Get paid to look after cats in New Zealand

Cat sitting on Petme pays NZ$25 to NZ$45 for a 20 to 30 minute visit, GST inclusive, with the top of the band in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. You set your own rate per visit, and sitter cashback pushes your take-home toward 90% of every booking.

You let yourself in, put down fresh food and water, clean and top up the litter, spend a few minutes on play or brushing, and check the cat looks well. Medication goes into the routine if the owner asked for it. Before you leave you send a photo and a short note through the app.

Set up a Petme profile, pass identity verification, and set the rate you want per visit and the hours you can actually work. Owners near you send requests from there, and your first reviews decide how quickly the next ones arrive.

Yes, if you know cats. Petme runs identity and background checks rather than asking for a qualification, so you take the visits that fit around whatever else you do. Say in your profile what you have handled at home, including shy cats, medication, or a multi-cat house.

Charge per visit and let the length of the trip do the arithmetic. Two visits a day for a fortnight at NZ$25 to NZ$45 each comes to 28 visits, and you set that per-visit rate yourself. One or two visits a day is the usual pattern, so a long trip becomes a run of visits rather than a single fee.

Contact the owner first, then the vet they nominated in the booking. Every confirmed Petme booking carries the Petme Protection Plan, up to NZ$39,000 of vet expenses for the pet in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. Agree the vet details and an emergency contact at the meet and greet.