New Resources for Advancing Feline Care
Practical tools, educational materials, and caregiver resources designed to help veterinary teams create better experiences and outcomes for cats.
Whether you’re looking to improve communication, handling, environmental design, caregiver engagement, or at-home support, these resources provide actionable guidance grounded in feline-specific care principles.
Embracing Cat Friendly Language
The words we use influence how cats are perceived, discussed, and treated. This resource explores feline-focused terminology and communication strategies that promote consistency, improve team communication, and support a more accurate understanding of the feline patient experience.
Current Feline Interactions and Handling Recommendations
Learn practical approaches to feline interactions and handling that minimize fear-anxiety and distress while supporting safer, more efficient veterinary visits. This resource focuses on understanding feline behavior and adapting interactions to meet cats’ unique emotional and behavioral needs.
Creating a Better Veterinary Environment and Experience for Cats
A cat’s experience begins long before the examination. This resource provides guidance on creating environments that support feline wellbeing throughout the veterinary journey, from the waiting room and examination room to hospitalization and discharge.
Start Today: Small Steps to Becoming More Cat Friendly
Every journey begins with a first step. Whether you’re new to feline-focused care or looking to strengthen existing practices, this resource provides a practical starting point for implementing Cat Friendly principles in your practice. Explore foundational concepts, identify achievable changes, and see for yourself how small adjustments in communication, handling, environment, and caregiver support can lead to meaningful improvements for cats, caregivers, and veterinary teams.
Cat Friendly At Home: Beyond the Veterinary Visit
The veterinary visit starts at home and continues after a cat returns back again. This resource helps veterinary teams understand the role of stressor stacking, transportation, cooperative care, pre-visit medications, and post-visit recovery, while providing strategies to better educate and support caregivers.
Purrfect Journey: A Cat Carrier Guide for Caregivers
One of the most common barriers to feline veterinary care is transport-related stress. This caregiver-facing handout provides practical tips on selecting a carrier, teaching cats to enter voluntarily, preparing for travel, and making veterinary visits less stressful for both cats and their caregivers.
Looking for More?
Continue your Cat Friendly journey with:
Cat Friendly Practice® Designation for practices committed to feline-centered care
Cat Friendly Certificates for individual veterinary professionals