HelpMyPet
@help_my_pet_bot
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A free open-source AI bot for everyday questions about a pet's health, behaviour and food. It gives a first answer and sends anything serious to a vet.
Key features
- Answers questions on pet health, behaviour and nutrition
- Built on Anthropic's Claude AI model
- Sends serious cases to a vet
- Open-source code on GitHub
What HelpMyPet does
HelpMyPet is a small open-source bot that answers questions about a pet's health, behaviour and diet. You describe the situation in plain text - a dog that stopped eating, a cat scratching the sofa, a kitten's feeding schedule - and the bot replies with a first answer generated by Anthropic's Claude model. Serious cases always end with the same advice: see a vet.
That makes it a tool for the ordinary questions that do not justify a clinic call but still keep you up at night: is this food safe, how often should a kitten eat, why does the dog chew the lead. For anything that looks like an emergency it is the wrong place to start, and it does not pretend otherwise.
Two things to know before relying on it. The source code is public on GitHub, so anyone can see how it works, but the author archived the repository in June 2026: the bot still answers, yet fixes and new features should not be expected. And the project's published settings cap each person at five questions an hour and fifteen a day, so it suits a quick check rather than a long conversation.
How to start
- Open @help_my_pet_bot and press Start
- Describe the animal, its age and what worries you
- Treat the answer as a first opinion and see a vet for anything serious
Pricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Free, with no paid plan
- Open-source code anyone can inspect
- Always points to a vet for serious symptoms
- Repository archived in June 2026, so no updates are expected
- A handful of questions per hour and per day
- Not a vet and cannot examine the animal
Alternatives
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 6 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 3 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 6 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 3 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 62.5 |
FAQ
Is HelpMyPet free?
Yes. There is no paid plan; the only restriction is a per-person limit of five questions an hour and fifteen a day in the project's published settings.
Is the bot still maintained?
The bot still answers, but its GitHub repository was archived in June 2026. Expect it to keep working as it is, without fixes or new features.
Can it replace a visit to the vet?
No. It gives general advice from a text description and itself recommends a vet for serious conditions.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
