Catman 247 providing safe secure reliable home visit cat care
The Catman 247 providing safe secure reliable home visit cat care is what all cat owner want to know is the minimum criteria they can expect when asking for their pet to be looked after. My aim is to provide a reliable first class home visit care service for your cat(s). You get peace of mind from knowing that care, attention to detail and company for you pet is being provided while you are not there.
Before you entrust your cat(s) into my care it would be sensible for you to know something about me.
Previous Employment
Until I retired in September 2016, I was a Police Officer with Police Scotland and before that with Lothian and Borders Police for a total of 20 years. On retiring from the Police, I decided that being a long-term cat owner of over 30 years, that I could provide a trustworthy service whereby customers can have a high degree of assurance their pet and property would be looked after while they were away.
I currently have four cats. Three Rag dolls, two that are 10 years old and a 11 years old and a Grey short haired Cat that is 13 years old. Two of the cats belonged to my two daughters, who left them for my wife and I to look after when the girls went off to get married.
The four cats in the main get on well but one tends to moan a lot at the other three but even so, we as a family decided it would be unfair to split them up. Although I do have my suspicions about my girls’ motives!
Maybe that is my previous employment causing this train of thought?
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TEACHES YOU THINGS
My plan on setting up The Catman 247 was and is to provide you with a first class cat sitting service in the Edinburgh area and to tailor it to your needs.
My services would have benefits that are not normally provided by other cat sitters whilst you are away and can be seen and compared in the services page (services)
The Catman 247 came about due to the fact that on occasions I have had to put my pets into a Cattery. This was expensive and required me to take them there and bring them back again. It upset them no end 
and I then had the job of having to coax them back to how they were before going into the Cattery. It was upsetting knowing they were out of their normal environment and I don’t believe there was no stress involved for them. So that made me decide that I could give my customers a service that was not available for me when I needed it. What could be better for your pet than for it to remain in your home while you are away?
The paragraph you have just read describes my motives completely with one omission. I am also doing this because I want to. I have time to provide a first class service. The kind I wish my cats had had access to when as a family we all went off on holiday. I had to rely on them going to a Cattery, you don’t. This is a three way win, for you, your pet and me!
EARLY WORK HISTORY
Before the Police I was a Service Engineer with Electrolux for 12 years and before that I was an Electrician for 12 years. The reason I mention my previous work history is to show I have a stable work record, that includes practical and building trade experience as well as a legal side to draw from. Before the police I could not hold a job down for more than 12 years at a time, now my record is 20 years, so I am getting better.
What I am trying to convey to you is that I have a proven trustworthy work history, I know quite a bit about cats and have more than enough practical ability to be classed as a handyman should those skills ever be needed to help you out!
So, what could you expect to get from me?
Please see the services page (services)
Catman 247 providing safe secure reliable home visit cat care. Your cat(s) looked after the way you want them to be!
Something to consider?
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ntioned earlier about putting my cats into a Cattery but this sounds easier to achieve than to do.
For a seven-day holiday, you need to add a day either side to get you cat to the Cattery and collect it again, so what is a seven-day holiday, is a nine-day cost for your cat’s accommodation. You need to take them there the day before you travel and collect them the day after you return. Of course, this might not be the case for you but for me it was. To give you an idea of the cost as of 26/04/2017 the following were prices quoted
1 Cat per day £15, 2 Cats per day £22, 3 Cats per day £30 and 4 Cats per day £36, full price for each day
So, for one cat it would cost 9×15= £135, two cats 9x£22= £198 and so on.
Using Catman 247 Bronze package you would only need seven days at the Bronze rate price!
So, for one cat is would cost 7×15= £105 (saving £30), two cats 7×15= £105 (saving £93)
2nd example (lower price but you need to take the cat there and collect afterwards)
1 Cat per day £12, 2 Cats per day £16, 3 Cats per day £20
So, for one cat it would cost 9×12=£108, two cats 9×16= £144
Using Catman 247 Bronze package you would only need seven days at the Bronze rate price!
So, for one cat is would cost 7×15= £105 (saving £3), two cats 7×15= £105 (saving £39)
The above examples were just two dip samples of costs to board one or two cats. As you can see it soon mounts up and you are doing all the transportation.
I can also attest to the fact that having used different Catteries, the cats did come back with a smell. I did not know if it was the disinfectant/cleaning fluids used but there was definitely an odour off them on their return. Clearly had it been the same place used twice it would explain it was what they were using but I am talking two separate businesses. I am not talking about a horrible smell but definitely an odour. Given it happened on two occasions, the smell had to be stress related. Something caused it because they certainly did not go there with it?
So, the benefit of using my services is that the package is the price for one cat or more! You decide on how many days and that is your price to pay! Your cat is not too upset and not take out of its home environment. It may wonder where you are but will not need to wonder where it is!
As I said earlier, I am trying to give you the type of service I wish I could have had and as they say the choice is yours.
The Catman 247 providing safe secure trustworthy cat care. Your cat(s) looked after the way you want them to be!
Catman 247 providing safe secure reliable home visit cat care no matter which service package you choose.
That’s me, front row, third from the right! Tulliallen class 1996, happy days!
