For healthy cats not on medications, typically, no. If your cat requires medications every 12 or 24 hours, we will accommodate precisely-timed visits plus or minus an hour on each side. For insulin injections/glucose testing, we time visits with strict precision but may charge an additional fee at our discretion depending on factors such as your location, ease of access, holiday schedule, etc.
For cats not on meds, CatSat routinely visits any time within a 5-hour window of your choice: Morning (7a-12p), Midday (12p-5p), or Evening (5p-10p). Accommodating more precise visit times for all clients is impossible with a single care provider, while the benefits of having a single, consistent care provider are well-known to cat parents. CatSat keeps careful track of each kitty's feeding needs each day, and our clients know it's the high quality of service and care, rather than precise timing, that matters most to healthy kitties and keeps them happy.
If you are highly concerned about the precise timing of your kitty's meals, we recommend investing in wet- and/or dry-food autofeeders for your cats. In fact, we recommend autofeeders for virtually all cat households, along with foraging toys and puzzle feeders, to optimize cats' mental and nutritional health every day of the year, regardless of your work or travel schedule. Whether you have competitive cats, bullies, overeaters, picky eaters, wet food, dry food, treats, even a dog in the house...there is a quality, modern autofeeder for virtually any nutritional, social, or multipet situation. CatSat frequently introduces our clients to new autofeeders and aids in the selection, procurement, setup, programming, and acclimation of kitties to appropriate ones successfully.
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