This May Day, many people took advantage of this rare five-day holiday to make a short trip. What should I do if my pets at home are unattended? Chen Suting and her home-to-door poop shoveling team "Himao" are specifically responsible for taking care of these "haired children" who are left behind by themselves, and provide door-to-door feeding, water change, shoveling, and playing with them.
Chen Suting, who also raises cats and loves cats, opened a door-to-door online store in 2016. The team expanded from one person to 150 people today, and most of the members are "post-90s". "The initial idea of holding a cat that can be masturbated and earn some money for cat food." Chen Suting said that since the epidemic, the demand for home feeding has been increasing. "Most of the jobs of door-to-door cat shovelers are part-time jobs, because the 'tide phenomenon' is very obvious in our industry. For example, during the May Day, National Day and Spring Festival holidays, the number of orders can reach 2,000-4,000 orders, ten times that of usual."
Domestic feeding pet services have gradually emerged in the past two years, and similar online stores on e-commerce platforms have shown a geometric growth. According to the reporter, the price of door-to-door basic feeding service in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is 60-90 yuan per time. Users can hand over the keys to the door-to-door shoveling officer through express delivery or delivery, and return them after feeding. The owners of the door-to-door poop will report the feeding situation to the pet owner by taking videos and photos. "Confirm whether the doors and windows are closed when leaving is a special reminder every time we train members to prevent pets such as cats or birds from jumping into the window and falling." Chen Suting also has his own standards for team members. "Door-to-door feeding seems simple, and there are many details that need to be paid attention to, so when recruiting, we will choose people who keep their own pets, and only after real-name authentication and screening training can we take up the job."
At the moment when pet foster hotels are popular, pet home-to-door feeding services are also welcomed by more and more people. Chen Suting saw the business opportunities in this emerging industry. She said that she can earn about 10,000 yuan a year as a part-time dog shoveler. She bought canned food for her cat at home to improve food. She plans to set up a company in the future to recruit and train dog shovelers in a standardized management model. She hopes that more people can pay attention to the status of "left-behind pets".