Lou

I love cats and they (usually) love me! I've lots of experience looking after friend's cats (and plants) when they go on holiday and grew up in farming countryside down South surrounded by animals and pets.

I've only recently got my own cat, Mala, after fostering her and her 4 kittens who had been abandoned at 4 weeks old. The kittens all went on to loving homes but I couldn't bear to part with Mala and I've now very much joined the failed fosterer club.

She's a super friendly but streetwise outdoor cat that loves being around people and curling up at the end of my bed at night. She's very different now to the cat that came to me very scared at only a year old with her second litter of kittens. She was too ill and malnourished to feed them at first, but we nursed her back to health and she became the best mum for them. She's named after Malala Yousafzai because she deserved the name of a strong independent woman. I only found out Mala means naughty in Spanish when my Spanish lodger moved in! 

The other cat in the household belongs to my lodger. His name's Leo and he's slowly being introduced to Mala. Both of them ended up here after a non cat loving landlord spotted him in her window and they both had to leave!

I have no experience with dogs so if you've both cats and dogs I'm probably not the best fit, although am willing to give it a go.

Am more than happy to come to visit local cats and kittens while you're away and have transport so can take them to the vets if needed. I also have a very flexible work schedule so can visit at odd times of the day if needed. I can potentially visit people that aren't local for a higher rate to cover travel costs and time, just get in touch.