Purr Podcast: Your Guide to Feline Medicine & Surgery!

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Time spent with cats is never wasted. — Sigmund Freud

An awesome podcast for veterinary healthcare providers about everything feline! Famous feline medicine expert Dr. Susan Little and veterinary surgeon Dr. Jolle Kirpensteijn discuss feline medical and surgical topics highlighting simple and practical solutions. We have some amazing guest experts too! If you like cats, you will love this podcast. Follow Purr Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel so you never miss an episode!

We know veterinary team members love PurrPodcast and some cat caregivers listen as well. So we decided to start a new podcast just for cat caregivers. We invite amazing guests to chat with us and we have one rule they have to follow – no big words! Have a listen and recommend Cat Cafe Podcast to the cat lovers in your life.

Thanks to Steve Dale, our podcast announcer!

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 by staceygonzalez84

Why Cats Get Urinary Disease with Dr. Allison Kendall

Cat pee mysteries unlocked! In this episode, we “flush” out the latest information about feline urinary health with our special guest, Dr. Allison Kendall, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at NC State and feline nephrology & urology specialist. We talk pee, pain, FIC, minimally invasive procedures, the rise of SUBs, and why the bladder is just the beginning when it comes to cat urinary disease. Listen to Part 1 now! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the interview, airing Tuesday, December 2, 2025. Don’t forget to follow Purr Podcast on Instagram and Facebook!

>> Listen to Part 1
>> Watch on YouTube

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 by staceygonzalez84

Cats & Cancer: A Species Left Behind with Dr. Sue Ettinger

Are cats the neglected patients of oncology? Dr. Sue Ettinger, aka Dr. Sue Cancer Vet, joins hosts Dr. Susan Little and Dr. Jolle Kirpensteijn from WVC 2025 to tackle one of veterinary medicine’s biggest questions: Why are cancer diagnostics and treatments for cats lagging behind dogs? Dr. Sue Cancer Vet explores global progress in veterinary oncology and how vet med needs to bridge the gap in feline cancer research. Because cats deserve cancer breakthroughs too! She also shares stories about her travels to Japan and what it was like to visit a cat + capybara cafe! Listen to Part 1 now! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the interview, airing Thursday, October 16, 2025. Don’t forget to follow Purr Podcast on Instagram and Facebook!

>> Listen to Part 1
>> Watch on YouTube

May 29, 2022October 9, 2025 by jollenl

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February 5, 2022October 9, 2025 by jollenl

Purr Podcast videos now available on Patreon!

We created a Patreon account for people that want to get more background info about our fantastic podcast. With details, cases, and videos of our podcasts. See our guests live! You can have all this and more for a small monthly fee, and you get a nice present, and you will be mentioned in the podcast!! CLICK HERE for more info.

September 6, 2020October 9, 2025 by jollenl

Purr Podcast will be live September 12

On September 12, 2020, Dr. Susan and I will doing a ‘live’ podcast at the Hill’s Global Virtual Vet Students Day. We will then later publish this podcast for you all to listen too. We are the last speakers at 6pm GMT+2 time. We are so excited and we will be talking 🐈 cats (what else), COVID, and cutting (surgery).

April 22, 2020October 9, 2025 by Dr. Susan Little

COVID-19 and cats

Current Episodes

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has swept around the globe, devastating people’s lives and the economies of many countries. Veterinarians have a key role to play as we have many excellent researchers into coronaviruses in animal species, including our guest for episodes 57 & 58, Dr. Severine Tasker. Susan and Jolle are certainly practicing physical distancing as they recorded this episode almost 2,000 (over 1200 miles) km apart! We discuss the emerging information about cats and SARS-CoV-2 and what everyone needs to know. The good news is that cats are not particularly susceptible to this virus, they don’t seem to suffer severe disease, and they are no risk to people.
>> Listen to episode 59

Reliable resources on COVID-19 and companion animals:
World Small Animal Veterinary Association
American Veterinary Medical Association
World Organization for Animal Health
International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases
Worms and Germs Blog (Dr. Scott Weese)

December 7, 2019 by jollenl

Check out our YouTube channel

We add a 60-second cat bite every other week and the latest one is…

The amazing Dr. Sue Cancer Vet is this and next week’s guest on the #purrpodcast. Dr. Sue is specialized in tumors in pets and answers in this cat bite the question if vomiting is normal in cats? We say Nay!

December 6, 2019October 9, 2025 by Dr. Susan Little

Our December 2019 Purr Podcast guests are purr-fect!

Dr. Sue Ettinger, also known as Dr. Sue Cancer Vet, talking about feline oncology
Megan Brashear, a veterinary technician specialized in emergency & critical care, talking about the role of veterinary technicians
Dr. Adronie Verbrugghe, a veterinary nutritionist, talking about … feline nutrition!

December 4, 2019October 9, 2025 by Dr. Susan Little

Cat Cafe Podcast is here!

We know veterinary team members love Purr Podcast and some cat caregivers listen as well. So we decided to start a new podcast just for cat caregivers. We’ll invite some amazing guests to chat with us and we’ll have one rule they have to follow – no big words! Have a listen and recommend Cat Cafe Podcast to the cat lovers in your life. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!