Appropriate payment for cat sitting

[Shelly32]

AIBU to think that around £10-15 is an okay amount to give the neighbours 15 yr old daughter for feeding our cat and rabbit for 10 days?

I recently paid our neighbours teen £30 to feed our four chickens for two weeks, this involved her letting them out in the morning and putting them back in the coop at night. HTH

Yes, I gave my neighbour's son around that amount for a week. He only had to come in once a day.

The arrangement is that she'll come once a day too.Okay I don't feel like a stinge bag now. I have no idea what the going rate is. Cheers!

Sounds fine. My Dad does it for neighbours for just a bottle of wine...

I would say that is rather generous actually.

Sounds good. I do it for my neighbour but wouldnt want payment for it :)

I would give a bit more than that - that's a quid a day if you give her a tenner. If you had to pay someone 'proper' you would probably pay that per day!

A proper pet sitting service costs £8 per day (half hour visit once a day - not London) so I'd probably say nearer £20 for a 15yo?

I do it for my neighbour for a bottle of wine when she goes away. £10 seems fine x

15 quid is fine. That's one pound fifty for each time she pops in and spends ten minutes feeding the cat. For that money I'd ask her to pick my post up and make sure empty cat food tins go in recycling bin, and water my houseplants once or twice. Easy money.

My fairly new neighbours did this for us last week for a few days. I have bought them a card and a nice bottle of wine to say thanks. I hunk it'd be weird to offer cash, but it would be different if it was their teenage kid, they wouldn't want to do it as a favour I don't think!

Hunk! Think

I;m paying £5 per day, for one cat feed. She lives adjacent to me, so £35...

no, just £1 a day here - good pocket money for a quick once a day visit. Walking distance, I assume?

I paid mine £35 and I can't help thinking £10-£15 sounds really mean, sorry. Mine was also 15 years old.

oh hang on.. I read it wrong

I thought you meant 10-15 as a daily rate!

£5 a day

I think at lead £3 a day - so for 10 days that's £30. She's doing you a massive favour imo and it's someone you can trust.

I use a lady who does this for a living, she charges 8 euro per day for a once-a-day deal and 12 for twice-a-day. She also waters plants and takes up the post.

15 quid for 10 days is only £1.50 per day, that does seem a bit stingy. I'd go at least 2.50 or 3 a day.

Dd did it for a friend's family. One week, twice a day, 2 cats (she was expected to play with them for about half an hour per visit), one rabbit, one hamster and a tank of fish to feed. It took about an hour per visit by the time she'd walked there and back. She was paid £35. Which worked out at about £2.50 an hour which was fair for what she was being asked to do and the time it was taking.

I also think £30 would be more suitable.

I would probably give £20 tbh.

Ensure they are cleaned etc and the food and water is easily accessible.

We've just sorted a neighbours rabbits for 2 weeks (no payment). Dh had to clean them as they were filthy.

Won't be doing it again.

i have someone who comes and stays and look after my pets.

i pay her fuel to get to work as it's further away than where she lives and I also stock the fridge for her.

A neighbour is not comparable to a professional service, mainly in time spent on the job. If you live next door it will take 10 or 15 mins max to feed the cats each day. A professional service will take time and cash to get to/from the house and have overheads of running a business. Oh yes, and tax! Lots of people here are overpaid themselves of they think a fiver for 15 mins work is the right rate for a 15 year old! Crazy.

Absolute max £2 or £3 a day and I'm sure it would be appreciated.

You do have to compare it to a professional service because that's what you'd have to pay otherwise.

Yes £2 or £3 per day, £1 is mean imo.