Build a regular round of cat visits in Surrey
Cats do best at home, so Surrey owners near Cloverdale and South Surrey book in-home visits when they travel. Cat visits in Surrey run CAD 22 to CAD 40 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 Surrey
A visit here is a weather check as much as a feed. December brings 15.3 nights at or below freezing, so a sitter runs a tap and reads the thermostat before locking up. January has dropped 111.8 mm in a single day, which is when a basement takes water. July and August each pass 30C on about four days, and the blinds decide the visit.
When demand peaks
March empties the houses: Surrey's spring break runs March 15 to 19, 2027, school closure days carry it to March 25, and classes resume March 30. The December 21 to January 1 shutdown is the other wave, with schools back January 4. Summer bookings start once schools close June 25.
Know your Surrey areas
City Centre and Guildford hold the apartment clusters, so a fob or a lockbox starts the visit and two clients can share one tower. Only 32.8% of Surrey homes are single-detached, and those sit out in Cloverdale and South Surrey, where the visit means a driveway and a drive.
Cat homes in Surrey
Single-detached houses are 32.8% of Surrey's 185,675 occupied private dwellings, so most cats here live behind an apartment or townhouse door. Rain rather than cold keeps them inside, with 252.4 mm falling across 22.2 wet January days.
Bilingual owners book faster
Expect Punjabi in your messages, most of it out of Newton. Across Surrey 122,525 people speak Punjabi most often at home, the city's largest non-official home language, and Newton's population is 58% South Asian.
What a cat sitting job in Surrey actually involves
Cat sitting is a drop-in service, so the cat never leaves home. You let yourself in with a key or a code the owner sets up, spend 20 to 30 minutes on food, water, the litter box and some company, check the place over, and send a photo before you lock up. Owners in Surrey book it because a cat that stays home stays calm. One traveler booking twice a day for ten days is twenty visits from a single client.
Keys and access
Most Surrey 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 Surrey. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
CAD 22 to CAD 40 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Overnight boarding
CAD 45 to CAD 75 per night
Two clients in Surrey on twice-daily visits for five days is 20 visits. At CAD 31 a visit that is CAD 620, and you keep up to 90%. Holiday weeks stack two or three trips on top of that.
Surrey areas that book the most
Cat sitting bookings in Surrey come from City Centre and Guildford apartment households that travel over the March and December school breaks.
British Columbia licenses neither dog walkers nor pet sitters. The Surrey Animal Responsibility Bylaw, 2017, No. 19105 caps any real property at three dogs over eight weeks. Section 7 licenses every dog over three months, and section 37 confines off-leash to designated areas. A home business needs a City licence. 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 Surrey
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 Surrey 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 Surrey, 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 Surrey
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 Surrey 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.
Cat sitting jobs in Surrey
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Surrey.
Can I pick up cat sitting jobs near me in Surrey?
Requests reach you from owners near the Surrey areas listed on your profile, and you accept or decline each one. There are no assigned shifts, so every booking you take sits at a distance you chose.
Is Petme hiring cat sitters in Surrey?
You are not hired by a company. In Surrey owners book you, you decide which requests to take, and payment runs through the app to your bank account instead of a payslip.
Can I combine cat sitting and dog walking work in Surrey?
You are not locked to a single vertical. Offering both widens the requests that reach you in Surrey, and because you set each rate yourself you can price the one you prefer more attractively.
How much does a cat sitting visit pay in Surrey?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Surrey run CAD 22 to CAD 40 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Is this a part-time or full-time job in Surrey?
Neither in the employment sense. You work in Surrey as a self-employed sitter, so there are no assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Some people take a couple of bookings a week around another job, others fill a full week. You scale it up or down yourself.
What do I need to start pet care work in Surrey?
You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Owners choose on reviews, availability and a complete profile, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.
How do I apply?
Apply through the Petme become a pet sitter page for Canada, then build your profile: the services you want to offer, your own rate for each, and the Surrey areas you cover. Owners nearby send you booking requests, and you accept or decline each one.
How do I get paid for bookings in Surrey?
Payment runs through the app rather than cash at the door. Each confirmed Surrey booking is paid out to your bank account, and you keep up to 90% of what the owner pays. You set the rate for every service yourself.
Where in Surrey do cat owners need sitters most?
Cat sitting bookings in Surrey come from City Centre and Guildford apartment households that travel over the March and December school breaks. Most cat owners book a sitter within their own neighborhood, so listing the areas you cover sharpens your visibility.
What does a cat sitter do at each visit in Surrey?
A standard drop-in runs 20 to 30 minutes: feeding, fresh water, litter scooping, playtime, and a photo update to the owner in chat. Many Surrey owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I set my own visit schedule in Surrey?
Yes. You set your available hours and accept or decline each request. Morning and evening visit slots fill first, and you can stack several nearby visits around Cloverdale and South Surrey into one efficient round.
Am I covered if a cat gets sick during a visit in Surrey?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including drop-in visits, includes CAD 32,000 in Protection Plan for the cat in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you sit in Cloverdale or South Surrey.
Is cat sitting work near me in Surrey busier in summer or at Christmas?
Both fill, and December fills first. Surrey schools close December 21 and stay shut to January 1, so cat sitting visits book across those twelve days. Summer runs longer per booking, starting when schools close June 25. August is the driest month at 36.3 mm, so those visits turn on water bowls.
What are cat sitting visits like in Surrey?
Single-detached houses are 32.8% of Surrey's 185,675 occupied private dwellings, so most cats here live behind an apartment or townhouse door. Rain rather than cold keeps them inside, with 252.4 mm falling across 22.2 wet January days.
Cat sitting jobs near Surrey
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Surrey
Set your own rate. CAD 32,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.