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THE CRITTER SITTER: Salinas pet sitter specializing in Cats, Horses, & Livestock
Are you looking for an experienced, professional, & affordable pet sitter who treasures pets?
Not able to go places because you worry about your pet?
Don't want your pet to endure the discomfort of a tiny kennel cage?
Your wait is over! This ranch-raised gal showers pets in gentle, loving care in the comfort & safety of the familiar surroundings of your home or bring your kitty here to enjoy my extra large outdoor cat playhouse (see below for more info on the playhouse). I am passionate about kitty cats and horses and enjoy being around livestock like chickens, sheep, and cattle. No dogs please.
I have the benefit of a lifetime of pet care experience, offering competitive, reasonable rates with special discounts. Besides feeding & keeping litter/ bedding area clean & fresh water for your pet(s), price includes: grooming, cuddling, exercising & if needed, giving oral meds. Also part of your visit includes information sheets I created drawing off knowledge I've acquired owning cats all my life and books I've read. Here's what you get: Cat Care Tips, an age chart, illness symptoms/health care, and how to teach your cat to wear a collar and walk on a leash.
Call Carrie Wilkinson @831-769-0277 or Email me for a meet & greet appointment at mailto:Purr-Meow@Juno.com
2008 Petsitting Rates:
Look! Nice & low rates!
$12 FOR 1 VISIT PER DAY/$20 FOR 2 VISITS PER DAY
DISCOUNT OFFERED IF 3 or MORE DAYS:
$10 FOR 1 VISIT PER DAY/ $18 FOR 2 VISITS PER DAY
*In addition, round-trip actual mileage charge will be added @IRS adopted rate of .585 cents/mile.
FREE surprises gift-wrapped for your pet(s) provided each visit.
Here's more special offers: Once you've used my pet sitting service 3 different times within a year, you can choose any item listed on this web site that's $10 or less and it gets even more fun, once you've used my service 5 or more different times within a year, pick out anything $20 or less! Don't see anything you'd like in those price ranges, I'll take either the $10 or $20 off another item you'd like to purchase.
I am listed in the Yellow Pages book, Yellow Pages Online & on Animal Friends Rescue Project (AFRP) web site.
Thank you for your visit!
ABOUT ME:
I'm 100% cowgirl, was raised on a ranch & ran a Suffolk sheep breeding outfit in my early teens selling the lambs to fellow 4H'ers. I've adored and cared for critters all my life, including chickens, horses, rabbits, geese, ducks, & sheep. I've had the honor and pleasure of being the parent to many horses & kitty cats- most cats of which I adopted from shelters. I've been riding horses since I was a little girl. We used to have this 17 hand high Idaho plow horse & one day, age 4 or 5, I'd climbed up on his back by using the fence rail & was trotting along in the field on him, no bridle & giggling my head off- it was love from then on for all horses. My first horse was a Mustang & he was mean & ornery & threw me off every chance he got but I'd climb right back on & it was this determination that earned me a brand new saddle & a good Quarter Horse of which I was able to teach in no time at all to be ridden with no bridle at all. I'd ride from sunup to sundown & he was my best friend (along with my cats who used to hike with me!) I have competed in polo, dressage, western pleasure, stadium & cross country jumping, halter class & participate at cattle drives.
I take immaculate care of my pet family and customers pets. I love doing fun things with my cats, engaging their whimsy. They are all trained to walk on leashes so they get to enjoy the pleasures of the great outdoors while in the safety of my watchful eye and for the holidays, I always do special things for them, like for Easter, I hide tiny pieces of roast chicken on tin foil & watch them with delight as they run around the yard trying to find them all!
Thank you so much for your visit & I look forward to meeting your pet family & have the pleasure of doing business with you.
Miss Carrie Wilkinson
I also have another home business on this web site offering one of a kind sparkling rhinestone gem pet collar necklaces I make myself and also offered are my hand sewn curtain tiebacks with scenes depicting country life, farm critters, cowboys, wildlife, cats and horses along with critter themed collectibles for the home. Click on the Gallery tabs on the left of this home page screen & take a gander at what's offered for those of us who like to decorate our homes with country flair or dress up your cats!
Kitty Playhouse condo! Here's an option- bring your cat to my house.
I offer an alternative to coming to your home to care for your cats. I have a very large (8'w x 10'L x 9'T), whimsical cat condo complete with play tubes, ramps, scratching posts, toys, carpeted floor, & windows on all sides so kitty can watch all the birds that come feed at my bird feeders or splash around in the bird bath (photo of cathouse pictured above right). Pop up windows can be open during the day so kitty can feel like he/she is outside and windows are closed at night to keep the cold air out. It is full of comfy cushions and blankets for kitty to sleep on. Offered for summer or spring seasons only as it is not insulated for cold weather.
Please note: I only accept cats which are HIV (Leukemia) negative and are on flea medications: Revolution, Advantage, Frontline, or Program so it will be disease and flea-free for the next visitor. Proof of the above must be furnished for a condo stay.