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Originally Posted by MissKalamata  A good idea, although I don't know if I could trust a stranger coming into my home. And I would want them to come three times a day...don't know if they'd do that.
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If you pay them, they will come. They're petsitters, that's what they do.
For my first vacation, I hired a petsitter at $17 per 1/2 hour and he came daily. Since then I have used a friend who is a PhD student and she's got a pretty flexible schedule. I trust her completely and in turn I help her out in her struggling student situation. I pay her $25 per day, yes, it does add up when I'm away for 12 days or so...and I took two 12 day vacations last November and December. On the other hand, for $25, she usually stays about an hour and if her schedule is free, will occassionally stay for 3 or 4 hours. That really helps dial down my concern and guilt for staying away for so long. Especially since one of my cats is really social. And my cats love her to boot.
And again, she is someone I trust and would totally feel fine with her on my computer, eating from my fridge, sleeping over, etc. In the ideal world, of course, I'd love to have a family member take care of my cats for free...but my family either lives across the continent or overseas (that's why I took two 12 day vacations recently).
