Chrissy’s Castle of Critters

Chrissy: President & CEO

Over 30 years of animal-handling experience

Animals have always been a huge part of Chrissy's life, whether they were her own or those she took care of in various other positions involving animals.  Although Chrissy initially started out in the entertainment field working at NBC and Paramount Pictures in Manhattan, animal positions always appealed more to her than the cut-throat corporate world, so she found herself accepting work at places like The Flushing Meadow Park Zoo working with bears and other wild animals or positions on commercial and private horse farms instead.

The idea of starting Chrissy's Castle of Critters came about when Chrissy,  herself, could not take a vacation for over seven years because she didn't trust anybody to care for her own personal animal menagerie, which at the time included three horses, a dog, two cats, nine Guinea Hens, a Cockatiel, and a Parakeet.  As Chrissy puts it, "I thought to myself there must be other people like me who cannot get away because of their animals."  She wanted to help other animal lovers be able to take their vacations while still having peace of mind.  With that idea, Chrissy put one ad in the local Pennysaver and hand-wrote one flyer for the local supermarket and that's all it took - and she's never looked back!

Since then, because of the success of Chrissy's Castle of Critters, Chrissy has had to quit her day job, and, of course, her staff has grown.  "Believe me, there's no way I could do this by myself," Chrissy says.  "I have a wonderful staff of animal lovers  - which is key.  You have to enjoy what you do in order to be good at it.  If all of us didn't love animals, there would be no point in even being in this line of work.  I feel very blessed that I am one of the lucky few that can actually say "I love my job!"  Chrissy would like to thank the many loyal clients that have used Chrissy's Castle for years and that keep coming back.  "We love you guys and will always try to do our best to care for your babies!"      <Back to Staff bios page