Tips for leaving cats alone for the weekend?

Nrdsb4
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:15:43 +0000

We often leave our cat for a couple of days when we go to our lake house. If we are staying 3 nights or more, we bring her. With a big bowl of food, a big bowl of water, and plenty of fresh litter, she does just fine.

Although…one time, when she was 1 or 2, we went on a cruise for 8 days. My sister was supposed to stay at the house to take care of her, but when she arrived, one of the side doors was open (apparently wasn’t secured and had blown open). She was freaked out, had a policeman walk through the house to make sure all was well, but couldn’t bring herself to stay there (big house). So she would just come by every day to make sure the litter box was in good shape and food and water were good. Kitty got so upset by the solitude that she proceeded to shred every single one of our dining room chairs. These happened to be the only really obscene splurge I had ever made with my decorating. Ten chairs with extremely expensive fabric just destroyed by this traumatized feline.

That was about 8 years ago, and I still haven’t re-covered them because 10 chairs’ worth of fabric and labor is just so expensive.

Grrrr…Still, I love that kitty.