The Critter Lady LLC

05/11/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all the pet moms I have the pleasure of working with 🥰

04/16/2026

This is a level of unbothered that I aspire to be 😬🤣

Making a cameo, is Reaper's tail 😅

Would love to see your babies happy and lounging in the comments! Leave a picture below ❤️

04/07/2026

04/07/2026

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04/06/2026

A quick giggle for Easter Sunday 🐇 Caption this!! I found Reaper last year, freshly dumped, absolutely skeletal, sick with a severe URI, and later had to fight his way through wet FIP. These days, his only worry is when his next belly rub might be, and he's an accommodating fellow, so he decided to make it easy for me 🤭😆 I don't know about you, but I think a billboard might be more subtle!

04/05/2026

A relaxed afternoon at home with my babies before my evening visits! There is nothing that brings me more joy or contentment than seeing my own critters relaxed and happy ❤️

04/05/2026

Happy Easter! These little beans came to hang out with me for a few hours today while their foster human went to celebrate the holiday with their family!

These little ones lost their mom and have not been super cooperative about the switch from mom's milk, to kitten formula, and have also been pretty constipated so their foster was hoping I might be able to help with that while they were here. Thankfully, both babies pooped for me, so they can continue to grow and thrive, and it also helped them feel a bit more amenable to the formula after they were feeling a bit better. They went home with full tummies afterward and hopefully this will jumpstart their progress at moving forward!! Good luck little ones, and happy Easter! 🐇🥚🐣

03/25/2026

This little dude is a ! Spring break is coming up for a lot of folks, don't wait till the last minute to book your pet care before you go. Enjoy your time away, stress free because you know your babies are safe and cared while you're away 🥰 pick the right provider 🙋‍♀️ and you'll feel like your babies are right there with you through pictures and videos!

12/30/2025

This is Arno. Arno looks a little bit miffed, but honestly, she's come worlds past where she was when I first met her three years ago. Her humans have been my most loyal clients since I started petsitting professionally in California.

The first drop-in I did with Arno, I had to half crawl under the couch just to see her and get a picture of her for her humans, and she basically came out *swinging*.

Arno loves her people, but is very fear-aggressive in situations where she feels unsafe - this makes handling her a very tricky business, and I'd argue, finding a balance between getting at least a visual on her to ensure continued good health, and not causing her emotional distress, is even harder.

I literally spent a good 20 minutes each visit (twice a day) laying on the floor in front of the couch with Arno smashed as far back as she could go, slow-blinking at her, laying and pretending to ignore her, and generally just being as relaxed as possible, to convince Arno I was not a threat.

Now, three years fast forward, I still have never touched Arno. But she comes out when she feels like it, she doesn't hide (though she has her favorite spots, she's not buried under the couch anymore) and occasionally, she'll pass within a foot of me pretty peacefully. Every once in a while I get a hiss or a mumble in case I might forget myself and try to touch her, lol (spoiler, I have never been so brazen, but she is just making sure).

Pets are not toys and have their own thoughts and feelings. This is the other end of the spectrum from sweet Lily, posted the other day. Each is completely ok, and I let the pets I care for, take the lead on what our relationship will look like.

Even though basic care tasks mostly remain the same, no two sits are the same, and it matters that the person giving that care, can critically think enough to make judgement calls and help your pet succeed in the best way, while you're away.

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12/28/2025

This is Ducky. He's mine, and a very special boy (I don't say that just because he's mine, though obviously I'm a bit biased 😅) when he was a baby, he was almost a "failure to thrive" because he was just having a heck of time wanting to transition to adult food from baby food and wasn't growing as much as he should.

In pure serendipity, he was being cared for by someone who has become an incredibly dear friend, and I met Ducky, he proceeded to try to "take a bath" in my hair and utterly charm me, and I, sort of jokingly, said, if he ever needs a home - call me! At the time, he did have an intended home, but that fell through and at about the same time, he decided he was ready to grow up and be a big boy after all.

He has grown up to be my absolute pride and joy and is a COMPLETE ham. Him holding his little foot up and his tap taps on his food cup (he learned to copy me since I tap off the food cups in the trash when I clean out food dust, smart pants 😆) are all him wanting my attention and requesting to have me take him out and give him snuggles and scritches and basically just love on him. He *loves* when you talk to him, so you'll have to suffer through my baby voice talking to him. He's worth it though 🥹❤️