Senior cat care · practical records
Senior Cat Sitter Instructions: A Printable Care Handover
Put the routine your cat already follows, current clinic instructions, and agreed contacts on one handover sheet. Leave unknown details blank; if you are concerned, contact the clinic rather than waiting to finish the log.
Open and print the care handover
Walk through the handover together
Before the first visit, show the sitter the actual food, litter, and cleaning supplies, how doors or gates work, and where the carrier is. Cats Protection's sitter guidance recommends meeting at home and covering care instructions and emergency contacts.
Keep the clinic's plan intact
Attach the current written clinic instructions; do not rewrite medical directions. Fill the contact and decision fields from arrangements already agreed with the owner and clinic. AAHA's Senior Care Kits guidance includes pet-specific medication information, so use the current instructions for those fields.
Record what happened on each visit
Use the sheet's date/time, care-plan, observation, action, and contact fields. Describe what the sitter saw or did; a shared bowl or litter tray may not identify which cat used it. Record uncertainty instead of guessing, and call the clinic about a concern without waiting to complete the log.
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Written and source-checked by Puni Pet Guides Editorial Team · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
This guide synthesizes the public references below; it does not report hands-on product testing or independent veterinary review.
Review scope: practical context, source traceability, and clear non-diagnostic boundaries. Diagnosis and treatment decisions stay with veterinarians.