Name the people before describing the care
Care wishes only work if a specific person can act on them, so begin by naming the caregiver you have chosen and a backup if the first cannot take her when the time comes. Confirm with both people now, while you can have the conversation properly, and write down their full names and contact details. Note whether your cat knows them already, whether their home has other animals or children she has met, and any practical limits they have told you about, such as renting or allergies in the household. A wish that names a willing, prepared person is a plan; a wish that names nobody is only a hope.
Describe her ordinary day in honest detail
The person receiving your cat needs the day as she lives it: what she eats, how much, and when; where her litter tray sits and what litter she accepts; the games, resting places, and routines that structure her time. Write her fears and dislikes as plainly as her favorites, including how she reacts to visitors, travel, other cats, and being handled. Note whether she is an indoor cat, how she behaves around open doors, and the comforts that settle her, such as a worn blanket or an evening lap routine. Honest detail prevents a kind new owner from learning her needs by trial and error during an already difficult move.
Include her health story and your vet wishes
Gather her microchip number, clinic details, vaccination status, ongoing conditions, and the medicine routine she follows, with the early signs that usually mean she needs a vet. State your wishes for her future care in general terms: the clinic you would prefer if geography allows, how you would want decisions weighed for a serious illness in an elderly cat, and anything you feel strongly about regarding her quality of life. If you have set money aside for her care or made arrangements to help with costs, say where those arrangements are recorded. Keep the tone factual and kind, since the reader may be grieving while they read it.
Cover the practical transfer itself
Explain where her belongings are and which of them should travel with her: carrier, favorite bedding, remaining food, toys, and her paperwork folder. Give permission in writing for her veterinary records to be released to the new caregiver and for the microchip registration to be updated into their name. Note any shelter, breeder, or rescue contact connected to her original adoption if that organization asked to be informed. Store the wishes with your other important papers, tell both named people where the document lives, and keep a copy with her own records so it is found by whoever needs it first.
Review the wishes as life changes
Read the document once in a while and after any major change: a named caregiver moves abroad, a new condition changes her care, or a kitten joins the household. Update names, phone numbers, and routines so the plan never describes a cat or a household that no longer exists. Written this carefully, your wishes give her next person a running start instead of a mystery. Her KinsLe Transferrable Profiles record supports that handover, moving her profile to the new owner with her history, records, and routines intact.