Spend the New Year on the spot and earn some extra money? Feeding cats at home has become a new idea for Shanghai young people to take part-time jobs.

Dongfang. com reporter Zhao Ming reports. Com, February 13 reports: How to take care of pets at home during holidays is a difficult problem faced by many shovel officials. In recent years, foster care and door-to-door feeding services have gradually become popular. According to the "Top Ten Commodities in 2020" released by Taobao, the door-to-door cat feeding service placed in Taobao in 2020 increased by 220 times compared with last year. During the Spring Festival this year, many young people in Shanghai chose to respond to the call and be "primitive people" on the spot. It is a good choice for shovel officers who stay in Shanghai to feed cats at home and earn extra money for others at this time.

Yuyu, from Hubei, has worked in Shanghai for five years, and this year is her first live Chinese New Year. "It was difficult to go back to Shanghai last year, and I dare not go back this year. During the Spring Festival, she took her sister to Shanghai for the Spring Festival. In addition to staying at home and gathering with friends during this period, feeding cats at home is also one of her important tasks this year. " At that time, it was mainly to earn some extra money. Because I am familiar with this business, I also help my friends take care of their cats while earning some money.

As a senior shovel officer, Yuyu now has three cats. In addition, she not only has many years of experience in raising cats, but also engages in the adoption and distribution of stray cats in her spare time. Starting from 17, she successively picked up more than a dozen stray cats in the community, gave them a "new home" by posting information on the platform and communicating with interested people, and asked for a return visit to the adopters through WeChat and friends circle.

Yu Yu introduced that there are two ways to keep cats at present. One is family foster care, that is, the owner puts the cat and dog in other families, but this has a disadvantage that the cat can not adapt to the new environment. The other is door-to-door cat feeding, which has emerged in the past two years and there are also some professional platforms. If you want to help others feed cats, one is to contact the cat owner yourself, and the other is to take orders through the platform. "The platform will have more restrictions. In order to avoid disputes, things like shoes and gloves will be distributed, and photos will be taken when entering the door and before leaving.

This year, on the one hand, she posted advertisements in the circle of friends and cat exchange groups, on the other hand, she also took orders on the platform. According to her understanding, because many people choose to celebrate the New Year on the spot this year, the orders for feeding cats at home have actually decreased. At present, she has received orders from several acquaintances and a platform.

Yu Yu's description of "door-to-door cat feeding service"

When looking for businesses, Yuyu also made pricing with reference to some platforms, and the price will be agreed according to the subway distance, the number of cats and the number of visits. In addition, she also made a service description list for the host, and marked the special situation of the cat in the form.

After arriving at the customer's home, she needs to finish feeding cat food, changing sand, teasing cats and cleaning at home, which takes about half an hour. These days, she has come to feed a cat named Nana, and made a "work log" in her circle of friends to reassure her owner.

Part of Yuyu's work feedback record

Wang Lu, from Changchun, Jilin, said that he chose to stay in Shanghai for the Spring Festival this year because his hometown is a bit serious. After working in Shanghai for one year, this year is also the first time that she doesn't go home for the New Year. "Because life is very full at ordinary times, I still cook, learn English, read books and brush dramas during the holidays.

She has many years of breeding experience, and is a "cat-owning family". She usually publishes the adoption information of stray cats in Weibo. "I first learned about the cat business at home. During my return to China last year, my friends recommended relevant platforms. She mentioned that when using the platform "door-to-door cat feeding service", you need to fill in the details of your cat's age, whether it has been vaccinated, whether it has been sterilized, temper and personality, as well as the placement of related items, the location of doors and windows, and the places where cats are easy to hide. These need to be photographed and archived. After that, the platform will automatically match a cat feeder.

But Wang Lu almost lost a cat last year. The cat ran out of the room because the man who came to feed the cat didn't close the window. Later, when the platform staff looked for cats, she invited a special team to look for cats. Although the cat was eventually recovered, it was still injured and suffered from keratitis, and it took two months to recover at its own expense. This experience made her more cautious about "feeding cats at home". She didn't go home during the Spring Festival this year, and she began to post on Weibo-related topics to find business. However, due to the increase in the number of people staying in Shanghai this year, she is still waiting for customers.

Red deer feeds the cat at home.

People who have just worked for more than a year this year responded to the call and did not go home for the New Year due to work reasons. "I may eat a hot pot by myself this year and then make an appointment with my friends. So she chose to post in Weibo, looking for "door-to-door cat feeding business". She mentioned that it is safer to feed cats at home, because cats may induce stress reactions when they arrive in a new environment, and many cats are prone to moss.

Ma Ying said that prices and rules are basically not discussed with customers now, because cat owners are knowledgeable. The process of finalizing with the other party is also faster. "It will be finished in ten minutes. If there are special circumstances, I will know more about it. For example, if my sister's cat is inflamed, she still needs to take the medicine last time. In terms of safety, she said that many shovel officers have monitoring at home, which is relatively safe. The other party will tell themselves the key or password, and then flash the key back after the service.

By the end of New Year's Eve, Ma Ying had received three orders. "Not much, because it was very late when I decided to stay in Shanghai. This will also become one of her main "jobs" during the Chinese New Year: "Taking care of cats actually takes up a lot of time, usually 2-4 times, within one hour each time. Go and play with them. After all, they have been cats for a long time and are very lonely.

Many young people like Yu Yu, Ma Ying and Wang Lu stayed in Shanghai. In Weibo, many young people who stayed in Shanghai are trying this new business to increase their extra income during the Spring Festival. Although the number of people visiting the New Year has increased, there are still many pet owners who come to the cat feeding service.

Douban door-to-door cat feeding related groups

The White Paper on Pet Industry in China in 2020 shows that the huge single population and the normalization of * * promote the pet economy to soar continuously. It is understood that there are already many platforms on the market to provide "door-to-door cat feeding service". At the same time, because most of the working hours are concentrated on holidays, the income is unstable, and most pet caregivers are part-time.

However, this is still a relatively new industry. How to ensure the quality of food service, clarify the rights and obligations of both parties, and ensure property safety. The industry needs more standardized standards in the next step. Pet owners need to know more and be cautious when seeking services.