Advice, pls: I'm going away for the weekend. My usual catsitter (my niece) no longer lives here, and my neighbor will also be away. Will my two kitties be all right for three days by themselves, with lots of bowls of food and water and two litterboxes?
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Zenkitty - Feb 17, 2011 10:49:16 am PST #15758 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
erikaj - Feb 17, 2011 10:51:29 am PST #15759 of 30000
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We've done that before...maybe we are bad cat parents, though. The only thing I don't love about dogs...you can't do that. And she eats my toenail clippings.
SailAweigh - Feb 17, 2011 10:56:09 am PST #15760 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Zen, I've left my cats up to a week. But I have an autofeeder that spits out food twice a day and holds about 10 days worth of food. I just left lots of water and made sure the toilet lids were up.
brenda m - Feb 17, 2011 10:58:55 am PST #15761 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
What Sail said. I leave a bunch of water sources and tons of food and she's fine. (My cat is not an overeater - if yours is then a dispenser would probably be a really good idea.)
Ginger - Feb 17, 2011 10:59:25 am PST #15762 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Will my two kitties be all right for three days by themselves, with lots of bowls of food and water and two litterboxes?
I did that many times with no ill effects. I just obsessively made sure there was enough water and shut off the rooms where they did riskier climbing and hiding. I may also have been a bad cat owner.
hippocampus - Feb 17, 2011 11:03:47 am PST #15763 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Ok I was so not ready to have this work done. I had no plan. Blergh. now the house is in the middle of being a complete diaster and I'm just realizing I should have a plan. Also, as I mis-posted in Natter, the "easily patched" ceiling fell down. Glahhh.
sj - Feb 17, 2011 11:09:40 am PST #15764 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
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Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Feb 17, 2011 12:26:15 pm PST #15765 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Thoughts for Ginger and family.
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ChiKat, health~ma for your poor kitty.
Zenkitty - Feb 17, 2011 2:54:02 pm PST #15766 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Ceiling-ma, Sox.
Okay, thanks, I feel more confident! The kitties are not overeaters, so I'll leave out tons of food and water and make sure both boxes are clean before I leave, and they'll be fine for three days. They'll spend most of it sleeping anyway.
Sparky1 - Feb 17, 2011 3:07:38 pm PST #15767 of 30000
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They'll spend most of it sleeping anyway.
That's not what they'll tell you when you get home.