🎃 Keeping Cats Safe This Halloween: Tips from Healthy Paws Mobile Vet

Halloween can be a fun and festive season for families, but for cats, it often brings unfamiliar sights, smells, and sounds that may feel more spooky than fun. As your trusted mobile vet servicing parts of Brisbane and Moreton Bay, Healthy Paws Mobile Vet is here to help you protect your feline companions from seasonal hazards.

We believe in keeping cats healthy and stress-free in the comfort of their own homes, every day of the year, and especially during busy times like Halloween.

🎃 Common Halloween Hazards for Cats

While it’s exciting to decorate and celebrate, Halloween brings some hidden dangers for our feline friends:

🎈 Decorations

Items like fake cobwebs, glow sticks, candles, and small plastic props can be tempting for curious cats to chew on or bat around. Many of these can cause choking, intestinal blockages, or toxicity.
👉 Tip: Keep decorations well out of reach, and avoid anything with string or small detachable parts.

🍬 Human Treats

Chocolate, xylitol (a sweetener found in sugar-free candies), and even raisins can be extremely toxic to cats.
👉 Tip: Keep lolly bags and candy bowls off the floor or low tables. Remind children not to share with pets.

🧙‍♀️ Costumes

While some cats tolerate costumes or festive collars, many find them stressful. Clothing can restrict movement, cause overheating, or trigger anxiety.
👉 Tip: If dressing your cat up, choose a comfortable, non-restrictive outfit and supervise them at all times.

🧡 How to Minimise Halloween Stress

Even if your cat isn’t near decorations or treats, the increased activity, doorbell rings, new people, and strange costumes can raise anxiety levels.

Here’s how to help your cat stay calm:

• Create a quiet retreat: Set up a safe room with their bed, water, and litter tray.

• Maintain your routine: Keep feeding and playtime consistent to provide a sense of security.

• Use calming aids: Feliway diffusers or sprays may help reduce anxiety (ask us if they’re right for your cat).

👩‍⚕️ How Healthy Paws Mobile Vet Can Help

As a mobile veterinary service covering parts of Brisbane and Moreton Bay, we bring expert veterinary care directly to your home. Whether it’s annual check-ups, vaccinations, or behaviour consultations, we help keep your cat healthy in a familiar, low-stress environment, without the stress of a clinic visit.

We’re also happy to provide advice on managing seasonal changes, including Halloween and firework-related stress.

🎃 Wishing You and Your Cat a Safe, Spooky-Soft Halloween!

With a little preparation, you can help your cat feel safe and secure during Halloween festivities. If you ever have concerns about your cat’s stress levels, diet, or general health, our team is just a call away.

Healthy Paws Mobile Vet is proud to support Brisbane and Moreton Bay cat lovers with kind, professional, and convenient at-home care.

🐾 Because your cat’s comfort matters, on Halloween and every day.

📍 Service Areas

We provide mobile vet services to select suburbs in:

• Brisbane

• Moreton Bay Region

👉 Need a home vet visit?
Contact Healthy Paws Mobile Vet here for expert care at your doorstep.