I have a little dilemma coming up in about a month. One of our male cats recently had some problems with UTIs and crystals, twice in 4 months he got blocked up. So we now have him on a special diet to keep it under control (Hills CD). We have 5 other cats and are going on vacation in about a month for 8 days. He’s not allowed to eat the other cats food as we would risk him getting blocked up again, and completely switching all of them to his food would not be possible as you can imagine. 2 of the other cats are super shy, so they probably won’t even touch their food until the pet sitter is gone...which is what will make this difficult (one of them only eats one brand and one flavor )
I’m trying to figure out a game plan of how to handle all this while we’re gone. Any ideas? I was thinking of just putting him in his own room with a window while we’re gone so I wouldn’t have to worry about him getting to the others food. Also that way I can make sure he is peeing while we’re gone too. Just not sure if that is too much time for him to be locked in a bedroom by himself. He typically keeps to himself anyways and sleeps all day, and will occasionally snuggle with two of the others. Not playful at all.
I’m trying to figure out a game plan of how to handle all this while we’re gone. Any ideas? I was thinking of just putting him in his own room with a window while we’re gone so I wouldn’t have to worry about him getting to the others food. Also that way I can make sure he is peeing while we’re gone too. Just not sure if that is too much time for him to be locked in a bedroom by himself. He typically keeps to himself anyways and sleeps all day, and will occasionally snuggle with two of the others. Not playful at all.
