Cat People I need some advice.

underwne · March 2013

Hello friends,

I need some advice! We have a cat and a dog. We are leaving in 2 weeks for Easter and I always take the dog home with us because my mother doesn't care and has 2 dogs of her own. The cat is a new addition (we adopted her in December) and H wants to leave her home alone for the weekend. I've never had a cat and this makes me nervous, but H says his parents do it all the time. My Mom's house is not an option because one of her dogs is cat-vicious. His parents would probably take her, but H really doesn't want to ask them because it would cause a lot of extra work. Our cat is allowed on the furniture. Their cats are not. Our cat is not allowed outside, their cats are. Their cats are also older and would get upset and cause general havoc.

We're going to be gone Friday late. We're not leaving until like 5pm. All day Saturday and we would be back Sunday evening. We would leave an automatic feeder and an extra litter box. We don't have anyone to look in on her. We don't know anyone up here that we would trust in our home

We're moving back closer to home soon, so this is the one time this is going to an issue...sigh.

Advice? Has anyone left their cat home alone before? Am I being silly and paranoid?

bpphoto785 · March 2013

I don't have a cat but friends of mine do and they leave them with a feeder and water for a weekend, sometimes a week (with someone checking in once or twice if it's that long) and their cats do fine. I would say it probably depends on your cat. I would s

adventureisoutthere · March 2013

I'm not really a cat person, but I know a few people that are... and I guess my advice is much the same... you won't know how kitty will do unless you try. The auto feeder and water sounds like a good idea, the extra litter box too. My only other suggesti

leopardgurl831 · March 2013

We have two cats. We will leave them home for 2-3 days with no one stopping by. Past that we try to have someone stop in. Our cats share 1 can of wet food a day, plus they eat dry food. When we leave them we would fill both smal

Melissa51212 · March 2013

I agree with PP. We leave our little man home with extra food especially since he doesn't scarf down his food, we know he will have enough for a couple days. If we go for longer than 3 days we get someone just to check in on him. Cats don't do w

MrsSheeler518 · March 2013

I leave my cat about once a month for the weekend. She does just fine...

We have SIL come check on her if she's available, just to give her treats, but it really isn't necessary.

Your kitty should be fine - just leave enough food and

underwne · March 2013

Thank you! I do feel better! She has full run of the house already and I think it would freak her out to move her all around for just the weekend.

amandad18 · March 2013

Definitely do it! We've left our cat home alone for a week by herself and she was just fine- She hates traveling and anyone that isn't us, so it suits her perfectly.

(It took a lot of self-control not to type "purrfe

toothpastechica · March 2013

I agree with the others....2-3 days is fine for kitty to be left alone, just make sure they have lots of water (or leave the toilet accessible! Haha), some extra food and litter. If we are gone longer then just the weekend we get the neighbor to check

mancila60 · March 2013

We used to do it all the time with MIL's cat and I know SIL does it with hers. You can always try it this time and if it doesn't work out then next time you will know.

kushie77 · March 2013

We used to to it before our one cat needed daily medication. We'd put the auto feeder out and an extra bowl of water and a second litterbox. We've left them for 4 days with no problems.