Life in the Cat Lane

Jamie
  • 5.0 (6)
  • PETS & ANIMALS
  • UPDATED WEEKLY

Cats, their stories, and how we can improve the lives of the much maligned feline.

Episodes

  1. 09/30/2022

    Episode Nine: Microchipping

    Show notes: Welcome to Episode Nine of Life in the Cat Lane! This week we talk about Microchips, their risks and benefits and how to make them successful for your cats. Send your questions and shelter stories to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com, follow us on instagram www.instagram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod and twitter @catlanepod See our Garner Colony cats demonstrate how a chip reader works: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRmxASYR/ Sources: AAHA Associated Microchip registration sites: https://www.aaha.org/your-pet/pet-microchip-lookup/participating-companies/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21535253/ https://www.pettravel.com/0001225.cfm#:~:text=The%2015%20digit%20ISO%20pet,carry%20your%20own%20microchip%20scanner. https://www.alleycat.org/take-action/microchips-save-lives/ https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/microchips-reunite-pets-families/microchipping-faq https://www.aaha.org/your-pet/pet-microchip-lookup/faqs/ https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/235/2/javma.235.2.160.xml https://www.intermountainpet.com/en-us/blog/the-history-of-microchipping-pets#:~:text=The%20pet%20microchip%20was%20first,clinics%20and%20pet%20shelters%20worldwide.

    12 min

  2. 09/23/2022

    Episode Eight: FIV

    Show Notes: Welcome to Episode Eight: FIV, or Feline Immunodeficiency Virus. You can send questions and cat pictures to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com, follow us on instagram at lifeintheatlanepod and on twitter @catlanepod Sources: https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/cornell-feline-health-center/health-information/feline-health-topics/feline-immunodeficiency-virus-fiv https://www.marvistavet.com/owning-a-feline-immunodeficiency-virus-positive-fiv-cat.pml https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023398800087 https://www.alleycat.org/resources/feline-immunodeficiency-virus-fiv/#:~:text=Spaying%20and%20neutering%20also%20ends,false%20positives%20on%20FIV%20tests. https://profiles.ucdavis.edu/niels.pedersen

    11 min

  3. 09/02/2022

    Episode Seven: First Vet Visit Jitters

    Show Notes: Welcome to Episode Seven: First Vet Visit Jitters, covering the basics on what your cat’s first vet visit will be like. You can send questions and cat pictures to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com, follow us on instagram at lifeintheatlanepod and on twitter @catlanepod Lavinia’s first weekend: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRPfGgjG/

    16 min

  4. 08/26/2022

    Episode Six: Pangur Ban

    Show Notes: Welcome to Episode Six! Today’s topic is Pangur Ban. Send your questions to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com and follow us on instagram at instgram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod and on twitter @catlanepod Traditional Scottish Gaelic Waulking song: https://youtu.be/bOIZC16Jtz8 Sources https://brehonacademy.org/the-white-cat-and-the-monk-pangur-ban-a-9th-c-old-irish-poem/ http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/10/pangur-ban/ https://shepherdsdream.com/blog/wonders-of-wool/waulking-songs/ https://www.goerie.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2020/06/29/cats-often-welcome-among-monks-pet-connection/113461114/ http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/the-medieval-scribe.html https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2019/03/a-useful-companion-for-a-scholar-cats-in-the-middle-ages.html https://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/cat%E1%B9%A1lechta-and-other-medieval-legal-material-relating-to-cats/

    12 min

  5. 08/19/2022

    Episode Five: Cat Loco(motive)

    Show Notes: Welcome to Episode Five! Today’s topic is Tama, the Goddess of the Wakayama Electric Railway. Send your questions to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com and follow us on instagram at instgram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod and on twitter @catlanepod Sources https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202202/202202_07_en.html https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190522-the-cat-who-saved-a-japanese-rail-line https://www.avclub.com/this-feline-station-master-always-kept-things-meowving-1846403834

    8 min

  6. 08/12/2022

    Episode Four: Catnip

    Welcome to EpisodeFour! Today’s topic is catnip, and why cats love it so much. Send your questions to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com and follow us on instagram at instgram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod and on TikTok at lifeinthecatlanepod OC being a catnip criminal: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRyR3yvC/?k=1 Johnny demonstrating the effects of valarian root: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRy8YLG2/?k=1 Sources https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/catnip-nepeta-cataria/ https://corpora.tika.apache.org/base/docs/bug_trackers/ocrmypdf/ocrmypdf-LINK-325-41.pdf https://www.science.org/content/article/why-cats-are-crazy-catnip https://www.drugs.com/npc/catnip.html

    9 min

  7. 08/05/2022

    Episode Three: FIP

    Show Notes: Welcome to Episode Three! Today’s topic is FIP, or Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Send your questions to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com and follow us on instagram at instgram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod and on TikTok at lifeinthecatlanepod Sources: https://sockfip.org/summary-of-gs-441524-treatment-for-fip-2/# https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748294/ https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/cornell-feline-health-center/health-information/feline-health-topics/feline-infectious-peritonitis https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/2605127/FIP_Brochure.pdf?__hstc=161696355.e4dd7324649a8586cb2cc654d1e0c928.1659586082953.1659586082953.1659586082953.1&__hssc=161696355.1.1659586082953&__hsfp=3159048051 https://fipwarriors.com

    16 min

  8. 07/29/2022

    Episode Two: TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return)

    Welcome to Episode Two! Today’s topic is Trap-Neuter-Return, or TNR and how you can get involved. Send your questions to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com and follow us on instagram at instgram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod This episodes sources: https://www.alleycat.org/resources/why-trap-neuter-return-feral-cats-the-case-for-tnr/ https://www.neighborhoodcats.org/how-to-tnr/getting-started/what-is-tnr https://kittencoalition.org/news-events/statistics/#:~:text=Of%20those%2C%20approximately%203.4%20million,are%20returned%20to%20their%20owners. https://www.animalleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cats-multiply-pyramid.pdf

    17 min

  9. 07/23/2022

    Episode One- Community Cats

    Welcome to Episode One! Today’s topic is Community Cats, and what it means to be domesticated or feral. Send your questions to lifeinthecatlanepod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at Instagram.com/lifeinthecatlanepod This episode’s sources: http://www.storagetwo.com/blog/2017/4/the-tragedy-of-the-most-hated-bird-in-america https://www.alleycat.org/community-cat-care/what-is-a-community-cat/ https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/how-did-cats-become-domesticated/ https://www.neighborhoodcats.org/how-to-tnr/getting-started/what-is-a-feral-cat https://figopetinsurance.com/blog/science-roaming-cats https://figopetinsurance.com/blog/science-roaming-cats

    11 min

  10. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Welcome to the Colony

    How the Garner Colony got it’s start, and why I became a passionate advocate for TNR, Colony Cats, and education.

    5 min

Trailer

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