Professional In-Home Cat Sitting
Professional In-Home Cat Sitting
Home Loving Cats offers a brilliant cat sitting service that keeps your cat happy and stress-free in their own home. Instead of enduring the stress of a cattery, your cat stays where they belong.
"With our cattery alternative, Your Cat Stays at Home."
What We Do During Each Visit
Every visit includes comprehensive care tailored to your cat’s individual requirements.
Food & Water
Replenish food and water according to your cat’s routine
Litter Care
Replace and maintain clean toilet litter
Play & Socialise
Quality time playing and fussing with your cat
Grooming
Brush or comb if your cat enjoys being groomed
Health Checks
Check your cat is generally well and happy
Medication
Administer any required medication as needed
Why Cats Prefer Our Service
Catteries may be well-intentioned, but they’re fighting against nature. Unlike dogs, cats are territorial animals. When forcibly removed from familiar surroundings, they suffer high levels of stress.
- Cats remain calm in their familiar territory
- No stressful travel or unfamiliar environment
- Maintains their normal diet and routine
- Reduces anxiety and potential health issues
- Returns home happy, not traumatised
How It Works
Getting started with Home Loving Cats is simple.
1
Initial Contact
Enter your postcode on our website or contact us directly to check coverage in your area.
2
Free Meeting
We arrange a visit at a mutually convenient time to meet your cat and understand their needs.
3
Key Handover
Provide us with a spare set of keys and show us any security systems.
4
Care Begins
We make regular visits while you’re away, maintaining your cat’s routine and providing loving care.
Flexible & Convenient
We work around your schedule to make cat care stress-free
Flexible Booking
Bookings accepted for any period from one day upwards. Available throughout peak holidays, weekends, and school breaks
Last Minute OK
We understand travel is often arranged quickly. Many clients contact us the morning before departure. We pride ourselves on fast response times.
Key Retention
Regular clients can leave spare keys with us for convenience. Simply text, email, or call to confirm your next trip dates.
Ready to Book Your Cat Sitter?
Check your postcode now and give your cat the care they deserve
What Makes In-Home Cat Sitting Different
The key difference between cat sitting and a cattery is not just convenience, it is biology. Cats are territorial in a way that is genuinely different from most other pets. Their home is not simply where they sleep; it is the space they have mapped, scent-marked, and learned to feel safe in. Remove them from that environment and the safety signals disappear. The unfamiliar smells, sounds, and proximity of other cats in a cattery setting trigger a stress response that even a well-run facility cannot prevent.
Home Loving Cats has been providing the alternative to that experience since 2005. Our sitters visit cats in their own homes across more than 20 areas of the UK, from Cornwall West and Exeter in the south west to Edinburgh West and Stirling in Scotland. Each sitter runs their own area personally, which means the same person visits every time, the same face your cat learns to recognise and trust.
Every sitter in the Home Loving Cats network holds a Basic Disclosure police check and carries public liability insurance. Many have additional qualifications in animal care, feline behaviour, or first aid. All of them are genuine cat lovers who chose this work because of how much cats matter to them, not as a side occupation.
Cats that need regular medication are particularly well served by in-home care. Consistent timing, a familiar environment, and a sitter who has taken the time to understand the cat’s routine make a significant difference to how smoothly medication is administered and how settled the cat remains throughout. Several of our sitters have personal experience managing diabetic cats or cats with complex medical needs, and bring that understanding directly to the cats in their care.
If you are unsure whether we cover your area, enter your postcode in the box above. For a full list of our current locations, visit the Home Loving Cats location pages. Our article Why Cats Hate Catteries covers the science behind why home care produces such consistently better results.
