Pet sitter neglected my animals while away
Paid sitters and friends often abandon basic animal care, stealing supplies and leaving pets in filthy, dangerously hot conditions without food. Returning to extreme temperatures and overwhelming waste distresses the animals and leaves owners dealing with the fallout of broken trust.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1asking family members like brothers or stepmothers to watch pets instead
- 2installing home cameras to check in on pets remotely
- 3cutting ties or ghosting the unreliable friend
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“We came home tonight, my home didn’t even smell like cats, if you’ve ever smelled tonsil stones, it smelled like that but…. Everywhere.”source ↗
“Our female cat hates all the animals and lives in the sunroom, we came home and it’s blazing hot in there…”source ↗
“Your friend stole the dogs food and didn’t go over to care for your animals once.”source ↗
Where this came up
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