This Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, Jinhua girl Xiao Xu chose to stay in Hangzhou for the New Year.
Rather than lying flat at home, Xiao Xu wished she could be busy, so she took 20 pets to feed her.
10 days, 20 single pet maintenance services, Xiao Xu expects to earn 8,000 yuan. Due to the impact of the epidemic and other reasons, Xiao Xu received almost 16 orders, and the final income was more than 5,000 yuan.
Some netizens said that this money is also too good to earn, right?
Is it really so profitable to feed pets at home?
Xiao Xu said that he was probably more tired than going to work.
On February 10, the hourly news reporter contacted Xiao Xu.
During the Spring Festival, 16 pets were taken care of
Every house has to go every day
Xiao Xu is 28 years old, his hometown of Jinhua Huayang, working for an Internet company in Hangzhou.
Starting in July last year, she began posting information on providing pet surrogate services on the Idle Fish platform.
Why do you want to do pet surrogate?
Xiao Xu said that at the beginning, part-time pet breeding was completely out of interest.
"I love animals myself, and I have three cats at home. Idle think that feeding small animals can also make some money, which is very good. ”
The first problem faced by pet surrogates is the customer.
"The process of accumulating customers in the early stage is relatively long." Xiao Xu said that she was the one who started relatively early in the collection of pets in Hangzhou, and so far the stable customers can maintain more than 15: "I have my own cats, which is more convincing, plus careful and responsible, customers have slowly accumulated." Almost every holiday, a few regular customers will let me come to the door to feed the pets. ”
Before the New Year this year, Xiao Xu's expected order volume reached 20 orders, and later cancelled several orders due to the epidemic, and finally fixed 16 orders.
Each of these 16 homes has to come to the door every day.
Is it easy to earn money for pets?
Personal experience tells you: battery car wind in the snow, very tired
Pet surrogacy is not as simple as petting a cat.
Clean, feed, interact, take videos, and most importantly keep the critters safe.
Therefore, Xiao Xu does not receive all pets on behalf of the list.
When communicating beforehand, she will ask if the pet's vaccine is complete and whether the window will be closed in the home.
Xiao Xu's own three orange cats
"The pet vaccine is complete for me personally, my own pet and I feed the health of the pet on my behalf, the window is closed, I also consider that the cat is a curious animal, if not sealed the window may have unexpected situations." As a pet lover or pet nurse (pet nurse: profession that specializes in home feeding services), I don't want that to happen. Xiao Xu said.
As for the charge, the distance during the Spring Festival is 60 yuan once within 3 kilometers, and 80 yuan once within 3 to 5 kilometers, and the price on weekdays is restored after the Lantern Festival.
Xiao Xu calculated his daily working hours and concluded: It is really not easy to earn, it is very tired.
"I ride an electric car, there is a travel time on the road, it takes about 15 minutes to 20 minutes to serve a family, and it takes more than 8 hours for those 16 companies." These 16 are going every day, and after running one, they go to another. ”
Xiao Xu told the hourly news reporter that the weather in Hangzhou this Spring Festival has been bad, and it is snow and rain, "the electric car rush is really called a sour and refreshing."
Her own job in the Internet company, the monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan, "this pet can be more tired than my own job, those days every day back pain." ”
Pet breeding is particularly evident during the off-peak season
There is no long-term idea
Earn more than 5,000 yuan in 10 days, which is a good part-time job in terms of remuneration alone, but Xiao Xu has no intention of doing it all the time.
"Pet breeding is a particularly obvious part-time job in the off-peak season, only holidays will have business, for example, during last year's National Day, I earned more than 4,000 yuan, usually only one or two single loose orders, so it can really only be used as a part-time job."
Xiao Xu usually has the habit of feeding stray cats and is a loving girl.
Many times, working part-time as a pet owner requires sacrificing your own life.
This year's Spring Festival, she had planned to take two days to return to her hometown to visit her family, but in the end, because the agreement with the guests could not be achieved, she could only stay in Hangzhou.
"The current pet breeding market is a bit mixed. Some people who like pets will also use ultra-low prices to take orders, such as 20 yuan once, 25 yuan once, not to make money, just to pet cats and dogs are happy, so that there is no threshold in this line. Xiao Xu said.
Regarding the whereabouts of pets during the Spring Festival, the hourly news reporter also learned about the price and situation of some pet boarding on February 9.
Pet boarding prices range from 60 yuan a day to 400 yuan a day, according to the level of the room to distinguish, many readers said that the price is not cheap.
Do shovelers send their pets to pet stores if something goes out, or do they ask someone to feed them on their behalf?
Xiao Xu also expressed his views: "I don't think it is comfortable to keep a pet in a pet store, and if I want to go out, I may also let the neighbors or pet nurses help feed." ”
Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News reporter Bian Chengyi