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Christina Websell wrote:
"223rem" wrote in message
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I was on a trip abroad for four weeks. I left a ground floor window
open (I live in a very low crime area), plenty of dry food, several
pots full of water on the floor. I dont have a litter box. I was a
little worried, but I found all my 3 cats in perfect health upon my
return. They were not even at home when I got back. Try doing that with
a dog! Try doing that with indoor cats!

I am shocked to hear you say this. I cannot imagine leaving mine home
alone
for a month. What if they had become ill, what if one had been in a
collision with the almost no traffic that I have here?
I have left mine once, overnight in an emergency. They were shut in with
a
litterbox/ food/water and were safe.
My cats are outdoor/indoor. I check on them, I expect them in for their
breakfast and in for their dinner every day, if they are late I go
looking
for them. They are often late because they are looking at mouse
holes/rat
holes and forget the time. My cats don't mind how long they stay there
if
there is a chance of catching a mousie or a rattie (smallish one..)

Leave them home alone for a month? No way at all. If I needed to go
away
for a month I would board mine in a cattery,

Tweed

I'm thinking this post was probably bait to start words flinging
around. But in any case, I agree; I wouldn't even leave my barn cats
alone for a month without someone to come in and feed.

Sherry


Same here. I have a suspicion this is actually a troll, but I decided to
respond in this case because I think the information all of us have provided
can be beneficial to some newbies (and some not-so-new) who may actually
think that cats can simply fend for themselves.

MaryL