I'm Katherine | Cat Sitting in Richmond, VA

BEFORE BOOKING, ASK ME ABOUT DISCOUNTS! (Send me a message or scroll to the bottom of this listing for more details.) THE IMPORTANT STUFF AVAILABILITY: I have broad and flexible availability to accommodate your cat-sitting needs. - For established clients, I can likely accommodate last-minute/emergency requests. - For new clients, I ask for a minimum of 5 days in advance to ensure time for a meet-n-greet. If you need services sooner than 5 days, please send me a message. I will try to accommodate your request. Generally, visits are offered as follows: Weekdays: - Morning (AM) visits before 9am M-F - Mid-Day visits are usually around 2pm (I work around my daughter’s nap schedule) - Evening (PM) visits are offered any time after 5:30pm Weekend visit times can be more flexible if needed. I have my own car. I live in the Near-West-End (near Willow Lawn) and have lived in RVA nearly my entire life, so I know my way around. Ideally, I'd like to stick with clients within 20 miles, but I am willing to consider further distances. ABOUT ME/MY EXPERIENCE: I will treat your pets with the same care as if they were my own. I love animals. All kinds. I am kind, patient, compassionate, detailed, and professional. I believe pet sitting is about establishing respectful relationships with the pets and their pawrents. The importance of establishing trust and nurturing a feeling of safety for everyone involved, including the animals, cannot be understated. I have fostered dogs and kittens and find this process incredibly rewarding. Fully vaxxed and prepared to follow any additional precautions to ensure you feel comfortable and safe allowing me into your home. ABOUT ME/MY EXPERIENCE: My current pack includes: - Mack, a 90lb boxer-mix rescue...foster-“fail,” who thinks he’s part human and part cat. - Cheese, a female orange tabby who thinks she’s part dog, and her brother Brent, a gray tabby. Brent and Cheese are littermates. We rescued them, along with their 3 other siblings, from the storm drain outside of my apartment in April 2022 – Mom and Dad were rescued (TNR) too, and I fostered and socialized all 5 kittens until they were adopted. - CeCe, a 6-year old tortie. She is as sweet as can be, but full of “tortitude” and is not thrilled to have gone from being an “only-cat” to having a dog, 2 other kitties, and a human-toddler as roommates. I got my first kitten, Muffin, when I was 4-years-old. As I sat on the floor of my bedroom with the tiny kitten on a pillow in my lap, I looked up at my mom and, through tears of joy, exclaimed, “now we are a real family!” My mom and I had just moved into our new home after my parents’ divorce. Muffin lived to be 15. In my adult life, I have owned mostly dogs but have always known I would get another kitty. My two boxers, Millie and Ozzy, were with me from 2008 until 2018 and 2019. They would have made life hell for any kitty, so it was dogs only for a while. Over the years, I established a very close relationship with my vet, to the point that she gave me her cell number, and I can still text her as needed (I’m caref...