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In this special Catcast, we talk to Dr. Tracy McFarland, who was our guest on <a href="https://rootsimple.wpengine.com/2015/02/036-the-cat-doctor/">Episode 36</a>, about caring for older cats. During the podcast we discuss:
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<li>Signs you need to take the cat to the vet</li>
<li>Dental disease</li>
<li>Oxifresh oral hygene</li>
<li>The dietary needs of older cats</li>
<li>Dry or wet food?</li>
<li>Obesity</li>
<li>Arthritis</li>
<li>Kidney disease</li>
<li>Water</li>
<li>Hyperthyroidism</li>
<li><a href="http://www.avmi.net/">avmi.net</a></li>
<li>Grooming</li>
<li>Step stools</li>
<li>Checking your cat&#8217;s teeth and gums</li>
<li>Feeding times</li>
<li>Urinating outside the litter box</li>
<li>Integrating older and younger cats</li>
<li>Heating pads for older cats</li>
</ul>
If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to <a href="mailto:rootsimple@gmail.com">rootsimple@gmail.com</a>. You can <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/root-simple-videos/id579023147?mt=2">subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store</a> and <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/erik-knutzen/root-simple-podcast?refid=stpr">on Stitcher</a>. The theme music is by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dr_Frankenstein/">Dr. Frankenstein</a>. A downloadable version of this podcast is <a href="https://archive.org/download/046caringforoldercats/046caringforoldercats.mp3">here</a>.

047 Done is Better Than Perfect

A podcast about vegetable gardening, food preservation, home economics and DIY living. Hosted by Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, authors of The Urban Homestead and Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post Consumer World.