Sellwood Cat Sitting

Cat Sitting Built Specifically Around Cats

Cats experience travel, owner absence, environmental disruption, and stress differently than many other animals.

Because of that, Cats in the City approaches cat sitting through a feline-only lens focused on observation, emotional regulation, behavioral stability, and continuity of care rather than simple task completion alone.

Visits are structured around understanding how cats actually communicate stress, comfort, appetite change, social engagement, and environmental regulation within the home.

More Than Feeding And Litter Care

While visits include the practical components of feline care, quality cat sitting also involves ongoing observation and environmental assessment throughout the visit itself.

For many cats, maintaining routine predictability and emotional stability during owner absence becomes just as important as the physical care tasks themselves.

Experienced With Sensitive And Higher-Needs Cats

Cats in the City regularly works with:

Because cats often compensate quietly, our visits focus heavily on recognizing subtle behavioral or physiologic change before concerns escalate further.

We Do Not Force Interaction

Cats in the City approaches feline care through a trauma-informed and regulation-oriented framework.

That means we do not automatically force interaction, chase fearful cats, or interpret hiding behavior as “bad behavior.”

Instead, visits are paced around:

Many cats become increasingly socially engaged once the environment feels calmer and more predictable.

Our Cat Sitting Exists Within A Larger Feline Care System

Cats in the City is not simply a pet sitting company.

We also operate:

That broader feline infrastructure allows us to evaluate not only whether visits occurred, but whether the overall structure of care appears supportive and stabilizing for the individual cat.