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Cat Chat®

Cat Chat®

By: Tracie Hotchner
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CAT CHAT ® was Tracie’s own weekly, live call-in show on the Martha Stewart channel of Sirius-XM for 7 years – until the channel was canceled. Since 2015 it has been a weekly podcast carrying on her mission to educate and inspire cat lovers to optimize their relationship with their kitty cats by giving them the best possible nutrition and environmental enrichment.

Tracie’s frequent co-host is Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado of Feline Minds Cat Behavior Consulting and author of the new book Play With Your Cat! the Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline.

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Episodes
  • Premium Cat Food at Supermarket Prices

    Premium Cat Food at Supermarket Prices
    Jun 22 2026

    #309: Allison Ward, the founder of Salty Cat, launched her company with the intention of creating a lower-priced cat food with premium ingredients. How did she do it? Simple! By lowering her profit margin, while also creating an egalitarian management structure in the small company.
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    20 mins
  • The “Elevator Butt” Style of Peeing

    The “Elevator Butt” Style of Peeing
    Jun 15 2026

    #308: Cat behaviorist Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado explains another way to look at “vertical peeing” — cats who raise their butts like a rising elevator to pee behind themselves. But because they have all four feet in the litter box, it is not “marking.” She recommends some litter box accessories to manage the problem.
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    14 mins
  • What Does FIP in Cats Have in Common with Long Covid in Humans?

    What Does FIP in Cats Have in Common with Long Covid in Humans?
    Jun 8 2026

    #307: Dr. Dean Vicksman, the Board Chair of the nonprofit EveryCat Health Foundation, talks about how their grant funding for feline health science has helped crack the code for managing long-COVID in humans.

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    19 mins
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