How our cat sitters operate

We specify that our homesitters must care for all cats strictly in accordance with clients’ instructions and we provide appropriate checklists to ensure that every aspect of care and routine is considered – nothing is left to chance.

On joining us, our homesitters are issued with a substantial manual covering all aspects of home and pet-sitting. They have to follow detailed procedures, and we keep them up-to-date with newsletters. With regard to cat sitting, we specifically cover:

  • assessing a cat on first meeting
  • following the cat’s normal routines
  • caring for elderly cats
  • assessing changes in behaviour, and taking appropriate action

Our cat sitters are conscientious and vigilant; they will check your cat regularly for any physical or behavioural changes. We instruct that should a cat seem unwell, the homesitters should not hesitate to contact the vet and to ring Head Office for advice and support. Having been founded in 1980, we have substantial reserves of knowledge and our homesitters know that they can contact us at any time (and they talk to a human, not an answering machine!).

After every assignment we obtain detailed feedback from our clients, and we specifically ask about the cats and their condition on the client’s return. Often our clients report that not only were their cats in fine fettle, but they suspect that they would have liked to have gone home with their homesitters…rather ruffling, but what better testimony to your cat sitter’s care could you have?

We offer far more than just cat sitting

We are particularly skilled with cats and dogs but we are happy to discuss care for all domestic pets and livestock, birds, poultry and exotica.

Amongst our employees we have retired farmers and smallholders, so we’re happy to check and feed farm livestock. We provide field care for horses and ponies and we have a limited number of homesitters who will provide full stable care – but this does not extend to exercising.

Having a homesitter not only ensures the happiness of your pets, it can also considerably simplify your pre-holiday workload. If you have a menagerie of cats, dogs, small furry creatures, poultry and ponies – you can make arrangements for them all with just one telephone call!

Phone 01296 630 730 to request more details on our pet sitting service.

Read more about Cat Sitting on our blog