Hi there
we’re a one cat household with a 4 year old cat. She’s not super shy of people,it takes a bit for her to warm up to you but she’s not the type to hideaway for hours bc of a stranger in the home. She does let new ppl pet her. That said, I don’t think a cat sitter is a big deal to her. However I am worried if a week and half of cat sitter life will be enough socializing for her.
we are traveling between three cities in 9 days. Our home city and then two cities were visiting for the holidays. Original plan was to take her in the plane and car with us. Ultimately we would be doing some form of transportation every third day- which my spouse thinks is too much for her and will stress her out. He grew up in a cat per household and have had many cats through his life. I however never had pets and this is my first, and is of the mindset that since we take her on long weekend trips with us with 2-3 hr car rides, she’ll be fine.Despite not agreeing with my spouse, I’ve decided to get a cat sitter for her. However it is our neighbor who we aren’t paying and most likely will just get a thank you gift for their help. They will drop in am and pm for her wet meals, and then I will do an auto feeder for dry snack at midnight as I don’t want her going more than 12 hrs without food (I know with older cats it’s a concern But since we already have an auto feeder-why not). Our neighbor is pretty busy and then agreeing to help us a huge help, so I don’t want to ask for them to stay longer than necessary to play or entertain her. So (sorry for the drawn out details) is 9 days without much/any social time with humans (or any cat) ok for my cat? Or will I come back with her hating me. If 9 days is too long with her being home by herself with hours on end of no social time, I’ll have to coordinate someone else to visit her- or just not go on my trip.
Thoughts?
we’re a one cat household with a 4 year old cat. She’s not super shy of people,it takes a bit for her to warm up to you but she’s not the type to hideaway for hours bc of a stranger in the home. She does let new ppl pet her. That said, I don’t think a cat sitter is a big deal to her. However I am worried if a week and half of cat sitter life will be enough socializing for her.
we are traveling between three cities in 9 days. Our home city and then two cities were visiting for the holidays. Original plan was to take her in the plane and car with us. Ultimately we would be doing some form of transportation every third day- which my spouse thinks is too much for her and will stress her out. He grew up in a cat per household and have had many cats through his life. I however never had pets and this is my first, and is of the mindset that since we take her on long weekend trips with us with 2-3 hr car rides, she’ll be fine.Despite not agreeing with my spouse, I’ve decided to get a cat sitter for her. However it is our neighbor who we aren’t paying and most likely will just get a thank you gift for their help. They will drop in am and pm for her wet meals, and then I will do an auto feeder for dry snack at midnight as I don’t want her going more than 12 hrs without food (I know with older cats it’s a concern But since we already have an auto feeder-why not). Our neighbor is pretty busy and then agreeing to help us a huge help, so I don’t want to ask for them to stay longer than necessary to play or entertain her. So (sorry for the drawn out details) is 9 days without much/any social time with humans (or any cat) ok for my cat? Or will I come back with her hating me. If 9 days is too long with her being home by herself with hours on end of no social time, I’ll have to coordinate someone else to visit her- or just not go on my trip.
Thoughts?
