About us

M and M Pet Sitters is run by Matt Carr and Marie Jennings and was started in September 2012.

We have both been involved with caring for and working with animals for several years now in a variety of settings. We share our home with a variety of pets many of which have either been rescued or we are currently fostering. These include: 

Alfie and Poppy - our 2 rescue cats

Tha'li - our bearded dragon
Pebbles - our  normal coloured royal python
Bandit - our Honduran Milk snake

2 White's tree frogs

2 Short tailed alpine garter snakes



We also have a Dubai cockroach colony and a mealworm colony. 

In the past we have also kept a giant African land snail, hamsters, rats and mice, African pygmy hedgehogs, a cockatiel, a leopard gecko, various preying mantis, various stick insects, frog beetles, assassin bugs and a reed frog that was rescued after coming into the country on a bunch of roses! Finally we had Jazz, a slightly neurotic 17 year old tortoiseshell cat with a variety of health needs


Matt has worked as the head of education at an animal rescue centre where he has had the opportunity to work with a wide selection of animals including farm animals, zoo animals, unwanted/abandoned pets and domestic wildlife. He worked part time at a local open farm looking after a variety of animals. He also spent 9.5 years volunteering and working as a keeper at another small zoo. He has completed a level 3 diploma in the management of zoo and aquarium animals. He is currently working as an animal care lecturer passing on his skills

Marie has previously worked in a pet shop and a boarding cattery before committing to pet sitting 6 days a week.


Both of us were actively involved in the local North Lancashire and South Lakes Reptile, Amphibian and Invertebrate Club. We are both keen to learn as much as possible about animals and have attended several workshops/talks including canine and feline behaviour talks, T touch, training and enrichment of reptiles, recognising signs of aggression in dogs and first aid for cats and dogs. We are always looking at courses, forums and workshops to improve our knowledge on as wide a variety of animals as possible. 

All the animals featured in photos on this website are being or have been kept by us except some of the animals on the animal pics and testimonials pages which also features animals we have looked after!


Mavis - a foster cockateil, growing her feathers back after suspected nicotine poisoning

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