Tips for leaving cats alone for the weekend?

snowball
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:57:21 +0000

When the cats were still with us, we paid a neighborhood middle schooler, $50/week to clean the litter once a day, put out fresh dry food and water, bring the mail and paper in, and take the trash can up to the street once a week. If it was just a day or two, I would pay them $10/day. I was lucky in that a family with 3 children shared this job for almost 10 years; as one got older and involved with high school activities, the next in line took over.

I would think if you two were ok with dry food only, that you could leave them with an extra bowl of food and water, along with an extra litter box. My only concern with them being so young is if they have a habit of getting into things and might they knock something over and break it, could they unravel some fabric and swallow something, might they chew on plants? Not trying to scare you, but my two were daredevils when kittens!!