As you may recall, I've recently started a cat sitting business. I'm getting a lot of interest and have booked one gig so far and will be attending a fund raiser this month and will try to drum up some more business there as well. Anyhow....I spoke to one woman who is interested in my service but she has 23 cats. She laughed when I told her that I'm down to 6. LOL I've taken care of as many as 27 outdoor cats at one time but that's totally different from taking care of that many indoor cats. Those cats were rescues that I had altered, vetted and placed in homes after much socialization, etc.
I have a friend who still is active in rescue and TNR and he's forwarded my email to hundreds (no exaggeration) of people who have multiple cat households. He told me that some of the people haven't been able to go on vacation, etc. for years, one for 17 years and they're excited that I would be willing to take them on as clients. He himself hasn't had a vacation in 4 years and he has only 7 cats, so I booked him for September and he's thrilled.
So. I need as much input as I can get from those of you who have lots of cats. I'm sure that I'm up to the task but what I'm looking for are pointers, time savers, etc. that will enable me to be more efficient. The kicker is that this woman will be gone for 6 weeks, so this is quite a commitment from both of us. She wants to take her granddaughter on a trip to WA and I don't want to let her down so I'd like to go in there confident that I can put her mind at ease that I've got it all under control. Anything that you can tell me will be greatly appreciated.
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