1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (105 page)

649 CAT SIT.
The only thing easier than dog sitting is watching someone else's cats for a few days. Dogs want company and companionship. Cats want you to feed them and leave them alone. They may make you feel unwelcome, but at least you're getting paid.

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650 BECOME A CAT FANCIER.
Love cats? You're not alone, which is why breeding, and selling fancy felines is big money. Cats can have one to eight kittens per litter and two to three litters per year. It's possible for one single cat to have close to 100 kittens in her lifetime. If that's not a moneymaker, I don't know what is. Check out the Cat Fancier's Association, Inc. (
www.cfainc.org
) for more info.

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651 GROW AND SELL CATNIP.
It's like marijuana for your cat — but legal to grow and sell! Kitties go crazy for the grass. Pair it with a cute package design and you'll have crazy cats — and their owners — begging you for more.

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652 MAKE AND SELL NATURAL PET FOOD.
The natural pet food industry has been booming ever since numerous pooches bit the dust by eating tainted doggy treats. Cash in by selling your own brand of natural, homemade pet food.

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653 RUN A PET SPA.
These days dog owners will pay more for the pampering of their pooches than for themselves. Capitalize on this trend by running a pet spa. You can offer Doga classes (yoga for dogs) and services like scalp massages and pedicures.

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654 BE A PET PSYCHIC.
People need pet psychics for lots of reasons: to help discover where a lost pet might be hiding out, to make sure that Snowball isn't suffering in purgatory, to find out why Rex always leaves unwelcome presents in the bathtub. Market yourself as a real Dr. Doolittle and you can make a killing.

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655 OPEN A PET CEMETERY.
Some people just can't stomach burying Fido in the backyard. Yet they still want to find a final resting place where they can visit at any time. Here's where you come in: make sure to charge a burial fee, maintenance fee,
and
a visiting fee. Just be sure it isn't over the site of a Native American burial ground….

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