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I've had to travel a lot over the last two years (for work and for family matters), and as such have had to rely on sitters to care for my cat. I have used Rover as well as local sitters, and apart from two, they have all been awful!
Am I expecting too much? The sitters charge around $25 per visit (and I'm willing to pay more and have tipped generously!!), but the majority have been the following:
- Uncommunicative. They don't send me status updates or let me know they have completed a visit.
- Inconsistent in timing. They don't arrive at a consistent time.
- Untidy. I don't expect sitters to clean, but light tidying around the food and litter area just seems like common sense, and is what I do whenever I catsit for friends.
I have found two excellent reliable sitters, but they are not always available, and neither can do twice a day drop-ins, so I have to supplement their visits with other sitters, and it's these other sitters who are not great.
I'm currently away from my cat and one sitter is doing an amazing job, and the other sitter is weirdly uncommunicative.
Am I expecting too much? The sitters charge around $25 per visit (and I'm willing to pay more and have tipped generously!!), but the majority have been the following:
- Uncommunicative. They don't send me status updates or let me know they have completed a visit.
- Inconsistent in timing. They don't arrive at a consistent time.
- Untidy. I don't expect sitters to clean, but light tidying around the food and litter area just seems like common sense, and is what I do whenever I catsit for friends.
I have found two excellent reliable sitters, but they are not always available, and neither can do twice a day drop-ins, so I have to supplement their visits with other sitters, and it's these other sitters who are not great.
I'm currently away from my cat and one sitter is doing an amazing job, and the other sitter is weirdly uncommunicative.