Life in the Cat Lane: Recent Episodes
Jamie
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.
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
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/
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/
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
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
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
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
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
How the Garner Colony got it’s start, and why I became a passionate advocate for TNR, Colony Cats, and education.