Haar joins us from Holland to talk about Ear, Nose, and Throat diseases in cats. He is an ENT specialist for dogs and cats and the main problem we tackle today is aural polyps. Did you know that a cat with chronic ear disease may have a polyp? Gert talks about signalment, diagnosis, and therapy. Another great episode!

Dr. Dave Twedt, world-renowned veterinary specialist in feline internal medicine joins us for this week's podcast. We talk with Dave about doing things minimally invasive, in other words, how can you look inside the cat without making big incisions? Dave uses a lot of different scopes to decrease the discomfort to the cat and it is truly amazing what he can achieve.

This week we have a special host, the famous Steve Dale. Steve and I will interview Jackie Ott Jaakola, the new executive director of the Every Cat Health Foundation, previously known as the Wynn Feline Research Foundation. Jackie gives us a bit of background and explains her passion for feline welfare. The Every Cat Health Foundation has been active for many years and has touched every cat with its amazing studies. For more info www.everycat.org

Dr. Caitlin DeWilde is our guest on this podcast. Caitlin is an amazing veterinarian, entrepreneur, and social media expert. She describes herself as a tech geek or nerdy marketeer. We talk about how you can become a catvocate, how you can market your precious cat on social media, and how you can give them the healthcare that they deserve.

Dr. Kelly St. Denis is our guest and podcast co-host and we are talking about hot cat news. What do you need to do to make your cat a real adventurer? How can you make you balcony safe for cats and what to do when the cat decides to take a big jump? Kelly is a great source of information an dwe love this episode.

Dr. Kelly Diehl is Senior Director of Science and Communications at the Mark Morris Animal Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that spends a boatload of money on proper research in diseases of pets and other important animals. Kelly explains how the foundation contributes to your cat's health and what you can do in return.

Dr. Ahna Brutlag, veterinary toxicologist (poison expert) works for the pet poison helpline. What should you do if your cate ate something that it was not supposed to? Dr. Ahna gives lots of great advice and tells us what things we better should not have in our cat-living spaces. We discuss plants, chocolate, rat poison, poinsettia, and other cat unfriendly substances....

With my super co-host Dr. Kelly StDenis, we entertain Dr. Liz O'Brien, another famous Canadian catvet. Liz talks about where you can find interesting information about your cat's health and how important it is to have a checklist when you get a new cat or kitten from the shelter.

Dr. Susan and Dr. Jollle are discussing the Easter Lily, a favorite plant during the Easter season. The bad news is that Easter Lilies are so toxic for cats. Even just a little bit of pollen, a bite of leaves, or some of the water in the vase of an easter lily bouquet, can make your cat very sick and cause renal failure (the kidneys will stop working). SO better not get Easter Lilies this year if you have a cat around!