Hi!

About me

I'm a 39 year old Human Resources manager, living in Salisbury.

I'm a cat person, here to serve all your cat-person needs. As a frequent traveller myself, I know how hard it can be to find the perfect sitter, and particularly so if your pets aren't dogs!

I am currently on parental leave. Because of my own menagerie of pets, I'm available to do daily visits only. I'm unable to host additional pets here.

My experience

I'm an experienced pet companion, with 20 years of cat, duck, and fish experience and 12 years with chickens.

I'm especially experienced with older cats with medical needs, having had two of my own. I'm comfortable and experienced giving oral, topical, inhaled and subcutaneous medications to cats, oral and topical medications to chickens and ducks, and dispersed medications to fish.

In addition to experience with my own pets, I've also pet sat for friends and family for a range of companions: fish, cats, dogs, parrots and horses, to name a few!

I grew up keeping and riding horses, and worked as a stable hand for a few years in my uni days too.

My pets

I have extensive experience with older cats with recently saying goodbye to Poppy at 19 years, and currently living with 15 year old Suzi who I raised from a kitten. Both older cats have had medical conditions and special dietary needs, and so I am very experienced with giving cats medication (oral, topical, inhaled, and subcutaneous injections). I'm also experienced with kittens and young cats, with the delightful Sebastian keeping our household on its toes for the past year.

I also have a mixed flock of chickens and ducks, and have kept birdos for over 18 years. I fully understand the way of the chicken owner, and appreciate each bird's unique personality and needs. I'm experienced with handling poultry and giving oral and topical medication.

I'm also an experienced fish keeper. I currently keep one display tank of tropicals, but have previously kept multiple tanks, including breeding. I'm happy to do tank maintenance including water changes, and am comfortable treating most basic fish illnesses.

My services

During a booking, I'll come hang out with your pets as long as they need. Visits are a minimum of 30 minutes, and include feeding, any medications required, cleaning litter trays, cuddles and play as desired (everyone's different, and some cats prefer space to themselves).

If you have poultry, I'm happy to put them to bed and let them out, hand feed any special snacks or give medication, change food and water, and collect any eggs.

I'm also happy to bring in mail, take out bins, water plants, turn lights on or off and other small tasks as required.