cat care factsheets
For information on animals and COVID-19
Visit the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s Domestic Animals and COVID-19. These sites are regularly updated.
For human health information visit NSW Health.
We regularly add topics to this page – if the information you are looking for is not here, we may be able to assist. Call our office on 02 9519 7201 Monday to Friday between 10am and 5pm. Please note that we do not have vets on site and cannot provide veterinary advice.
Our factsheets provide general information only and should not be taken as constituting professional advice. In an emergency you should always contact or take your cat directly to a vet.
Basics
- Desexing
- Microchipping and registration
- The cost of owning a cat
- Essential cat care
- Why kittens should stay with their mums
- Choosing the right kitten or cat
- Orphan kittens – considerations
- Orphan kittens – considerations and care
Health
- Caring for cats with vision impairment
- Hazards for your cat
- Cat-friendly flowers
- Ringworm
- FIV / Feline AIDS
- Feline dental care
- Diabetes
- Skin cancer
- Deaf cats
- Fleas & worms
- Intestinal parasites
- Vaccinations
- Senior cats
- Permethrin poisoning
Behaviour
- Furniture scratching
- Feline aggression
- Indoor cats
- Multi-cat households
- Litter training
- Harness and lead training
- Unwanted toileting behaviour
- Introducing curfews
- Reduce wandering
- Spraying behaviour
- Shy cats
- Teaching your cat good manners
- Clicker training
- Cat carrier training
Other
- Allergies to cats
- Babies, children and cats
- Balcony Safety
- Cats and dogs
- Moving house with your cat
- Planning for your cat
- Lost cats
- Stray cats
- Cat-proof fencing and enclosures
- Keeping your cat safe while renovating
- How to guide DIY ladder scratch post
- Assisting with pet care
- People living with dementia and pets
- Toxoplasmosis
Bilingual cat welfare information
Click here for a list of veterinary practices where community languages are spoken.
- English / Arabic رعاية القطط
- English / Simplified Chinese 猫咪照顾知识
- English / Hindi बिबलियों की देखभाि
- English / Korean 고양이 복지
- English / Vietnamese Chăm sóc sức khỏe an toàn cho mèo
This English language cat welfare information has been translated into Bengali, Greek, Nepali, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, and Urdu.
For cat care tutorials, see our YouTube channel
For an overview of cat care, refer to our guide Your New Cat
For a guide on reducing hazards to your cat, refer to our booklet Safety First
For information on planning for animals in emergencies, visit Get Ready Animals
For information on containing cats and the benefits of creating safe outdoor areas for cats to enjoy, click here to watch a wonderful series of videos from Catnets and hear from responsible cat owners about letting their pets Safely explore the outdoors and Protecting cats and wildlife.
For a guide to nurturing the child and pet relationship from pregnancy to preschool, click here to access the We Are Family website, an initiative of the NSW Government. We Are Family includes a series of excellent videos and a booklet.