Cat-sitter recommendations

[mermaidcafe.livejournal.com]

Hello!

I've seen plenty of pet-sitters advertised, but I'm very paranoid right now because I just had a house-cleaner (with good references) steal a lot of things from my apartment.

So, now that I'm looking for a cat-sitter, I'm hoping to get recommendations here where people are more likely to know each other. I'm going to be gone a few days, starting Christmas Day, and I'm hoping to find someone who can socialize with my cat (at my place) and do his health maintenance stuff. (No shots and nothing gross, just ear drops, mouth rinse, and food supplement.) I will, of course, be paying. If someone here can recommend someone (including him/her self), that'd be most excellent.

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[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

This is useless for you now -- I know that she's usually booked for the holidays before the end of October, but for future reference I can't say enough kind things about Cathy from Cat Happiness. (781) 322-6075.

She took care of my sweet old diabetic shots-twice-a-day cat whenever I went away. More importantly, she also took care of my one-woman, vicious, scratching, biting monster cat at the same time. (He loves me. And her. And hates everyone else.) She was kind, considerate, went above-and-beyond the call of duty. She got knots out of his fur when I couldn't, clipped his nails when even the vet wouldn't (all without me asking) and never so much and moved the remote, much less stole anything.

I used her service for about seven years, until my diabetic cat died. And if I ever went anywhere, I'd use her again today.

Like I said, she has a deeply loyal customer base and fills up very early for the holidays but -- in the future -- I'd suggest using her.