About

Hello! I'm Jennifer (best known as Jen) and I'm the Founder of The Cat Companion. For as long as I can remember I have always had a deep love for animals. Throughout my childhood I was lucky enough to grow up around a lot of family pets. We had the common household pets (gerbils, hamsters, rats, rabbits, dogs etc) but we also had more unusual ones, like tropical fish, tortoises and stick insects.

I went to University of Greenwich to study an Animal Science degree. After graduating 4 years later, having been back and forth to South Africa to research elephant behaviour, I moved to South Africa to pursue my dream of being a Safari Guide/Game Ranger. I trained vigourously for 6 months and then worked as a qualified (FGASA) Safari Guide/Game Ranger in South Africa for a couple of years before returning to England.

I own 3 cats of my own (Phoebe, Oscar and Theo) and I am not ashamed to say that I am very much obsessed with them. I know first hand how daunting it can be when you go on holiday or are away from home and you have to leave your cat(s). I wanted to create a business that would allow for cat owners to have that all important peace of mind that their cat was going to be well cared for. I pride myself in showing as much love to other people's cats as I would if they were mine.

The long term goal is to study Feline Behaviour as a form of higher education and work as a Feline Behaviourist alongside cat sitting/visits.