Digestion Digressions, Refrigerator’s Destiny, and Basement Pets, with a side of Negligible Senescence!

Welcome to our Mother's Day episode, in which we refrain from profanity in honour of Russ's Mom (but fail at least twice without even noticing!)

We talk about bad mothers, good mothers, vengeful house-sparrow baby-mamas, the regenerative skills of axolotls, ugly owls, and Russ's recent encounter with a sweet sassy singer, a baby lawyer, and a sexy scientist at the Windsor Tavern in Vankleek Hill. Also, Natalie's mother was a cuckoo, but also a sea turtle. And what DOES a baby lawyer sound like?

"Menopausal women don't cry, they rage!"

"How much of an axolotl would you need to remove to have two axolotls?"

"You're accountable to no one!"

"Had one of those evenings where you go out for one drink at 10, and cut to it's 3 am and you're on your couch and you've just polished off that second steak, stinking of booze and are like 'What the hell just happened to me?'"

On episode 8, we chat with our wonderful guest Kristine Seguin of The Big House Sanctuary and Rehab for chonky kitties. We discuss so much, including weight loss for beautiful chonks, nutless-cat/blanket romances, the wonders of farm vets, and the secret Flamingo Club (for which Russ was all dressed and ready.) As always, swearing abounds! Cover your ears, my delicate flowers.

"A semi-feral cat could send any grown-ass man screaming!"

"I never made the Stanford Prison Experiment; I just learnt from it."

"All the fat cats get Brazilians. All of them."

Check out The BIg House and all the great work Kristine does with overweight cats in danger of being euthanized:

https://www.thebighousecats.com/

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The Big House is a registered non-profit Cat Rescue that provides Sanctuary and Rehabilitation for the world's most overweight cats. We are dedicated to providing these cats with the resources to succeed, finding them loving homes, and educating the public about feline health and well-being.

In episode 7, we welcome to the show guest Sophie Malo of Playbow Animal Rehab Clinic in Lancaster, Ontario, and returning guest Beccy Fourney (nurse practitioner to giraffe-a-man-a-dactyls in episode 5.) Today we are talking about absolutely everything from cannibal chickens to dart frogs to giant Dutch hands to "Why the hell would anyone ever want to start a rescue farm?" There's also a small discussion of an x-rated clown colouring book sent to us by an adoring fan.

Sophie Malo is a certified animal rehabilitation practitioner (she obatined her CCRP certificate from the University of Tennessee) and proud cat-mama to Gizmo, a lovely special-needs Tuxedo kitty.

Rebecca Fourney is a nurse practitioner in Cornwall, Ontario. When she's not helping humans lead healthier lives, she's leading tours at Bee Meadow Farm as our Director of Client Experience, a lofty title for a job that pays nothing.