7 Days as a Pet Survive Days 1–7

Surviving a full week in 7 Days as a Pet means treating each day as a different threat budget. Hearts, chores, Not Marnie, and late-week traps stack. This day-by-day guide assumes you want Okay Pet or Good Pet first; swap in ending detours only when you intentionally open All Endings.

Prerequisites: controls from Getting Started, chore mastery from Daily Tasks, impostor tells from Not Marnie.

Universal daily checklist

1. Board check — six tasks listed.
2. Inspect food → eat or tip.
3. Water from the real dish.
4. Scratch post, sunbeam, litter.
5. Sneeze-test the sitter.
6. Evening call on the living-room phone.
7. Re-verify board.
8. Safe sleep (real Marnie only if Best Friends plan after Day 3).
9. Ignore 3AM treat bag on survival weeks.

Heart rule reminder: all tasks + sleep can restore 1 of your 3 hearts. Zero hearts = run over.

Day 1 — learn the house

Goals: finish every chore, survive first night, map kitchen/living room/litter/sunbeam/phone. Wave goodbye if prompted. Pretend sleep once on neutral furniture. Do not open the front door for fun (Great Escape). Do not experiment with dryer, microwave foil, or max burners.

Pet pick: dog for fast floor mapping or cat if you already eye attic routes (Cat vs Dog).

Day 2 — tighten food discipline

Wrong Food appearances increase as you get comfortable. Tip anything suspicious unless farming Mystery Meat. Practice one clean Meow/hiss disengage. Keep noise low to avoid accidental Noise Complaint. If you lost a heart on Day 1, prioritize full board + sleep recovery tonight.

Day 3 — Best Friends window opens

From Day 3 onward you can start sleeping on real Marnie every night for Best Friends. That means sneeze tests become mandatory before every lap. If the face is wrong, hiss and sleep elsewhere — Wrong Lap is a single mistake away.

Begin noting diary page locations if Dear Diary is your secondary goal. Update 3 attic routes may hide pages — watch your jump kit.

Day 4 — midweek stamina

Co-op lobbies get louder. Claim the phone early. Hydrate before yard/garage sightseeing (Update 4). Avoid Chicken Heist greed if hearts are low. If Not Marnie camps your favorite sleep spot, relocate as a team and reserve Pet Pile attempts for a calmer night.

Day 5 — prep for darkness

Inventory your habits: are you still inspecting food? Still ignoring treat bags? Day 5 is the last “normal” chore day before the lamp hunt. Clear stress comedy endings out of your system on a different run. Optionally scout lamp locations while lights are healthy.

Day 6 — relight the lamps

Priority shifts to the lamp hunt while chores still matter for heart recovery.

Plan:

• Knock out food/water/litter/scratch/sunbeam/phone as early as possible.
• Split lamp zones in co-op (attic, main, garage/yard).
• Travel with Meow ready; darkness favors Not Marnie.
• No dryer naps or microwave bits mid-hunt.
• Sleep only after lamps and board are done.

Cats shine on vertical lamp lines; dogs reset faster across long halls.

Day 7 — toilet traps and finale

Day 7 layers toilet traps onto the normal loop. Assume bathrooms are hostile:

• Do not drink toilet water (Toilet Sommelier).
• Do not “just try” flush gags if you need Good Pet (Toilet Trained).
• Path chores to minimize bathroom crossings during chases.
• Keep one heart buffer if possible before night.
• At the end choice, pick real Marnie — Wrong Marnie is a finale misclick.

If hearts are critical, skip all comedy props and play boring.

Hazard quick reference

Hazard	Safe response	Ending if you lean in
Suspicious bowl	Tip / skip	Mystery Meat
3AM treat bag	Ignore	Treat Time
Distorted sitter	Meow/hiss	Staring Contest / It Got Comfortable if you refuse
Open front door	Stay inside	Great Escape
Dark Day 6	Relight lamps	Chase fails if ignored
Day 7 toilets	Avoid gags	Toilet endings
Monster catch	Break LOS / hide	Hollowed Out
Chase catch	Escape	Tag You’re It

Co-op survival calls

• Announce sneeze results.
• Assign lamp rooms on Day 6.
• Agree whether Noise Complaint is banned.
• Share diary finds without stealing sleep spots reserved for Best Friends mains.
• Disable movement scripts that fling pets into toilets (Scripts Hub).

When to abandon Good Pet mid-week

If you already ate Wrong Food once, got caught in a chase, or slept on a sketchy lap, pivot to Okay Pet or a comedy ending instead of force-resetting mental load. The Endings Tier List helps pick a salvage target.

After a successful week

• Log which endings dropped.
• Try Best Friends or Dear Diary next.
• Explore Garage/Yard props on a dedicated gag week (Update 4).
• Read All Endings for the next farm.

Survival is rhythm: inspect, board, sneeze, sleep, ignore the bag, light the lamps, respect the toilet. Repeat that sentence each morning and the street stays empty.