Pick up cat visits across Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat licenses cats as well as dogs, so a sitter checks that the cat's City tag is on its collar before the owner leaves. Cat visits in Medicine Hat run CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat station logs January nights at -14.1C on the 1991-2020 normals, so a winter visit starts at the thermostat and the pipes under the sink. July days reach 27.7C, the warmest figure on that record, and a closed house heats up fast. That is when the job is fresh water, drawn blinds and a cool room for the cat.
When owners travel
Medicine Hat Public School Division sets the calendar. Classes stop December 21 and restart after January 1, 2027. The February break runs February 15 to 19, 2027, with the teachers' convention. The last day of classes is June 25, 2027, and then the summer holiday opens the long travel window.
Know your Medicine Hat areas
Crescent Heights sits north of the South Saskatchewan River, while Ross Glen and Southlands are on the south side, so a route crosses a bridge once. Riverside and River Flats are the older blocks near downtown, where a key handover can happen on foot.
Cat homes in Medicine Hat
A Medicine Hat cat visit goes mostly to a house: single-detached homes are 63.4% of occupied dwellings in the 2021 census. Cats here live indoors through the prairie winter, so the sitter tops up food and water and checks the litter tray on each stop.
Bilingual owners book faster
Canada is officially bilingual, and in Quebec, parts of New Brunswick and the Ottawa region owners search and message in French. A sitter who says in their profile that they work in French as well as English books faster in those neighbourhoods.
What a cat sitting job in Medicine Hat actually involves
Each visit happens at the owner's home: food, fresh water, the litter tray and a photo sent back. A spare key or garage code is handed over before the owner leaves. In winter the sitter also listens for the furnace and checks that the taps still run.
Keys and access
Most Medicine Hat owners hand over a spare key, a lockbox code or a smart-lock code at the meet-and-greet. Agree where the key lives and how you get in if the code fails, and confirm it before the owner leaves town.
The visit
Fresh food and water, the litter box scooped, a look at the cat and a few minutes of play or a brush. You note anything off, like a skipped meal or a hidden cat, so the owner hears it from you first.
The update
A photo and two lines in the app after every visit. Owners who cannot see their cat for a week live on those messages, and a sitter who sends them without being asked is the one they rebook.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Medicine Hat. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
CAD 20 to CAD 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
CAD 40 to CAD 65 per night
The math for Medicine Hat: two owners traveling Monday to Friday, two visits a day each, CAD 28 a visit. That is 20 visits and CAD 560 in a week, and you keep up to 90% of it.
Medicine Hat areas you can cover
Cat sitting in Medicine Hat reaches rental suites too, since 7,930 households, or 29.1% of the city, rented their home in the 2021 census.
Medicine Hat requires a licence for every cat. Section 7 of the Responsible Animal Ownership Bylaw 3935 sets it, and a cat off the owner's property wears its City cat tag. Section 14 bars any animal from running at large, and section 37(1) caps a property at three dogs and six cats. Pet-care income is self-employment income, reported on form T2125 with your T1 return. GST/HST registration is required once taxable revenue passes the CAD 30,000 small-supplier threshold in four consecutive quarters.
Built for sitters in Medicine Hat
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protected on every booking
CAD 32,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
What Medicine Hat owners look for in a cat sitter
Cat owners book on trust more than on price. The profile details below are the ones they ask about.
Comfort with shy cats
Many cats hide from a stranger for the first visit. Owners want to hear that you will sit with the cat, not chase it, and that a hidden cat still gets fed and its box scooped.
Reliability, twice a day
A cat on medication or a diabetic cat needs visits at the same time every day. Say what your schedule can hold in Medicine Hat, and mention any medication experience, even with your own cat.
A tidy visit
Litter cleaned properly, nothing left out, doors and windows as you found them, and a message with a photo. Owners come home and look for those signs before they look at anything else.
How to start earning in Medicine Hat
1. Download Petme
Download the Petme app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Build your profile
Add photos, a short bio, and the Medicine Hat neighborhoods you cover.
3. Verify your ID
Complete identity verification so owners can trust your profile before they book.
4. Set your rates and accept bookings
Set your own rates per service, choose your schedule, and accept the bookings you want.
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Start earning in Medicine Hat
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.