Advice on a catsitter for 19 year old cat with diabetes (Chester, Cheshire)

iwannamotorbike

Hi

We have a much loved 19 year old (!) black male cat with diabetes who needs two injections a day. We are going on holiday and could put him in a cattery but not sure he would survive.

Could anyone offer any advice on how and where to find a catsitter for a few weeks? Is it expensive compared with the £7 per day cattery fee?

Appreciate any advice

Thanks


Alan

spookylukey

Best place to ask would be your vets, either they will know of a petsitter (check noticeboard too) or a vet nurse that lives locally might be interested in earning a bit of extra cash by going in twice daily to give him his jabs and feed him etc

My petsitter charges £8 a visit or £14 for twice daily visits - I have two cats so it works out the same as putting them both in a cattery for me but would obviously be double the cost of a cattery for you as you only have one cat.

I think the peace of mind would be worth it though, it will be much less stressful for him to be in his own home rather than at a cattery. If you do go down the petistter route make sure you block off any hidey-holes so if he does sulk the pet-sitter will still be able to get to him to give him his jabs. I'd imagine some pet sitters would have experience of giving jabs but a vet nurse may be the best option as they will be very experienced and may also charge less than an official pet sitter.

iwannamotorbike

Hi,

Great idea and I might mention it to to a couple of the nurses at the vets. The vets also run the cattery and they might not like their nurses moonlighting so to speak.

Worth a go though

Thanks

Alan