How Long Can I Leave My Cat Without A Litter Box?

Shelters keep the cats in cages smaller than that, with the food and water on one end and the litterbox on the other. He'll be fine.

Since this is a long-term thing you might consider getting one of those cat cages with shelves. That way he can jump up on a shelf and have more places to sit than just on the same floor as all his stuff.

How do you ever leave the house if you're afraid of her eating things? Wouldn't it be best to have a safe room or spacious kennel with food/litter in it for her so she can't get into stuff? Not just for this situation but for any other time you leave the house?

Ƀåstet said:

How do you ever leave the house if you're afraid of her eating things? Wouldn't it be best to have a safe room or spacious kennel with food/litter in it for her so she can't get into stuff? Not just for this situation but for any other time you leave the house?

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I work from home. So I normally only leave the house to do grocery shopping and for church on Sundays. When I leave the house during those times it's usually not more than an hour or two so I just put him in his regular kennel with his food/water. I'm looking into closing off a small room and ripping up the carpet so he'll have his own room empty of everything but his personal stuff.

iheartlife said:

I work from home. So I normally only leave the house to do grocery shopping and for church on Sundays. When I leave the house during those times it's usually not more than an hour or two so I just put him in his regular kennel with his food/water. I'm looking into closing off a small room and ripping up the carpet so he'll have his own room empty of everything but his personal stuff.

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I think that's a good idea. I would be so worried every time I left the house if he didn't have a safe space with all basic necessities.

Willowy said:

Shelters keep the cats in cages smaller than that, with the food and water on one end and the litterbox on the other. He'll be fine.

Since this is a long-term thing you might consider getting one of those cat cages with shelves. That way he can jump up on a shelf and have more places to sit than just on the same floor as all his stuff.

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I like the idea of a kennel with shelves, but I worry because sometimes he rolls off the couch when he's sleeping and I'd hate for him to roll off an upper shelf. Right now I work from home so I'm not gone very often and when I am it's not for more than an hour or two so it hasn't really been a big issue so far. Our floor plan is open but we're planning on closing off one of the smaller spaces in the near future and ripping up the carpet so he'll have his own room if we are gone for extended periods of time like today.

First I would like to say You are a great furbaby mum! Yes, I do understand you really hope to see your Sister. At this moment in time, yes you may leave the kitty in the cage, definitely to have the litter box and a bit of food and water at opposite end. And If you really can’t let him stay in the bathroom for the mentioned reason. I think there is no harm done. By the way, would he tend to eat the litter since he will be bored in the cage for so many hours? You may want to trial run that,ie put everything together and leave him inside and monitor him. Do you happen to have a portable cctv that you can monitor from your mobile phone? I do that initially when I had my kitty and I had to close him in the bathroom when I am at work...