Tips for leaving cats alone for the weekend?

mommafrog
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:15:16 +0000

Left single cat over weekend, she did well with advice as above. The only addition – make sure you check cat’s location before you leave! We were gone overnight once (less than 24 hours), and when we came home I called and called my indoor kitty. She was pretty shy around others, but always came for me. Went through the house, finally heard a fairly faint mew – apparently, when I was packing, she thought my sweater drawer looked like a great place to explore! She spent the time we were gone shut in that drawer (yikes). Once I localized the sound, opened the drawer, she shot out and headed directly to the litter box, then to her water and food, then to me. She had managed to not have any “accidents” in the sweater drawer, and she had also not clawed a fiber on my sweaters. Needless to say, we always checked to make sure we laid eyes on her every time we left after that!