Visits
Cats, dogs, the small animals nobody else offers to do, a sitter in the house overnight, the pets on medication, and the house itself. Every visit is thirty minutes in the home, with a photo and a note before we lock the door.
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Fed at their usual times, water changed, litter tray scooped, a brush and a lap if they want one, the post picked up and the curtains moved. £14 a visit, £26 for two in a day, up to three cats from the same home.
£14 a visit, £26 for two visits in a day.
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A thirty-minute visit with a walk round the block and a feed, or an hour with a proper walk along the seafront or up to the Dingle, for a dog who copes with a day on its own but needs company and a lead in the middle of it. £16 or £24.
£16 for thirty minutes with a short walk, £24 for an hour with a proper one.
03
Rabbits and guinea pigs fed and their hutches cleaned, chickens let out and shut in, fish and reptiles fed and tanks checked, hamsters and birds seen to. £12 a visit, and Elin, who keeps most of these herself, does the round.
£12 a visit for one hutch, run, coop or tank, £16 for a menagerie.
04
For the dog that cannot be alone at night, the cat that needs tablets at bedtime, or the house you would rather was not empty: one of us arrives at seven, does the evening routine, sleeps in the spare room and leaves at eight after the morning one. £55 a night, a daytime visit on top if the dog needs it.
£55 a night, 7pm to 8am, evening and morning routines included.
05
Visits for the pets that need more than a bowl: tablets hidden or given by hand, eye and ear drops, insulin by injection, prescription diets weighed out, a sling walk for the arthritic dog, and a note that records every dose. The visit price, plus £4 for an injection.
The normal visit price.
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Every pet visit looks after the house as well, at no charge. For a house with no animals, a check visit does the post, the plants, the bins, the heating, a walk through every room and a photo to say all is well. £10, and we hold the key for the plumber if the worst happens.
Included in every pet visit.
Why at home
Most animals cope with boarding and some enjoy it. The rest spend a fortnight not eating, not sleeping and wondering where you went. At home nothing changes but the hand that puts the bowl down: the same food, the same times, the same window, the same bed. Carys was a veterinary nurse for twelve years and has seen what a week in a cage does to an old cat; it is why she started doing this instead.
Up to forty-five minutes at your house: we meet the animals, go through the feeding, the medication and the house, photograph the charts and take a key. Message or ring, or use the form, and Carys replies within the day.
