Cat 4-H Project Area

The 4-H Cat project area consists of three project manuals. Each manual contains activities for three years.

• Purr-fect Pals (Cat 1) includes cat selection, breed identification, body parts identification, handling, grooming and showing, home hazards, budgeting, identifying parasites, controlling fleas and spraying.

• Climbing Up! (Cat 2) features breeds, cat senses, shows, tricks, signs of illness and health, cat sounds, emergency situations, feeding, special diets and traveling with a cat.

• In Leaping Forward (Cat 3) , you will explore veterinary procedures, body systems, diseases, reproduction, genetics, older cats’ needs, behavior, showmanship, community laws, animal welfare and personal strengths.

If a member completes the 9 years of project manuals, they can work with their county Extension professionals to determine their learning opportunities for their remaining 4-H years.

Scoresheets

Each year, 4-H members should complete 7 activities in the project manual as well as the planning pages at the beginning of the manual.

There are not separate documents with the scoresheets for the cat project series. The scoresheet can be located inside the Cat Record Guides on page 13.

Record Guides

Exhibit Ideas

How Do I Sign Up?

The first step is to create an enrollment in our ZSuite website.

When you get to the CLUBS tab of the enrollment, you will want to ADD PROJECT.

For Cat, you should search for:

Project Videos

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