At my house our pets come first. I have 4 cats that run my household. I got my girl Kevin when she was less than 4 weeks old. She was abandoned by her mom or somebody. It was like having an actual infant in the beginning with the waking up at night to feed and help her potty. i am very capable of watching tiny kittens or even a litter. I adopted Binks so kev would have a friend and lose the only kitten syndrome she had. Binks is developmentally slow and partially blind she came from an abusive home before me so it’s taken almost 10 months for her to come out of her shell so I totally get it if your cat is a hider and just needs someone to come sit in the home for a bit. We recently also took in two kittens from the same litter. Their other siblings and mom died from a dog attacking them and then these two were left for dead. They were so tiny so I couldn’t just leave them when I heard about it. So now we have added Karl, & Toast to our family. Toast is our only little boy. I am comfortable with most dogs as well. I just would want to meet them with you present the first time. So for you with your animals I would treat them with the same amount of love I do with my own. My goal would be to make it as seamless of a transition as possible with yall being gone and me being there. I can stick to whatever they are use to whether it be crating them for bed or snuggling up together.