Pet sitters, anyone ever use one?

[aquariuscsm]

Anyone here ever use a pet-sitter service, where someone will come to your home while you're away and feed your pets?

 

[Zee09]

My sil. Did that for years.
She was great at it and you can get good and bad. References or reviews a must.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Where's a good place/site to find one?

 

[Zee09]

Where's a good place/site to find one?

Social media or just search your zip code for pet sitters. I found a great groomer for my old girl and she was the best and ended up spending time with my mother and went to her funeral.
She also was a pet sitter.

 

[dishdude]

I believe there's an app called Rover that will help you find what you're looking for. I haven't tried it...

 

[SatinSilver]

Anyone here ever use a pet-sitter service, where someone will come to your home while you're away and feed your pets?

For cats?

 

[JohnnyG]

A friend of mine did that for a few years in Pittsburgh. She was good at it and the only issue she ever had was collecting money from the customers. She had a line of regular customers that would use her exclusively.
It's not the easiest of jobs, but that depends on the dog or animal involved. She was "bonded" and insured, whatever that means.
She would also give medications including injection to cats with diabetes! That HAD to be tough!

 

[Jim K]

This little dog a good pet sitter.

 

[97K15004WD]

Yes, and it was worth it. If you don't know of anyone, call your pet's vet and get referrals from them. You might even get one of the vet techs to watch them

 

[nthach]

A friend was a cat sitter for Rover before she and her partner moved to the East Coast. She enjoyed it. I’ve heard too many horror stories with Wag. I also know a few dog walkers personally.

I’ve pet sat for a few friends. Gets me away from the house for a few days since they let me stay over if they’re on vacation.

 

[Saabist]

Bear in mind that, at least with cats, it is not enough for someone to simply feed them. The person taking care of them must tell them they are good cats...

 

[RazorsEdge]

Anyone here ever use a pet-sitter service, where someone will come to your home while you're away and feed your pets?

Nope and never will. My pets are worth more to me then to put trust in a total stranger.

 

[aquariuscsm]

For cats?

Yep, for my one cat Kiki (aka The Nades).

 

[aquariuscsm]

Bear in mind that, at least with cats, it is not enough for someone to simply feed them. The person taking care of them must tell them they are good cats...

Haha that was awesome!! Funny because Kiki loves people and attention. She also loves praise and complements. She's the most laid back easy going cat you'll ever meet. She's very low maintenance and basically can take care of herself.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Thank you everyone for your suggestions

 

[JustinH]

We use the rover app. A lot of vet techs do this full time. They look after both cats once a day for 30 minutes, clean up everything and send photos. About 25 bucks a day.

We book the same lady over and over again she has great references.

 

[aquariuscsm]

I think I found the girl I'll have come to our place to feed her when were out of town. She only charges $15 per visit.

 

[Shel_B]

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[mightymousetech]

We have a great cat sitter that we use often. A little eccentric. First couple times we set an old iPhone with the manything app to see how she did.