Nico

Hi!

About me

I'm a 38 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 you're pets aren't dogs!

I work a four day week, and wfh two days a week. Because of my own menagerie of pets, I'm available to do daily visits and short stays only. I'm unable to host additional pets here, and prefer to keep overnight stays at owners houses to a few days only.

My experience

I'm an experienced pet companion, with 19 years of cat, duck, and fish experience and 12 years with chickens.

I'm especially experienced with older cats with medical needs, having 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 two beautiful older cats who I've had since they were kittens- Poppy who is 18, and Suzi who is 14. Both have medical conditions and special dietary needs, and so I am very experienced with giving cats medication (oral, topical, inhaled, and subcutaneous injections).

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 45 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.