How much should I charge for catsitting?

[paulhackett]

 

[Orang Utan]

well, if you will go round referring to him / her as "it"...

It's a cat not a human

 

[Puddy_Tat]

It's a cat not a human

 

[paulhackett]

It's a cat not a human

Have you got close enough to it to be sure? Maybe it's stuffed? Have you found the cctv yet? When's the video being posted?

 

[Gromit]

indeed.

the cat body language for 'i want you to approach me' consists of keeping fairly still and not making a lot of eye contact.

lots of eye contact, moving towards the cat and making a lot of gestures is off putting to the average cat.

people with cat allergies would usually do better making a lot of fuss and going after the cat...

I love it when cat owners tell me that their cats are shy or stand offish so won't go near me and then their amazement when they do.

A friend's girlfriend decided that she really liked my ex and I when her two cats sat on our laps and let themselves be stroked. The many hours getting to know each other in pubs was irrelevant it was all about the cats.

For very shy cats I have a trick I do sometimes resort to. I make the cat noise for hello lets be friends. Some cats go oh so you are a cat, okay then we can be friends. Where as other smarter cats forget to be scared as they try and work out where the other friendly cat is, cause I'm a human so its not me. Invisible cat? This is weird, where is it?

 

[Ms T]

How are you getting on with your new charges?

 

[quimcunx]

have you every faith in him?

 

[Orang Utan]

They're ace. They are friendly and nice. And they've only been sick once.
I'll take a pic in a bit with the newspaper so you know they're not dead.

 

[Ms T]

I didn't think they'd be dead! They'll probably ignore us when we get back and pine for you...

 

[trashpony]

Your cats are right softies Ms T. They're not even scared of the foal

 

[Orang Utan]

well i took some pics anyway. As you can see,
Hendrix is easy to capture:

and Dylan less so:

 

[quimcunx]

Today's paper is a nice touch. I hope you didn't give them any chucklehead.

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Looks like you're about to brain it with that Chucklehead bottle.

 

[Orang Utan]

And why would i do such a thing?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

awww at hendrix

he looks more than a little unimpressed at the grauniad, though.

he's not a tory, is he??

 

[Orang Utan]

He's a cat. They don't do politics or even philosophy, but if pressed they might identify themselves as nihilists. Most likely they will just look at you blankly and start licking their arseholes.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

dunno

 

[JocastaCat]

Started reading this post with all seriousness but it's the most hilarious thing I've read in weeks. Cracked me up when I saw the naked bloke on bed photo and then I was for taking away when saw Posh Cat under the bed!

 

[Callie]

for a moment i wondered if lazer eye cat had an urban account and started posting

 

[Athos]

as well as the feeding/cleaning bowls/cuddling etc which can take up to an hour you're also being paid to take some responsibility if you discover a poorly cat - so £ has to be worth that potential eventuality. It's happened to my cat and my friends cat when we've been away and cat sitters have had to assess the situation and take cat to vets

so also get vet details etc and potential pet plan policy

My mate had her neighbours' cat put down whilst they were on holiday. It was suffering, and had Beenf for some time, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it. I think she thought they'd be relieved that the decision was taken out of their hands. Instead, they were furious.