Pets come to feed cute
Our reporter Kang Qiongyan
Although some people affected by the epidemic choose to stay at work for the New Year, many still plan to go home and reunite with their relatives.
Who will take care of the pets in the "left-behind" house after going out for a long time?
Door-to-door feeding services are quietly emerging.
Li Baojia is a pet feeding team in Beijing.
In late December last year, the on-site service during the Spring Festival of Libao's family had begun to make appointments.
During the Spring Festival this year, about 40 families need home service, and the cumulative number of services is about 200.
According to reports, in addition to providing basic services such as refilling pets, changing water, and shoveling feces, the service staff will also interact with pets. Depending on the situation, cats can cut their nails, feed medicine, groom their hair, etc. The overall duration is 1 hour about.
The service staff will feedback the pet status to the owner by shooting video.
According to the data released by the White Paper on China's Pet Industry in 2019, China's urban pet (dogs and cats) consumer market exceeded 200 billion yuan in 2019. By 2025, the scale of China's pet market may exceed 500 billion yuan, involving pet food, foster care, and diagnosis and treatment. , Toys, maintenance and other subdivisions.
Door-to-door feeding, as a new pet custody method, has won praise from some users.
Mr. Shi has 3 years of experience in raising cats.
For him, the main reason for choosing home feeding is to save worry.
“Family-style fostering is difficult to ensure the living environment of cats, and it is easy to cause cross-infection; pet shop fostering does not provide enough space for cats to move, which may induce stress response. In contrast, home-feeding does not require changing the environment for pets, eliminating It saves the worry about the follow-up."
“Fostering is generally charged according to the number of pets and the number of days of fostering. The cost of a single pet ranges from 60 yuan to 120 yuan per day. However, door-to-door feeding only requires one service every other day, and one more cat only needs to pay more than ten yuan, and the number of services is less. The marginal cost is lower, the service quality is improved, and overall it is more cost-effective." Mr. Shi said.
The price of door-to-door feeding mainly depends on the distance and the number of feedings.
Take the libao family as an example, if the distance is less than 5 kilometers, the door-to-door visit is 110 yuan/time on weekdays; 130 yuan/time for 5 kilometers to 10 kilometers; 160 yuan/time for 10 kilometers to 15 kilometers.
During the holidays, the price will rise from 20 yuan to 40 yuan.
Door-to-door service requires the key or password of the pet owner's home, which inevitably involves trust issues.
Mr. Shi has his own solution.
"A code lock is installed in the home, and the service staff can give a temporary code every time they come to the door. Monitoring equipment is also installed to be able to see the situation at home in real time."
For pet owners who choose home feeding for the first time, professionals suggest that, on the one hand, try to choose service personnel with long working hours and good reputation to avoid frequent replacement; on the other hand, sign a service agreement to clarify the scope of activities of the on-site personnel, and It is recommended to lock up valuables and belongings separately.
In recent years, with the aging of the population and the increase of empty-nest youth and DINK families, the number of pet owners in my country has continued to grow, and the pet economy has risen strongly.
According to iiMedia Consulting's statistics, the number of pet users in China reached 99.15 million in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 34.8%.
Door-to-door feeding meets the needs of consumers to a certain extent, but due to the existence of inconsistent operating standards, imperfect related systems, and unclear rights and obligations of the service parties, the development of the industry needs to be further regulated.
Our reporter Kang Qiongyan
Our reporter Kang Qiongyan