Life is better with a cat, and what’s even better is when they are safe at home because we all want our feline friends to live their best lives. That’s why providing a secure and enriching indoor environment ensures that your cat lives a long, healthy, and happy life.
It’s never been easier to protect your cat and keep them from harm. Some simple steps to prevent disease and danger include desexing, microchipping, and vaccination, all of which are essential for their safety and well-being.
By creating a safe, stimulating, and loving indoor environment for your cuddly companion, you’re helping to ensure their health and happiness and contributing to the well-being of local wildlife and the environment.
It can be easier and more affordable than you might think.
Keep your cat safe at home with secure indoor setups, outdoor enclosures, or escape-proof fencing. Explore practical ways to create a safe and enriching environment.
Want to transition your cat to the safe-at-home life?
With planning and patience, you can help your cat adjust to staying safely at home, protecting them from accidents and keeping them happy and enriched.
More than 50% of cats in NSW already live safe at home… Here are just a few of them to give you some motivation and inspiration! Do you have a creative catio? Have you made the most of small space? Do you have a genius cat enrichment hack? We’d love to see them and share with our cat-loving community.
Two in three cat owners have lost a pet to a roaming‑related accident, with one in three involving cars. Keeping cats safe at home helps prevent injury and supports long, healthy lives.
There are five factors that contribute to a healthy feline environment, as outlined by Ellis et al (2013). These pillars form the essential foundations that must be in place for a cat to live a healthy, safe, and happy life.
Enrichment builds on these five baseline pillars by providing cats with additonal opportunities to express their natural behaviours and experience learning, curiosity, and engagement. Enrichment can be provided through any appropriate cognitive, dietary, and sensory activities that help create a more stimulating and fulfilling environment for your cat. Read more about everything you need to enrich your cat at home on our blog.
The Cat Resources page includes expert advice, behaviour insights, and guidance on caring for stray or adopted cats.
You can find detailed information on what to do if you find kittens by reading our ‘I’ve found Kittens, now what do I do? Resource. The step‑by‑step action plan and decision tree to guide you through safely managing found kittens.
