Trusted cat sitters in New Orleans

Connect with caring New Orleans cat sitters offering in-home sitting, overnight boarding, and drop-in visits across NOLA. Every booking includes $20,000 in vet coverage.

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Cat care services in New Orleans

Cat Boarding

Your cat stays overnight in a quiet, cat-safe New Orleans home with personal attention and cool, comfortable spots. No stressful kennels — just genuine NOLA warmth in a real Uptown or Garden District home.

In-Home Cat Sitting

A sitter stays in your New Orleans home while you travel. Your cat keeps their routine, their territory, and their favorite shaded window through Louisiana's warm seasons.

Drop-In Visits

A sitter visits to feed, clean the litter box, play, and provide companionship. Ideal for independent NOLA cats who love their Mid-City or Bywater home.

Available cat sitters in New Orleans

Discover verified sitters in French Quarter, Garden District, Uptown and more

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Cat-friendly neighborhoods in New Orleans

Where New Orleans cats enjoy NOLA's unique culture and Louisiana warmth

Garden District and Uptown

New Orleans' most magnificent residential neighborhoods — the Garden District with its extraordinary collection of Greek Revival and Italianate antebellum mansions on wide boulevards shaded by ancient live oaks, one of the finest collections of 19th-century architecture in the United States, and Uptown as the expansive residential community stretching from Napoleon Avenue to Audubon Park. Both neighborhoods are beloved by the city's most established families and have sitters with deep NOLA roots.

Extraordinary antebellum architecture
Ancient live oak canopy
Deep New Orleans community roots

Marigny and Bywater

New Orleans' most vibrant and creative neighborhoods — the Faubourg Marigny as one of America's oldest African American neighborhoods, now a hub of live music, eclectic shotgun houses, and artistic community life, and adjacent Bywater as the city's fastest-growing creative neighborhood with colorful doubles and shotguns, thriving restaurants, and a young, community-invested population. Sitters in both neighborhoods are warm, engaged, and deeply committed to NOLA.

Live music and arts culture
Colorful historic shotgun homes
Creative community sitters

Lakeview and Mid-City

New Orleans' beloved central and lakeside neighborhoods — Lakeview as one of the city's most resilient communities, rebuilt beautifully after Katrina with strong neighborhood pride and excellent lakefront access, and Mid-City as the geographic heart of New Orleans with beautiful Craftsman homes, Bayou St. John, and a thriving community that defines the real everyday New Orleans. Sitters in both neighborhoods embody the city's famous resilience and warmth.

Post-Katrina resilience
Bayou St. John character
City's resilient heart

Cat care tips for New Orleans

Keep your cat safe through NOLA's heat, humidity, and hurricane season

Extreme heat and oppressive humidity

New Orleans has one of the most challenging climates in the United States — a subtropical city where summer temperatures regularly reach 95°F with heat indices above 105°F due to extreme humidity. Air conditioning is not optional. Brief your sitter to check indoor temperatures at every visit and to never leave a cat without functioning AC during summer. Heat stroke in cats is a genuine risk in NOLA homes.

Hurricane season evacuation planning

New Orleans has mandatory evacuation orders for major storms and experienced catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Have a complete hurricane evacuation plan for your cat including a carrier, 72 hours of supplies, medication records, and a destination outside the flood zone. Brief your sitter thoroughly on what to do if a storm threatens during their stay and what your evacuation plans are.

Flooding risk and drainage failures

New Orleans sits below sea level and experiences frequent street flooding from heavy rainstorms, not just hurricanes. Even moderate rain can flood low-lying areas. Know your home's flood history and brief your sitter on which areas of your property may flood and any emergency protocols. Ensure cat food and supplies are stored above potential flood levels.

Outdoor hazards — heat, insects, and wildlife

New Orleans' subtropical environment is hostile to outdoor cats — intense heat and humidity, aggressive mosquitoes, fire ants, copperheads and cottonmouths near waterways, and alligators in drainage canals and nearby wetlands. Strictly indoor-only cats live much longer and healthier lives in NOLA. Brief your sitter to never allow outdoor access.

Why Petme

Why New Orleans cat owners choose Petme

Stress-free cat care with real protection.

Verified cat sitters

Every New Orleans cat sitter is identity-verified, background-checked, and reviewed by real cat owners in your neighborhood.

Verified profiles

Home environment

Your cat stays in a comfortable Louisiana home — not a stressful kennel. No barking dogs, no cages, just genuine NOLA warmth and personal care.

Stays in your neighborhood

$20,000 vet coverage

Every booking includes up to $20,000 in veterinary coverage through the Petme Protection Plan. No deductibles, no hidden fees.

Peace of mind, built in

Meet and greet first

Free meet-and-greet before the first stay. Your cat approves their sitter before any booking.

Cat-approved

Frequently asked questions about cat sitters in New Orleans

Everything you need to know before booking a cat sitter

How much does cat sitting cost in New Orleans?

Cat sitting in New Orleans typically ranges from $20 to $38 per night for boarding, $26 to $46 for in-home sitting, and $11 to $20 per drop-in visit. All bookings include $20,000 in vet coverage.

Can I find a cat sitter in Uptown or the Garden District?

Yes. Petme has cat sitters across New Orleans including Uptown, Garden District, French Quarter, Marigny, Bywater, Mid-City, Lakeview, Gentilly, Treme, Algiers, and communities throughout Orleans and Jefferson parishes.

Are New Orleans cat sitters on Petme insured?

Yes. Every Petme booking includes up to $20,000 in veterinary coverage through the Petme Protection Plan at no additional cost.

Does Petme cover Metairie and Kenner near New Orleans?

Yes. Petme has cat sitters throughout the New Orleans metro including Metairie, Kenner, Gretna, Harvey, Slidell, and communities throughout Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Tammany parishes.

Are New Orleans sitters prepared for hurricane evacuations?

Yes. Many Petme sitters in New Orleans are experienced with hurricane season protocols, including evacuation planning, mandatory evacuation procedures, and the specific challenges of caring for cats through NOLA's extreme climate.

Cat sitting in New Orleans

New Orleans is unlike any other city in America — a place of extraordinary beauty and profound resilience, where French, Spanish, African, and American cultures created a unique civilization of food, music, and community that has no parallel in the United States. From the wrought-iron balconies of the French Quarter and the magnificent antebellum mansions of the Garden District, to the colorful shotgun houses of the Marigny and Bywater and the resilient neighborhoods of Mid-City and Lakeview rebuilt after Katrina, New Orleans is a city of incomparable character and spirit.

Petme connects New Orleans cat owners with local, verified sitters who offer boarding, in-home sitting, and drop-in visits. No booking fees, no kennels — just trusted NOLA neighbors who love cats and understand subtropical heat management, hurricane season preparedness, and the specific demands of caring for cats in one of America's most challenging and most beautiful climates.

Whether your cat watches the live oaks from an Uptown Gallery District window or naps in a Bywater shotgun house, Petme makes it easy to find someone who keeps your cat safe, cool, and genuinely loved in the heart of NOLA.

Sitters experienced with all cat breeds

Coverage across New Orleans and the metro

Same-day booking available

Average sitter rating: 4.9 out of 5

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Dog Walking$15 – $30/walk

Drop-In Visit$15 – $25/visit

Boarding$35 – $75/night

House Sitting$45 – $85/night

Day Care$25 – $50/day

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