Reference Materials

There is much helpful information about cats on the Internet, but unfortunately there is a great deal of misinformation as well. It’s difficult to know what advice is trustworthy.

We’ve listed below a number of useful articles from trusted sources; most are informational, but some are just for fun.

Cat Health Information	Cat Behavior Articles	Community Cats	Miscellaneous
General Cat Care	Common Cat Behavior Issues	Saving Cats and Kittens with a Foster Care Program	The Cat: some interesting information from National Geographic
Feline Health Topics	Cat Behavior Problems: article from Best Friends Animal Society	Feral Cat Shelter Options	Reasons to Adopt Adult Cats: educational cartoon strip
10 Questions Cat Vets Wish You Would Ask	Litter Box Problems	Building Winter Shelters for Community Cats	Cat-Scratch Disease: information on cat bites from the CDC
Routine Health Care of Cats	Destructive Scratching: article from the ASPCA	How to Conduct Trap-Neuter-Return	Cats Quotes
The Special Needs of a Senior Cat	Another Destructive Scratching article, from the Humane Society of the US		Cat Puns
Purebred Cat Breeds with Most Health Problems	Why Does My Cat Scratch Everything? Article from PetFinder		A reference page with a little bit of everything! (h/t to Justine Riggs for the share)
	Seven Signs of a Bored Cat and Tricks to Entertain Them
	Cat Behavior Answer Tool
	Kitten Behavior Basics
	Transitioning from Free Feeding to Meal Feeding