Why YSK: There are a lot of people these days living alone with pets and if anything happened to the owner, others may not know to attend to the pet. If something happened to you, a coma, an accident, death, etc, your wallet would be the first place anyone would look for info about you and it would probably be the fastest way to bring attention to your small loved ones.
This assumes you have no friends or family. OP, are you ok?
in fairness, my family lives 6 states away, and my friends would still take a few days before anyone noticed something was up.
exactly what I thought. If you get incapacitated in one way or another… someone has to notice that there’s a pet. Just… someone
This is the point of an emergency contact, is it not? Hopefully you choose one who knows enough about you to know whether or not you have pets.
exactly.
Thanks, I’m okay.
I would say my first reaction to hearing my parent is dead/severely wounded would not be to look at home how the dog is doing but how my parent is doing or grieve.
After maybe 2 or 3 days I would maybe have a clear enough mind to think about a pet, that’s not even mine.
I’m impressed by the idea that people can still afford to live alone.
A tent outside is still living alone
As an american that would impress you. Not every country is the same.
But then you don’t really live alone if you have a pet. Checkmate!
Actually a good idea. Lol
For a second I was like “damned Reddit assholes are leeching in”, then you added the good idea part.
There are a few of us now…but I’m trying to be nice.
Did you know I have a pet?
gets out wallet
Here let me show you!
😂😂
This seems like a good idea for all pet owners. My family and friends would think of my pets eventually, but it might not be the first thing on their minds.
They also make windows tickers that say “in case of emergency we have xyz pets”. Good to stick one next to the front door.
Yeah – if there’s a fire or some other kind of emergency at your house/apartment and you’re not there, that kind of sticker is really important.
Oh trust me, everyone that knows me is well aware I have a cat. Whether they wanted to know or not.
I don’t know why this never occurred to me. I’m adding one now.
