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What is an acceptable pay for cat sitting?

Context: I’m planning ahead for spring break and I’ll be gone for probably a week, my cat has a small automatic water fountain and (I think) a semi-automatic food dispenser, the first few times I was on vacation, I had requested my neighbor to look out for him but he wasn’t the friendliest with the neighbor and unfortunately it didn’t end too well and this happened twice, I made sure to compensate the neighbor after each time but I’m also worried that he might not be friendly with strangers despite having limited and ambiguous data. The cat does seek to be more friendly to strangers when I’m around though so this may be a situation I have to ask somewhere else. But back on topic, what’s a good pay for someone to look after the cat for a week? Making sure the cat is eating and drinking well and occasionally…


Context: I’m planning ahead for spring break and I’ll be gone for probably a week, my cat has a small automatic water fountain and (I think) a semi-automatic food dispenser, the first few times I was on vacation, I had requested my neighbor to look out for him but he wasn’t the friendliest with the neighbor and unfortunately it didn’t end too well and this happened twice, I made sure to compensate the neighbor after each time but I’m also worried that he might not be friendly with strangers despite having limited and ambiguous data. The cat does seek to be more friendly to strangers when I’m around though so this may be a situation I have to ask somewhere else.

But back on topic, what’s a good pay for someone to look after the cat for a week? Making sure the cat is eating and drinking well and occasionally feed him a few treats? This is my first time paying someone for help so especially with the added context of my cats behavior, I’m not sure how to approach/fund this financially.

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