Happy Furry Friday!

with Maura Davies & Faraz Khan

Maura Davies is here to talk about SPCA of Texas pet caring for pets in freezing temperatures.

Faraz Khan is here to talk about how to reduce scarring.

So let’s get started!

Maura Davies

Maura Davies is the Vice President for Marketing & Communications at the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) of Texas. As a longtime friend of One Life Radio, Maura is with us almost every Friday!

Caring For Pets In Freezing Temperatures

Bernadette talks about a cat that her daughter found dead where she feeds a colony of stray cats. Bernadette's daughter took the deceased cats to the vet to be identified for gender and and chip. His name was Willie and he was only ten months old. Willie froze to death. The cat's real owners contacted Bernadette's daughter and the owners did not want the ashes. It was very sad, but rather a grim reminder to keep your animals inside. Symptoms of animals suffering from hypothermia is shivering, pale grey gums, lethargy, dilated pupils, and collapsing. If your dog or cat has any of these symptoms, take them to the vet immediately. Please keep your animals inside.

Dogs sensitive to cold should be kept inside with quick potty breaks outside. The small dogs and short haired breeds benefit from a doggy jacket that helps to keep their core warm. Booties may also be a good idea as lots of heat escapes through a dogs foot pads. With cats, please keep them inside or if they or indoor outdoor allow them a shelter like the ones here.

Trap-Neuter-Return is the humane and effective approach for stray and feral cats. Now in practice for decades in the US after being proven in Europe, scientific studies show that Trap-Neuter-Return improves the lives of feral cats, improves their relationships with the people who live near them, and decreases the size of colonies over time.

Faraz Khan

Faraz Khan is a former computer scientist turned longevity educator, speaker and biohacker. Seeing his parents age before his eyes prompted Faraz to dive headfirst into the world of anti-aging and longevity. Faraz turned from helping large media, life sciences and pharma companies to helping everyday people beat back the scourge of aging. He launched his podcast "Anti-Aging Hacks" in 2019 where he interviews the top minds in longevity, anti-aging and health. Faraz is also the host of a yearly Anti-Aging Summit.

How To Reduce Scarring

Faraz Khan suffered a horrible oil incident at 8 years old that made him form a large scar. Faraz discovered that over the past 15 years, all the scientific advancements, studies of older populations and a vastly improved understanding of our biology, have resulted in exciting information on how to slow down the aging process today – and turn back our biological clock by many years, and get back the energy, skin, hormones we had many years ago. Theres different kinds of scars that must all be treated differently. Keloids and hypertrophic scars are caused by cutaneous injury and irritation, including trauma, insect bite, burn, surgery, vaccination, skin piercing, acne, folliculitis, chicken pox, and herpes zoster infection. Notably, superficial injuries that do not reach the reticular dermis never cause keloidal and hypertrophic scarring.

Once your wound is healed and a scar is formed, keeping it hydrated is also extremely important,