If you’re going out of town for a while or if you’ll only be gone for one day, Paw Pals Pet Sitting provides you with the best in-home services to ensure that your cats are healthy and happy when you return.
We empathize with your anxiety about leaving your cat alone at home by themselves or boarding them somewhere you don’t trust when you are on extended trips. We make sure to do everything to keep your cat as comfortable as possible and our Centreville, VA cat-sitters are here to help. They all have plenty of experience caring for cats of all sizes and types and as many are loving cat owners themselves; they know how to equally love and care for your cat and give it the attention, affection, and activity deserving of your feline family. With Paw Pals, you can relax knowing that our Centreville, VA Cat Sitting Services provide you with the purrfect care, and that we will love and care for your cats as if they were ours.
Paw Pals is licensed, bonded, and fully insured, and our sitters are 100% PetTech certified in Pet CPR and First Aid. For your convenience, we offer both regular vacation visits and overnight cat & house sitting. Each of our services can be paired with our House Sitting and Garden Watering service where our pet sitters look after your home while you’re away as well.
Vacation Visits and Care Services for Centreville, VA
Our Centreville, VA Vacation Visits and Care Services bring our loving pet sitters into your home to provide your cats with the attention, affection, exercise and food they need (as well as any extra supplies, support, medications, or special requests). These services include, but of course aren’t limited to: providing fresh food and water, cleaning the litter box, a nice brushing, treats, playtime, or anything else necessary to keep your cats happy, healthy, and comfortable.
Vacation Visits Pricing
| Kitty Visits | Standard Visit | Extended Visit | Deluxe Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visit Duration | 30 Minutes | 45 Minutes | 60 Minutes |
| Ideal For | When your cats need a check and some reassurance while you’re away. | When your younger, more active cats need some extra playtime, and love and attention. | When you have multiple cats in your home. We give extra playtime for the younger cats and tender love and attention to the older ones. |
| 1-2 Cats | $27.00 | $35.00 | $50.00 |
| Additional Cat (Each) | $2.00 | $2.00 | $2.00 |
Includes:
- Playtime, brushing, treats
- Fresh food and water at scheduled visit
- Clean litter box
- Medications, if required (see medication administration)
- Attention and love as if they were our own!
Overnight Cat & House Sitting Services in Centreville, VA
If you don’t want to leave your cats all alone at night while you’re gone, one of our certified and trusted Centreville, VA Paw Pals pet sitters can stay at your house with your cats overnight to care for them and keep them company. Overnight stays in a home are for 12 hour periods and begin when our sitter arrives, typically between 7 to 10 PM. Playtime, brushing, treats, fresh food and water, litter box cleaning, and medication administration are all included for an overnight stay. We request that you get in touch with us at least two weeks beforehand because this service is subject to the availability of our sitters.
Overnight Cat & House Sitting Pricing
A Paw Pals cat sitter will stay with your cats overnight. Overnight stays are for 12 hours with arrival
times between 7-10 PM. Additional mid-day visits may be scheduled as needed.
| Cost Per 12 Hour Period |
|---|
| $75.00 |
Cat Sitting Includes
- Playtime, brushing, treats
- Fresh food and water at scheduled visit
- Clean litter box
- Medications, if required (see medication
administration) - Attention and love as if they were our
own!
House Sitting Includes
- Bringing in papers, mail, and packages
- Watering house plants
- Opening/Closing blinds
- Alternating lights
- Taking out/Bringing in trash and
recycling
Additional Services For Centreville, VA
Cat Supply Pick-up
We can shop at your preferred specialty store or the nearest pet supply store to pick-up any of the food, supplies, or litter, etc, a cat owner needs and is unable or unavailable to do. Whether someone is just too busy or is out of town, Paw Pals cat sitters and cat sitters can get all of the supplies your cat(s) need to stay cute.
Note: We will shop at a nearby pet supply store. If a particular specialty store is requested, depending on the distance, additional costs may be incurred.
Cost: $20 plus amount of receipt
Cat Medication Administration
Your Paw Pals Pet Sitter has training to administer cat medications. In most cases, cats will take the medication with a little coaxing, or willingly, and administering medication in food or treats would not require an additional charge when feeding your cat(s). However, medications including subcutaneous fluids and injections such as insulin require additional expertise, and an add-on fee.
Cost:
- Topical – $0
- Oral in food – $0
- Oral without food – $5
- Injections – $15
- Subcutaneous Fluids – $25
House Sitting / Garden Watering
No cats, but you still need your house taken care of while you are away? We can visit your home once
or twice a day to take care of the minor household tasks that you would usually do. Your home is made
more secure by crime-deterring measures taken by your cat sitter, including:
- Bringing in papers, mail, and packages
- Watering house plants
- Feeding fish and refilling bird feeders
- Opening/Closing blinds
- Alternating lights
- Taking out/Bringing in trash and recycling
Cost: $20 per day/per visit
Garden Watering
Garden watering can be added onto either House Sitting or Cat Sitting visits.
Cost: $8.00 for each 15 minutes
Centreville, VA Cat Sitting Policies
Paw Pals has policies and procedures in place for certain situations which include:
Safety First!
First and foremost, our professional cat sitters put safety first. We do our absolute best to make sure there is nothing that could go wrong during any of our visits. Each of our cat sitters and pet sitters is certified in PetTech PetSaver First Aid and CPR and must recertify every two years in order to keep up with the best safety practices which could save the life of a pet in an emergency. Each of Paw Pals cat sitters and pet sitters is truly an animal lover, and that is how we can always provide the care and attention your cat(s) crave during the day.
New Client Setup / Meet & Greet
Before someone becomes one of our cat sitting or pet sitting clients, we require an initial “Meet & Greet” at your home to make introductions with you and each of your pets. We’ll take this time to discuss the needs of you and your pets and to determine a pet’s temperament and behavior and analyze whether a cat is an acceptable candidate for our cat sitting or pet sitting services. Once this has occurred, we can talk about a pet’s normal routine as we fill out all of our required paperwork and inform new clients on our policies and procedures.
We also use this as an opportunity for you to show us your pet’s routine, and for us to complete all the paperwork and go over our policies and procedures. However, you are under no obligation to obtain services as a result of this visit, and we reserve the right to refuse service if a pet is not a good candidate for our services.
Cost: $25.00 (This fee will be waived if Paw Pals determines that your pet(s) will not be a good
candidate for our services.)
Note: For existing clients, who add a new pet to their family and wish for their pet sitter to meet them and the pet before services begin, there will be a $15.00 visit fee.
Late Bookings
We understand that not everything happens as planned and will do our best to accommodate last minute requests. These requests are not guaranteed and are subject to sitter availability. Please note that requests made after business hours will be considered as having been received the next business day.
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- Existing clients: Requests made with less than 2 business days’ notice will incur a $10.00/visit surcharge. Same day requests will incur an additional $25/visit last minute booking charge. (If the request is for a series of visits, the surcharges will apply only to the visits within the late booking period, not all the visits in the series.)
- New clients: All new clients must have an initial Meet & Greet completed before any visits or services can be confirmed. Please see New Client Setup/Meet & Greet section above.
Inclement Weather
For days when there is severe inclement weather, a $20.00 fee may apply. This policy is most often associated with a federal government shutdown or if Fairfax County Schools are closed.
