Choosing dog and cat food in Australia without falling for the bag
A pretty bag is not a diet. Here is how to read completeness language, life stage, grain-free claims and raw feeding in Australia without turning dinner into a brand argument.
Relaunched from the old classifieds desk
Pets Please: practical care for every furry, purry, feathery or scaly friend
For years Pets Please helped Australian families find puppies, kittens, rescue animals and pet supplies in one place. The noticeboard is gone. The job remains: honest, useful advice for people who share a house with an animal — from Sydney apartments to Queensland yards and everything in between.
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Browse every hubFrom kelpies to companion cavoodles
Dogs and puppies
Buying, walking, dental care, heat safety and everyday dog manners across Australian suburbs, parks and apartments.
Indoor life, wildlife and whisker care
Cats and kittens
Cat-proofing, desexing, dental care and how to keep cats — and native wildlife — safer in Australian homes.
Rabbits, guinea pigs and rats
Small pets
Housing, diet and daily care for the small companions that hop, squeak and burrow through Australian households.
Feathers, fins and legal scales
Birds, fish and reptiles
Budgies, beginner aquariums and the licences you actually need before bringing a reptile home in Australia.
Prevention before the emergency
Pet health
Parasites, toxic foods, first aid, stains, insurance and the boring-but-vital jobs that keep pets out of hospital.
Laws, leases and lifelong care
Responsible ownership
Microchips, council registration, rentals and moving house — the paperwork and practicalities of owning a pet in Australia.
Adopt, walk, speak up
Rescue and welfare
Shelter adoptions, community walks and the everyday choices that keep animals out of pounds.
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What to put in a pet first aid kit in Australia
A useful kit is bandages, saline, a tick snare for the trip to the clinic, the emergency vet’s number and the humility not to dose human painkillers. It is not a home hospital, and it is never paracetamol for a cat.
Cat dental care at home: a calmer Australian how-to
Cats get dental disease too, and they hide it. A calmer Australian how-to on cat toothpaste, what treats cannot do, and when anaesthesia dentistry is the kind choice.
Million Paws Walk and the quieter work of fighting animal cruelty in Australia
The RSPCA's big Sunday still matters, but cruelty is reported on a Tuesday, and puppy farms do not close because we bought a T-shirt. Here is the walk, the inspectorate, and the year-round jobs.
Keeping pet reptiles legally in Australia: licences, species and welfare
Native reptiles are not a backyard souvenir. Licensing differs across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and the rest of the country, wild capture is the wrong origin story, and a heat lamp is both welfare equipment and a fire risk.
Desexing cats in Australia: timing, law and the myths
Desexing is ordinary Australian cat care, with council rules that vary and myths that still wander. Timing, roaming, health at a high level, and why a litter is not cheaper than surgery.
Moving house with pets in Australia: a week-by-week plan
Moves lose cats in trucks, overheat dogs on freeways, and leave microchips pointing at the old rental. This is a practical timetable from two weeks out to the first quiet night.