Picture Purrfect Cat-Sitting

I'm a fine art photographer and a communications and marketing specialist who stumbled into cat- and house-sitting for friends in September 2021.

Subsequently, I've cat-sat 32 kittehs across 18 homes, ranging in age from 14 weeks to 16 years old. Most have been multiple kitteh homes with 2-4 cats, and all have asked me back or expressed their interest in future bookings.

As I grew up with dogs and hadn't lived with cats until cat-sitting, it's been a (sometimes steep) learning curve but an enjoyable and rewarding one becoming a cat sitter.

How can I help you and your kitteh(s)?

As a remote worker working flexible hours, I can spend quality time with your kitteh(s) when it suits them.

Every cat I've cared for has a distinct personality, and I've enjoyed getting to know each better and bonding with them.

My experience has mostly been overnight stays of between three nights to three weeks, as near as west and south London and as far afield as north Wales, Delamere and Bedford.

I'm more than happy to discuss overnight stays further afield, but that may not allow for a face-to-face meet and greet ahead of the booking. I'm currently working fully remotely, so I can work from anywhere as long as I have access to a reliable internet connection.

I'm happy to provide once or twice daily visits closer to home, ideally within 1km, as I don't drive, e.g., N8 (Hornsey, Crouch End, Alexandra Palace), N22 (Wood Green, Bounds Green) and N15 (Tottenham).

Unless it's not possible due to distance, I will always arrange a free meet and greet with you and your kitteh before the first booking.

I keep the lines of communication open. Regularly sending updates, photos and videos of your bundle(s) of floof so you can be assured of their safety and happiness while you're away.

Along with ensuring your kitteh is fed, watered, and their food bowls and litter trays regularly cleaned, I enjoy evenings on the sofa with the kitteh(s). Giving scritches and treats (if permitted). Playing games with them if they're playful. Spending time with them in the garden (if you have one) and capturing them with my camera and iPhone as though I were their personal paparazzi.

I'm also okay with the less favourable aspects, like cleaning up after them if they've been poorly or had a hairball incident. Or relocating or disposing of any unfortunate rodents they may have slain and brought to me as a gift.

I've had minimal experience with administering medication to kittehs, but I spent about two hours de-matting the hair of one of my regulars, Lily, who took a temporary hiatus from her personal grooming in 2022.

I'm also happy to discuss additional duties as part of daily visits or overnight stays, including:

• feeding your fish

• watering plants and/or your garden

• sitting and walking your doggo if you have a mixed pet household (I've sat eight doggos across six households, one of which was a cat-dog-fish house, and I used to regularly sit a Frenchie for a day at a time in my own home), and

• caring for other small pets or birds (I sat two peacocks this year, and my most regular client recently added a hamster to her menagerie) but would need full instructions and guidance beforehand.

Feel free to message me with any questions you may have. I'm happy to provide additional testimonials and references from my existing clients outside CatInAFlat.

I look forward to making new kitteh friends!

A testimonial from one of my regular clients outside of CIAF:

Looking for a cat sitter (or sitter of any pet, for that matter) is stressful. I should know – I've been doing it for probably 15 years. For almost a year, however, I've stopped looking. That's how long Bronwen has looked after my cats.

I can't recommend her highly enough.

Sabine, Bromley, October 2022