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Your cat can stay home without being left to ordinary drop-in care.

Professional cat sitting across the Portland metro for cats who need routine preserved, small changes noticed, medications completed, and their home kept secure while their people are away.

Feline-onlyBonded & insuredMedication capable365-day service
Cat resting at a window during feline-only in-home care
Cat sitting protects the rhythm of home.Food, litter, medication, social contact, hiding places, light, temperature, and home security remain part of one observable system.
CATFeline-only careBuilt around how cats experience change
HOMEHome integrityDoors, locks, packages, plants, lights, and household conditions
MEDMedication supportOral, topical, eye, injection, and fluid care when approved
NOTEMeaningful updatesPhotos plus appetite, litter, behavior, and comfort observations
Choose the care route

What does your cat need while you are away?

Some cats need dependable daily routine. Others need higher observation, medication, more frequent visits, overnight continuity, or a different care setting entirely.

DAY

Daily in-home visits

Feeding, water, litter, companionship, enrichment, home checks, and detailed guardian updates.

Explore daily visits →
TRIP

Vacation cat sitting

Structured care across a trip, with routine continuity, visit planning, emergency contacts, and household support.

Plan vacation care →
NIGHT

Overnight and higher-continuity care

For cats who should not spend long periods alone or who require more observation than intermittent visits provide.

Explore overnight care →
SR

Senior and special-needs cats

Gentle pacing and observation for mobility, appetite, cognition, chronic disease, and changing daily function.

Senior cat sitting →
DM

Diabetic and medication-dependent cats

Food-aware medication routines, insulin support, risk recognition, and clear escalation planning.

Diabetic care →
SHY

Shy, fearful, and anxious cats

Lower-pressure visits that respect hiding, distance, predictability, and the cat’s own pace of contact.

Sensitive-cat care →
Cat sitting and home integrity care
A visit is a systems check

Food and litter matter. So do the patterns around them.

Professional feline care compares what the sitter sees with the cat’s normal baseline: appetite, hydration, urine, stool, movement, breathing, social behavior, hiding, coat condition, medication response, and environmental safety.

Fresh food and waterComplete litter careMedication as arrangedPlay or quiet companionshipPhoto and written updateDoors, locks, lights, mail, and packages
Transparent service planning

Check availability and build an itemized estimate.

Rates are based on geographic service zones. The estimator adds cats, visit frequency, holidays, parking, medication, injections, and fluids to produce a planning estimate before portal registration.

Z1

Zone 1

$65 base rate per visit for central Portland and listed nearby ZIP codes.

Z2

Zone 2

$105 base rate per visit for farther metro and listed west/east-side ZIP codes.

Z3

Zone 3

$145 base rate per visit for outer metro and listed Vancouver-area ZIP codes.

Z4

Zone 4

$185 base rate per visit for specific outer-area portions requiring address review.

Sitting is not automatically safer than boarding

The familiar home is ideal only when the visit model can safely hold the cat’s needs.

Some cats become vulnerable between visits. Senior cats, kittens, diabetic cats, cats recovering from surgery, cats who stop eating, and socially dependent cats may need overnight care or feline-only boarding instead.

How long can the cat safely be alone?Can medications be completed reliably?Is appetite stable during guardian absence?Could the condition change between visits?Does the cat need environmental control?Is overnight observation more appropriate?
Compare sitting and boarding
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Portland metro coverage

Neighborhood-level routing without pretending every address is identical.

Browse regional and neighborhood pages for building access, parking, travel distance, common housing patterns, likely zone information, and links to exact ZIP confirmation.

Southeast Portland

Sellwood, Eastmoreland, Woodstock, Richmond, Mt. Tabor, Foster-Powell, Montavilla, Lents, and more.

Northeast Portland

Laurelhurst, Irvington, Alameda, Hollywood, Rose City Park, Cully, Concordia, Sabin, and more.

North Portland

Overlook, Arbor Lodge, Kenton, St. Johns, Cathedral Park, Portsmouth, University Park, and more.

Northwest & Central

Pearl District, Downtown, Old Town, Nob Hill, Slabtown, Goose Hollow, South Waterfront, and more.

Book through the Cats in the City portal

New clients register once. Existing clients log in directly.

Your portal holds household instructions, cat profiles, medications, contacts, visit requests, and care communication. Use the estimator first when you need to confirm coverage or understand likely pricing.