my family is planning a family reunion, well just the immediate family, we get together every year. the last 2 years we have either had the reunion here and checked on the cats ourselves, or had a neighbor watching them. in Sept it will be time for the next reunion, and I am wondering what I am going to do with 7 cats... I won't be able to check on them this year, and I have thought of a petsitting service. I am over protective, and worry about how they will be cared for and treated, will the person REALLY love cats and be good to them, or is it just a paycheck to them? it will be hard enough for my cats to have a stranger come in, but I need to be able to trust that person 100%. I might have a friend I could ask... but I am not completely convinced that she has the time, since she has kids, and a new baby, or would do what they require... Emma has her medicine she has to have every other day, etc.
then there is the fact that we have cats in 2 households now, 2 at my moms and 5 here...I am really worried about all this.
I want to start interviewing pettsitting agencies now and find out if I feel comfortablewith them.
I have a friend in another state that has 2 dogs, and she said the owner of the company she used came out to meet her and talked to her and spent time with the dogs for 2 hours! also she said that she met the person that would be the actual sitter. I guess I am just paranoid, I worry that they will not keep a careful enough watch on my babies.
does anyone have any suggestions? have any of you used pet sitters, maybe you could give me some advice as to what to ask them or look for in cat-sitter? I mean of course the person is going to be nice while I'm here..Im worried just how responible they will actually be..
I just want to use these months to find and get the cats acquainted with someone that will be good to them.
I also think that I will have someone that cares for the cats, and another person that will occasionally check on them, that way if I hire a petsitter I can have a friend check to see that they are really ok... I bet that sounds really paranoid?
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