Drop-in Visit
20 minutes
Food, fresh water, a scooped litter box, and a bit of company. The everyday option: most Bay Area cats do well on one or two of these a day while their people are away.
Cat sitting in the Bay Area
In-home cat sitting across the Bay Area. Your sitter comes to them, so nothing changes but who opens the can.
Free meet & greet before you commit · no account needed to browse
Where we cover
Sitters pick the zips they cover, which runs a good deal wider than the block they live on. Here is where that lands today.
Your zip code is the real answer: search by zip to see exactly who covers you.
What you can book
You aren’t picking a package. You’re picking how much of the day your cat should have to spend on their own.
20 minutes
Food, fresh water, a scooped litter box, and a bit of company. The everyday option: most Bay Area cats do well on one or two of these a day while their people are away.
45 minutes
Everything in a drop-in, with time left over for play, brushing, and company that isn’t rushed. Book it for kittens with energy to burn, shy cats who need a while to come out from under the bed, or routines with medication in them.
1 hour
A full hour in your home. Long enough that a cat who hides for the first twenty minutes still gets a real visit, and long enough for medication, a slow feed, and play that actually tires them out.
Overnight (8pm – 8am)
Your sitter stays the night in your home, so your cat has company through the small hours and the morning routine happens on time. For cats who genuinely shouldn’t be alone overnight.
Not every sitter offers all four. What they do offer, and how many drop-ins a day they take, is on their profile.
What it costs
The number on a sitter’s profile is the number your card gets charged. Here is how it gets there.
Each sitter prices their own drop-ins and overnights, so what you pay reflects the sitter you picked, not a rate card we imposed on the Bay Area.
mraav takes a cut of every booking. It is already inside the price you see rather than added on at checkout, so there is no second number to brace for.
The full breakdown of charges, cancellations, and refunds lives on how payments work.
How it works
Four steps to a happy cat and peace of mind.
Browse verified sitters near you and message anyone with questions.
Oct 10 – 13Pick dates, share care instructions, and pay securely on mraav. That holds your sitter’s calendar.
Meet & greet
Sat, 2:00 PM · Free
A free meet-and-greet so your cat can weigh in. Not a match? You’re refunded in full.
Visit update
😋 Ate well⚡ Playful
A warm update from your sitter after every visit, so no wondering how it went.
Meet the sitters
No stock photos and no placeholder profiles. Every sitter below is a real person in the Bay Area, background-checked, genuinely fluent in cat, and taking bookings today.
FAQ
What people ask before they book a sitter for the first time.
Sitters set their own rates, so the price varies by sitter and by visit length. Every price shown on mraav is the all-in total: our fee is already inside it rather than added at checkout, so the number on the sitter’s profile is the number your card is charged.
Sitters set their own service areas by zip code, so coverage is built sitter by sitter rather than drawn as one big map. Enter your zip on mraav and you will see exactly who covers it. Coverage is deepest in San Francisco and the inner East Bay right now and keeps widening as sitters join.
Cats are territory animals. A cattery means a carrier, a car ride, and a cage surrounded by unfamiliar animals and smells, which is why stress hiding and skipped meals are so common. An in-home sitter keeps your cat in their own space on their own routine, and the only thing that changes is who does the feeding.
One visit a day suits most healthy adult cats on a simple routine. Two is the common choice for kittens, seniors, cats on medication, or trips longer than a few days. Book overnights when your cat genuinely should not be alone at night. Your sitter will tell you honestly at the meet and greet if you have booked more or less than your cat needs.
Every mraav sitter clears a third-party background check before they can take a booking, and their profile shows their experience, reviews, and what they are comfortable with. You also get a free meet and greet before the sit is confirmed. If it is not a match, your sitter declines and you are refunded in full.
Food, fresh water, litter, and real company, plus anything specific you have set out in your cat’s care instructions such as medication or brushing. After every visit your sitter sends an update with photos, so you can see how it went instead of wondering.
Fluent in cat
Free meet & greet · full refund if it’s not a fit
