Melissa Jenkins (Operation Catnip, Gainesville Florida) on performing up to 200 surgical sterilizations of stray cats in a day in M.A.S.H. style clinics

Cat behavior expert Dr. Mikel (FelineMinds.com) on planning ahead and preparing a cat for the eventual arrival of a new baby

Sally Bahner ("The Art of Kitten Raising") on all the ways you can get a kitten off to a happy healthy start in life

Dr. Mikel Delgado discusses how cats crave warmth because their bodies do not regulate their core temperatures as well as ours do, and recommends heated cat beds

Dr Mikel and Tracie bemoan the madness of trying to take canine "talking buttons" and apply them to cats

Cat Chat --- Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (12-21-2022) #0123: Cate Conte’s newest Cat Cafe mystery revolves around the death of a cat hoarder and community antipathy towards her.

Cat Chat --- Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (12-14-2022) #0122: Pet me where?! --- a cat would say, if only people would listen (and notice signs of discomfort before the cat resorts to biting or scratching). Dr. Mikel explains that most people don\'t realize there are ways to pet a cat (briefly, and when \"asked\") and places not to touch them (belly or hind end) that would enhance their relationship with their cat if they understood human-feline differences in what is pleasurable in physical touch.

Tracie gives advice to Kathy from idaho, who recently re-homed a very frightened, underweight Ragdoll kitty, Freya, on how to to overcome the cat's distrust of people

Dr. Mikel describes what zoomies are, sudden bursts of energy, completely normal cat behavior, known as Frenetic Random Activity Periods (FRAPS)

Dr. Elsey on donating $15 million to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation since 2009, the power of pets to help cancer patients, and the humans-animal bond