Look after cats in Boca Raton and keep up to 90%
Boca Raton holds 4,679 homes kept for seasonal or occasional use, so a cat here can go weeks without its owner at home. Cat visits in Boca Raton run $18 to $42 per 20 to 30 minute visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback.
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Local know-how pays off in Boca Raton
Hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30 and peaks around September 10, which is when a cat visit turns into a power check. The normal August high is 90 degrees, so a tripped breaker leaves a closed condo hot within hours. Cold snaps matter little here, and December lows sit near 62.
When demand peaks
The travel weeks are Palm Beach County's winter break, December 22 to January 1, and spring break, March 22 to 26 in 2027. Boca Raton also holds 4,679 homes kept for seasonal or occasional use, and an empty home still needs feeding and a litter check every day.
Know your Boca Raton areas
Downtown Boca Raton carries the high-rise condo blocks, and citywide 12,555 units are in buildings of 50 apartments or more. Keys there move through a front desk rather than a lockbox. Boca Villas and Golden Harbour are single-family, so visits mean a code and a side gate.
Cat homes in Boca Raton
Boca Raton has 49,128 housing units and 12,555 of them sit in buildings of 50 apartments or more. Another 4,679 units are held for seasonal or occasional use. Cats here stay indoors on air conditioning, and plenty of their owners are gone for months at a time.
Bilingual owners book faster
Plan on some care notes arriving in Spanish. Of the city's 98,074 residents aged five and over, 11,241 speak Spanish at home. Of those, 3,750 speak English less than very well. Another 2,742 speak a Slavic language at home.
What a cat sitting job in Boca Raton actually involves
A downtown visit starts at a front desk, so the building needs your name on a list before the first booking. In the single-family blocks around Boca Villas the handover is a gate code and a key. Twice-daily visits are normal in August, when a house left closed up gets hot fast.
Keys and access
Most Boca Raton 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 Boca Raton. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback.
Drop-in cat visits
$18 to $42 per 20 to 30 minute visit
A typical Boca Raton week: two cats, two visits a day, five days, $30 per visit. 20 visits, $600 before cashback, up to 90% kept. The visits take twenty to thirty minutes each and cluster where you already are.
Boca Raton areas that book the most
Cat sitting in Boca Raton runs on condo households and on the 4,679 city homes held for seasonal or occasional use.
Florida licenses no pet sitter or dog walker. Boca Raton requires dogs on leash under ordinance sections 5-32 and 5-41. Palm Beach County code 4-22 caps dogs and cats per residence by lot size, and 4-23 requires a county kennel permit for a place of business keeping dogs for hire. The city requires a certificate of use and business tax receipt for a home-based business. Pet-care income is self-employment, reported on Schedule C.
Built for sitters in Boca Raton
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and sitter cashback pushes your take-home toward 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
$22,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
What Boca Raton 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 Boca Raton, 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 Boca Raton
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 Boca Raton 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 Boca Raton
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Boca Raton.
How much does a cat sitting visit pay in Boca Raton?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Boca Raton run $18 to $42 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and with sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Is anyone hiring cat sitters in Boca Raton right now?
Yes. Petme recruits sitters across Boca Raton year-round, from Downtown Boca Raton to Pearl City, and owners send booking requests directly to sitters in their area. There is no vacancy list to wait on: you create a profile, set the areas you cover, and accept the requests you want.
Can I sign up for cat sitting in Boca Raton before I turn 18?
No. Petme sitters must be 18 or over, so under-18s cannot take bookings yet. From 18 you can start without formal experience: you need a smartphone with the Petme app, to pass ID verification, and a profile that describes the pets you have cared for, including your own.
Does cat sitting fit around a full time job in Boca Raton?
It fits part-time schedules well because you are self-employed: no assigned shifts, no minimum hours, and you set your own rate. Many Boca Raton sitters take a few bookings a week around a job or studies and scale up or down as their calendar allows.
Where in Boca Raton do cat owners need sitters most?
Cat sitting in Boca Raton runs on condo households and on the 4,679 city homes held for seasonal or occasional use. 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 Boca Raton?
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 Boca Raton owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I set my own visit schedule in Boca Raton?
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 Downtown Boca Raton and Pearl City into one efficient round.
Am I covered if a cat gets sick during a visit in Boca Raton?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including drop-in visits, includes $22,000 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 Downtown Boca Raton or Pearl City.
Do Boca Raton cat sitting jobs slow down outside the winter season?
No. Cat sitting in Boca Raton spreads across the year because two demand sources run on different clocks. County school breaks fill late December and the last week of March, while hurricane season, June 1 to November 30, is when owners want someone who can check a house after a storm.
Do I need experience to cat sit in Boca Raton?
No formal qualification is required. You need to be 18 or over, have a smartphone with the Petme app, and pass ID verification. Experience helps you win your first cat sitting bookings in Boca Raton, so it is worth describing the pets you have looked after, including your own, on your profile.
What are cat sitting visits like in Boca Raton?
Boca Raton has 49,128 housing units and 12,555 of them sit in buildings of 50 apartments or more. Another 4,679 units are held for seasonal or occasional use. Cats here stay indoors on air conditioning, and plenty of their owners are gone for months at a time.
Cat sitting jobs near Boca Raton
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Boca Raton
Set your own rate. $22,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.