cat care factsheets
Click on the topic to download a copy of the relevant factsheet.
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 9am and 4pm. 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
- Diabetes
- Skin cancer
- Deaf cats
- Fleas & worms
- Vaccinations
- Senior cats
- Permethrin poisoning
Behaviour
- Furniture scratching
- Feline aggression
- Indoor cats
- Multi-cat households
- Litter training
- Harness and lead training
- Inappropriate toileting
- Introducing curfews
- Reduce wandering
- Spraying behaviour
- Shy cats
- Teaching your cat good manners
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
- How to guide DIY ladder scratch post
- Assisting with pet care
- People living with dementia and pets
- Toxoplasmosis
Bilingual cat welfare information
- English / Arabic رعاية القطط
- English / Hindi बिबलियों की देखभाि
- English / Vietnamese Chăm sóc sức khỏe an toàn cho mèo
- English / Simplified Chinese 猫咪照顾知识
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 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.