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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
223rem wrote: 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! Why would anyone who loves his/her cats (or dogs) WANT to? Poor kitties, they must have thought their person had abandoned them! |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
jmcquown wrote: Jo Firey wrote: I could swear I have you blocked. You munged your address didn't you. Sure did, Jo. I just blocked again. Indoor, outdoor, whatever - no way would I leave a cat unattended for 4 weeks and think it's a good thing. Of course! "Indoor/outdoor" is one thing, totally abandoning them for four weeks is quite another! If you can't find a willing neighbor to come in to check on them daily, there ARE pet-sitting services, and if worse comes to worst, you can board them with a vet. (If you can afford a trip abroad, you can certainly afford to arrange for the welfare of your pets while you're gone - if not, you've no business traveling!) |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: You guys have mentioned all by my major fear of leaving pets alone home (even for only a few hours): house fires! There are more this time of year than any, what with dry trees in the house, space heaters in use overlaoding circuits, and candles burning! My father got smoke inhalation from when his house half burned down. The fire alarm had woken him just fine, and he did go outside, but he came back into the house to look for the cat (my cat Caitlin) who was hiding in the basement all scared, and it was the time he spent trying to find and catch the cat that gave him the injury. I always try to remember that about him when I'm angry at him for something else. It kind of works like counting to ten. 8^) --tension |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: "223rem" wrote in message ups.com... 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! In my opinion, what you just described is *neglect.* Mine are indoor cats, but I wouldn't dream of leaving *any* cat (indoor or outdoor) for more than a day or two without having someone check on them. You are fortunate that nothing happened -- one could have been struck by a car, become ill, or run into any number of difficulties. You took a great risk by just assuming that they would be "safe" for a month, As a follow-up to your earlier message: Mine are indoor cats precisely because I *do* love them. They are protected and get lots of love and attention; they are not "prisoners." MaryL Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o' Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e Mary, Duffy is the blind kitty, right? An absolute tribute to overcoming (or ignoring!) handicaps and just being a cat I love Duffy; such a pretty cat! Jill Thanks, Jill. Yes, Duffy is my blind kitty, and he is an absolute delight. He is happy, active, sweet-natured, and can do almost anything that a sighted cat can do. Just to add "icing on the cake," he is also beautiful and adorable! MaryL |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
wrote in message ups.com... Christina Websell wrote: "223rem" wrote in message ups.com... 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 |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
tension_on_the_wire wrote:
My father got smoke inhalation from when his house half burned down. The fire alarm had woken him just fine, and he did go outside, but he came back into the house to look for the cat (my cat Caitlin) who was hiding in the basement all scared, and it was the time he spent trying to find and catch the cat that gave him the injury. What a wonderful dad! Did he succeed in rescuing Caitlin? I always try to remember that about him when I'm angry at him for something else. It kind of works like counting to ten. I can imagine! Joyce |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: You guys have mentioned all by my major fear of leaving pets alone home (even for only a few hours): house fires! There are more this time of year than any, what with dry trees in the house, space heaters in use overlaoding circuits, and candles burning! My father got smoke inhalation from when his house half burned down. The fire alarm had woken him just fine, and he did go outside, but he came back into the house to look for the cat (my cat Caitlin) who was hiding in the basement all scared, and it was the time he spent trying to find and catch the cat that gave him the injury. I always try to remember that about him when I'm angry at him for something else. It kind of works like counting to ten. 8^) --tension |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: You guys have mentioned all by my major fear of leaving pets alone home (even for only a few hours): house fires! There are more this time of year than any, what with dry trees in the house, space heaters in use overlaoding circuits, and candles burning! My father got smoke inhalation from when his house half burned down. The fire alarm had woken him just fine, and he did go outside, but he came back into the house to look for the cat (my cat Caitlin) who was hiding in the basement all scared, and it was the time he spent trying to find and catch the cat that gave him the injury. I always try to remember that about him when I'm angry at him for something else. It kind of works like counting to ten. 8^) --tension |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
223rem wrote: 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 just really hope this is a Troll because I cannot bear to think someone did that for 4 weeks! The longest we have left the Furballs (Both current and previous) is 2 nights and that was going out late on the first day, then rushing home the 2nd morning (not to mention starting to get worried half way through the 1st day). We knew we were going to be out so we left huge bowls of food both wet and dry, filled 3 litre containers with water and left taps running, left a completely clean litter box (and resigned ourselves to the fact that any mess when we got back was our fault) If I had had to leave them longer I have a friend who doesn't care much for cats but can be relied on to fill bowls, clean litter, make sure they don't escape and lock up afterwards whom I would use..he wouldn't pet them much but they'd be fed and safe...or maybe he would and would end up a slave!!! But I wouldn't leave them that long Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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My cats OK after home alone for 4 weeks!
Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: You guys have mentioned all by my major fear of leaving pets alone home (even for only a few hours): house fires! There are more this time of year than any, what with dry trees in the house, space heaters in use overlaoding circuits, and candles burning! My father got smoke inhalation from when his house half burned down. The fire alarm had woken him just fine, and he did go outside, but he came back into the house to look for the cat (my cat Caitlin) who was hiding in the basement all scared, and it was the time he spent trying to find and catch the cat that gave him the injury. I always try to remember that about him when I'm angry at him for something else. It kind of works like counting to ten. 8^) --tension |
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