What pet could you reasonably have as a consultant? I really want to get a pet, but don't think e.g. having a dog is gonna work with me traveling M-Th, and wondering what are my other options.
I live by myself so no SO or roommate to take care of the pet unfortunately. No pet rocks please :-D

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Cats are great. If you have 2, they can keep each other company for ~3 days. You could also hire a service (e.g., Rover) to come stop by to check on them for $20-$30 in between Mon and Thurs.

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As long as you have an automatic feeder and water, a cat will be happy to ignore you Mon-Thu. It will also ignore you Fri-Sun as well. You can clean the litter box on Thu and Sun.

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I would also invest in a Robot Litter Box...it's stupid expensive but worth it if you are have to travel... when I travel for work I have my neighbor check up on my cat daily to keep her company

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Pet rock

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SO

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A pet rock?

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Here you go

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A furbie is also an option or stuffed animal. Maybe also seamonkies.

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Long furby ftw

A Tamagotchi or Furby.

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Fish

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I have a money tree that I water around once a week, a furby (without batteries), and a couple of those round seal plushies

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Cats are great. Not all ignore you. My two orange tabbies both love affection. They’re also fine if I leave them a few days. Find a neighbor or someone you can pay to check up on them once or twice while you’re gone.

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I have my dog. It flies with me when I can’t find a sitter.

Also, I travel with the labs I train for service certs.

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The service dogs. Yes. They are the client site all the time. My team enjoys them and so does the client.

My personal dog, depends, sometimes I leave her at a daycare, sometimes in my hotel room. (She’s 14yrs old, so all she does is nap all day- she’s a happy dog)

Also, I’m not at the client site 10-12 hrs. That sounds horrible. The most my team does is 7 hrs and we take an hour for lunch and maybe 3-4 15 min breaks.

Cats and fish (bowl) work great for me, low maintenance and not too active/needy yet can keep me company and calm me down on a stressful day

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For just one compliment a year you too can adopt a male. Little to no maintenance I’d required outside of an occasional hug, a few lunchables and a capri sun.

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I hear there are a few Nigerian princes looking for companionship

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No, they already died and left me all their heritage! I just venmoed someone $1000 to help transfer it to my bank account.

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Pet rock. You should not get a pet if you’re gone mon-thurs. or get a job that doesn’t require that much travel

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A merkin

Cockatiel

I would never leave my cockatiels alone for more than 2 days - especially not a single one.

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You Canasi sign up to pet sit for others when you’re in town like a part time pet

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