Cat Sitting Jobs in Bern

Get paid to look after cats in Bern

CHF 18 to CHF 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit for drop-in cat visits in Bern. Feed, play, scoop, and send photo updates on your own schedule, and keep up to 90% of every booking.

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CHF 18 to CHF 35
per 20 to 30 minute visit in Bern
Up to 90%
of every booking kept by the sitter
CHF 20,000
Protection Plan for eligible vet costs
4.9 / 5
average sitter rating on Petme
A local edge

Local know-how pays off in Bern

Cat owners in Bern book most heavily around school holidays and travel periods, when a daily drop-in keeps a cat fed and settled at home. Apartment-dense neighborhoods drive steady year-round demand.

When demand peaks

Cat-visit requests spike during summer holidays, Christmas, and ski-week breaks, when owners travel and need a daily check-in. Long weekends add shorter one or two-day bookings.

Know your Bern areas

The centre, Kirchenfeld and Breitenrain work as one area on foot. Bumpliz, Bethlehem and Ostermundigen do not, so list them only if you are genuinely willing to ride out there twice a day for the length of a booking.

Cat homes in Bern

Cats in central Bern live in flats behind the sandstone facades of the Altstadt, Breitenrain and Mattenhof, where there is no garden and the visit is the animal’s only company of the day. Laenggasse has a lot of shared student flats with one cat between several people, which usually means simple instructions and a short booking. In Bumpliz, Bolligen and Muri the houses have gardens and the cats go out.

Cat care in Bern

Cat visits around the Aare loop

The Aare wraps around central Bern, which makes the city walk the way it looks on a map. The Altstadt arcades, Kirchenfeld and Breitenrain are full of flats where a cat stays indoors, and those addresses sit close enough that a morning round works on foot. Laenggasse is student territory, so bookings there are shorter and arrive at short notice around exams and semester breaks. Kirchenfeld holds the embassies and the federal offices, and those households travel on a calendar set months ahead. Bumpliz, Bethlehem and Ostermundigen are further out and need the tram, which is why most sitters price them as their own area rather than folding them into the centre.

Rates in Bern

Choose your services, set your own rates

Typical Petme rates in Bern. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.

Drop-in cat visits

CHF 18 to CHF 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit

Overnight boarding

CHF 40 to CHF 75 per night

Where demand is strongest

Bern areas that book the most

Petme cat bookings in Bern come from neighborhoods like Altstadt, Kirchenfeld, Breitenrain, with drop-in visits and overnight cat boarding the most requested.

Bern sits in Canton Bern. Canton Bern requires an SKN for first-time dog owners. No specific sitter license required. For small and medium dogs, no sitter permit is generally required.

AltstadtKirchenfeldMattenhofBreitenrainBumplizBethlehemLaenggasseWabernOstermundigenMuri bei BernBolligenBelp
Why Petme

Built for sitters in Bern

Keep up to 90%

You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.

Full schedule control

No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.

Protection Plan for eligible vet costs

Owners booking through Petme have the Protection Plan, up to CHF 20,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.

Common questions

Cat Sitting Jobs in Bern

What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Bern.

How much do cat sitters earn per visit in Bern?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Bern run CHF 18 to CHF 35 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
What protection do I get on cat sitting bookings?
The Petme Protection Plan offers up to CHF 20,000 for eligible vet costs for the cat in your care, subject to its terms. The same terms apply whether you sit in Altstadt or Kirchenfeld.
Where is cat sitting demand strongest in Bern?
Petme cat bookings in Bern come from neighborhoods like Altstadt, Kirchenfeld, Breitenrain, with drop-in visits and overnight cat boarding the most requested. Most cat owners book a sitter within their own neighborhood, so listing the areas you cover sharpens your visibility.
What does a typical cat sitting visit involve?
A standard drop-in runs 20 to 30 minutes: feeding, fresh water, litter scooping, playtime, and a photo update to the owner in chat. Many Bern owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I set my own visit schedule in Bern?
Yes. You set your available hours and accept or decline each request. Morning and evening visit slots fill first, and you can stack several nearby visits around Altstadt and Kirchenfeld into one efficient round.
When is cat sitting demand highest in Bern?
When owners travel: the summer holidays, Christmas and New Year, and the ski and February sports weeks. On a Bern winter visit that means checking the heating is still on, keeping the feeding and litter routine exactly as the owner left it, and flagging anything unusual the same day. Swiss school holidays are set canton by canton, so the busy weeks shift with where you work.
Are there real jobs with animals in Bern?
Cat sitting is paid animal work you can start without a qualification, and in Bern it runs off the federal and embassy households in Kirchenfeld and the flats in Breitenrain and the Altstadt. You price each visit yourself and take only the bookings that fit your week. It is self-employed work rather than a contract with fixed shifts.
How many cat visits can I fit into one Bern round?
Three or four in a morning is normal in the centre, because the Altstadt, Kirchenfeld and Breitenrain are within a short walk or one tram stop of each other. Adding Bumpliz or Ostermundigen costs enough travel time that most sitters treat them as a separate area and price them accordingly.
What language do Bern cat owners write in?
German is what you will read in most Bern requests, with Swiss German spoken at the door and standard German written. The embassy and international-organisation households in Kirchenfeld often write in English or French instead. Naming your languages on your profile saves both sides a message.
Nearby cities

Cat sitting jobs near Bern

Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.

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