Chinese man earns US$23,000 in holiday week through cat-feeding services
Home-alone felines benefit from pioneering service which provides litter tray cleaning, medical treatment, nail clipping, even kitty security
A young Chinese man who offered cat-feeding services during the Chinese New Year reported earning 160,000 yuan (US$23,000) over the holiday.
The sizeable earnings generated by the feline feeding enterprise have highlighted that there is significant demand for such services.
Huan Cong, born in 1991, and based in Shanghai, is a professional in the pet-care industry who has specialised in door-to-door cat feeding services for nine years.
During this year’s Spring Festival, he and four employees stayed in Shanghai, caring for pets whose owners had travelled away for the holiday.
Over a period of more than 20 days before and after the festival, his team completed around 2,000 home-visit cat-feeding orders, with Huan himself handling about 1,000 of them.
More than 80 per cent of orders came from clients returning to their hometowns, while about 10 per cent came from people travelling during off-peak periods. Many customers use his services year after year.
During the holiday season he leaves home at 3am each day and works until 10 or even 11pm, averaging only three to four hours of sleep.
