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DAY IN THE LIFE
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Sheila Mitchell from Westlea runs Pets At Home' a business
Caring for pets at home which specialises in looking after animals whilst
their owners are away
It's an early start for me when I've fresh milk with me so Ipour a small opening, purring all the time. The the kitchen. I empty the cat's litter
animals to look after and 1'm usually amount into her bowl. The water other is on the floor looking up at me tray and refill it. The dustbins are
on the road at about 7a.m. The streets bowl is similarly filled and placed on and rubbing around my legs. The due to be emptied this morning and
are quite empty at that time so it's her mat. This cat is able to go in and food is in their dishes and they tuck I've been asked to put the rubbish
pleasant and easy to drive from one out when she pleases as there is a cat in heartily whilst I wash up the their bag outside. I tie up the bag and
house to another in West Swindon. flap in the back door so I've no litter milk and water bowls before carry it out. Having checked that the
I have five houses to visit this tray to worry about. Having checked replenishing them. I then go into the front door is closed I make my way to
morning and they are in various that the cat is quite well, I leave, garden taking food and a carrot for my final call of the morning.
locations stretching from Sparcells to making sure that the door is locked the rabbit. I open the hutch, making There are birds, two gerbils and a
Freshbrook. As I stop the car outside and secure before I go. sure the rabbit does not escape. I cat in this house. I check that the
the first house the cat who lives there I soon arrive at the next house clean out the toilet area of the hutch, birds have plenty of water and food
comes out to greet me. She follows where there are two cats and a rabbit. check the sleeping section and fill the and then attend to the gerbils, filling
me to the door and jumps inside as The two cats come down the stairs as food bowl. Having refilled the water their food bowls and refilling their
soon as the door is opened. Once soon as I open the front door and get bottle I make sure the hutch is dosed water bottle. The cat comes in whilst
inside the kitchen I open the tin of cat to the kitchen before me, jumping properly and go back into the house I'm doing this and looks at me
food and give her the prescribed onto the work surface and looking to sort out the cat's litter tray. I empty impatiently. I open the cat food and
amount. This cat also has a bowl of impatient as I open the tin of food. the offending material into the fill his dish. He sniffs at it and begins
biscuits, milk and water. I've brought One rubs it's head against the tin Jam dustbin and fill it with fresh litter. eating. I fill the water bowl and give

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/ These cats are fast eaters and eat all him some milk. This cat likes grated
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G. Stevens (Electrical) wash up their dishes before I leave. bowl. Once the cat has finished his
Once everything is dean and tidy I breakfast I wash up the utensils. All
Electrical Contractor & Engineer leave, once again making sure that my animal charges have now had
Domestic, Commercial the door is secure. their breakf ast and are all well and so
There are three cats and some I can go home.
& Industrial Installations tropical fish at the next house. The I have two appointments this
Fire Alarm Installations owners are due back later today so evening. My first stop is at 5p.m. I
when I arrive at the house I see the have to collect a key as my customers
24 hour, 7 days a week call out service milkman has already delivered some are going away for a long weekend.
-No job too big -No job too small milk. I pick it up and put it in the These are new customers who have
fridge. The cats are all out but soon heard of my service from friends.
Special offer on all new shower come in when they see me preparing They show me where they will leave
their food. I've been asked to close the cat food and dishes and also
installations this month. the curtains at night in this house so introduce me to their cat who I will
Ring now for free survey I then open them. The cats are busy be looking after. I take down all the
eating as I refill their water bowl. I cat's requirements on a form which
-Quality work Guaranteed .Competitive rates feed the tropical fish before I leave. the customer signs, having checked
House number 4. There is one cat the information, especially timings
Tel: Swindon 870948 here who has been poorly since it's are accurate. I then sign the form
owner has been away and needed to once I have been given the key.
see the vet. Thankfully it was nothing I have changed my route from this
serious. The vet gave the cat an morning and before I go to my next
CAKTRAVIEUEAD. injection and some tablets. The cat is appointment I can feed some of my
waiting by the door when I get inside other animals. At each house I repeat
and looks much better. It has been the procedure followed on my
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eating well and keeping itself dean morning visit. It is now time for my
which are two good signs. The cat's second appointment. I am returning
Contact us for all your legal needs dishes are ready to be filled and once a key and getting paid for looking
on the mat the cat tucks into its' food. after two cats for two weeks. My
including Halfway through the meal I decide to customers are lovely and brown and
house sales & purchases, give it the tablet. Opening its mouth have obviously had a good holiday.
I pop the tablet into the back of its They remark that the cats were happy
matrimonial matters and throat. It doesn't like that, but to see them and looked well. I return
eventually swallows. I put the cat the key and my customers sign my
criminal law. down by its'dish and after a moments form to say that they have received it.
pause begins to eat again. Once it has So at the end of the day all the
finished its food I wash the dishes. animals are well. They've all been
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Tel: 617617 are left in a separate bowl. I've been watered, dustbins put out and
asked to water theplants and they've curtains drawn. All in all a successful
been left in a convenient corner on day.