Your cat sitting side gig in Troy
Troy nights fall to 20 degrees or below 56 times a year, so a January cat visit starts at the thermostat. Cat visits in Troy run $15 to $24 per 20 to 30 minute visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Troy
In a Troy winter the risk to an empty house is the cold. Nights drop to 20 degrees or below 56 times a year, and January's normal low is 16.5. A winter cat visit checks the thermostat and the water lines before the litter box. Summer is mild, with a July high near 82 and about 10 days a year at 90.
When demand peaks
The Troy School District calendar sets travel here. Schools close November 25 to 27, 2026 for Thanksgiving and from December 21, 2026 to January 3, 2027 for winter break. Those two stretches empty houses in subdivisions like Sylvan Glen and Long Lake Village. Twice-a-day cat visits stack up across both weeks.
Know your Troy areas
Troy is mostly houses, so cat visits mean a garage code or lockbox rather than a front desk. Sylvan Glen and Emerald Lakes Village are single-family associations on the north side. The condo side sits in Northfield Hills and Wattles Creek, where a key handover happens before the owner leaves.
Cat homes in Troy
Cat sitting in Troy mostly means a house call: 24,331 of the city's 34,644 housing units are detached homes, and owners hold 23,659 of 32,778 occupied homes. Apartments in buildings of five units or more come to 5,916, so condo cat visits are the smaller share.
Bilingual owners book faster
Expect some client messages from Chinese- and Korean-speaking households in Troy. Chinese is spoken at home by 4,230 residents aged five and over, 1,879 of whom speak English less than very well, and Korean by another 1,574.
What a cat sitting job in Troy actually involves
Owners hold 23,659 of Troy's 32,778 occupied homes, so most cat rounds are house calls with a garage code or lockbox. The 5,916 units in buildings of five or more are the condo share, and those need a key arranged ahead. Troy requires no permit for a cat or house pet under Code section 90.70.10.
Keys and access
Most Troy owners hand over a spare key, a lockbox code or a smart-lock code at the meet-and-greet. Agree where the key lives and how you get in if the code fails, and confirm it before the owner leaves town.
The visit
Fresh food and water, the litter box scooped, a look at the cat and a few minutes of play or a brush. You note anything off, like a skipped meal or a hidden cat, so the owner hears it from you first.
The update
A photo and two lines in the app after every visit. Owners who cannot see their cat for a week live on those messages, and a sitter who sends them without being asked is the one they rebook.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Troy. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
$15 to $24 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Two clients in Troy on twice-daily visits for five days is 20 visits. At $20 a visit that is $400, and you keep up to 90%. Holiday weeks stack two or three trips on top of that.
Troy areas that book the most
Cat sitting visits in Troy cluster in Sylvan Glen and Emerald Lakes Village houses whose owners travel over the Troy School District winter break.
Michigan issues no license for pet sitters or dog walkers. State law, MCL 287.262, makes it unlawful to let a dog stray unless it is held properly in leash, and every dog over four months needs an Oakland County license. Troy Code section 90.30.50 requires anyone walking an animal on another's property to carry a scooping device. Troy sends new businesses to the City Clerk's Office for license requirements. Pet-care income is self-employment, reported on Schedule C.
Built for sitters in Troy
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.
Protected on every booking
$22,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
What Troy owners look for in a cat sitter
Cat owners book on trust more than on price. The profile details below are the ones they ask about.
Comfort with shy cats
Many cats hide from a stranger for the first visit. Owners want to hear that you will sit with the cat, not chase it, and that a hidden cat still gets fed and its box scooped.
Reliability, twice a day
A cat on medication or a diabetic cat needs visits at the same time every day. Say what your schedule can hold in Troy, and mention any medication experience, even with your own cat.
A tidy visit
Litter cleaned properly, nothing left out, doors and windows as you found them, and a message with a photo. Owners come home and look for those signs before they look at anything else.
How to start earning in Troy
1. Download Petme
Download the Petme app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Build your profile
Add photos, a short bio, and the Troy neighborhoods you cover.
3. Verify your ID
Complete identity verification so owners can trust your profile before they book.
4. Set your rates and accept bookings
Set your own rates per service, choose your schedule, and accept the bookings you want.
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