What to do? Board or take with us?

Suddenly, without warning, Petzl exclaimed (7/13/2010 1:26 AM):
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:13:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Yea, but as mentioned in my original post, this is not an option for us,
for reasons I won't get into here.

jmc

I've always used neighbors to look after my cat.
Have you asked?

Same problem. We don't know any of our neighbors well enough.

Decided that boarding her will be the lesser of two evils, considering
two main issues:

1. Looks to be a miserable hot summer, making stops problematic
2. Her new medicine is specially compounded, and must be refrigerated.

Thanks to all who weighed in on this!

jmc

On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:30:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Suddenly, without warning, Petzl exclaimed (7/13/2010 1:26 AM):
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:13:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Yea, but as mentioned in my original post, this is not an option for us,
for reasons I won't get into here.

jmc

I've always used neighbors to look after my cat.
Have you asked?

Same problem. We don't know any of our neighbors well enough.

Decided that boarding her will be the lesser of two evils, considering
two main issues:

1. Looks to be a miserable hot summer, making stops problematic
2. Her new medicine is specially compounded, and must be refrigerated.

Thanks to all who weighed in on this!

jmc

Seems like a good decision. Too many things can go wrong when bringing
a cat along on a trip.

Before my neighbor stepped up I was using one of my vet's assistants for pet
sitting.

Barb

Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (7/19/2010 8:58 AM):
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:30:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Suddenly, without warning, Petzl exclaimed (7/13/2010 1:26 AM):
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:13:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Yea, but as mentioned in my original post, this is not an option for us,
for reasons I won't get into here.

jmc
I've always used neighbors to look after my cat.
Have you asked?
Same problem. We don't know any of our neighbors well enough.

Decided that boarding her will be the lesser of two evils, considering
two main issues:

1. Looks to be a miserable hot summer, making stops problematic
2. Her new medicine is specially compounded, and must be refrigerated.

Thanks to all who weighed in on this!

jmc

Seems like a good decision. Too many things can go wrong when bringing
a cat along on a trip.


Well, she's an experienced traveler, has traveled by vehicle with us for
thousands of miles, but temperature looks to be too big an issue, and
work won't allow me to move the vacation to a cooler month

jmc

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:34:23 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (7/19/2010 8:58 AM):
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:30:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Suddenly, without warning, Petzl exclaimed (7/13/2010 1:26 AM):
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:13:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

Yea, but as mentioned in my original post, this is not an option for us,
for reasons I won't get into here.

jmc
I've always used neighbors to look after my cat.
Have you asked?
Same problem. We don't know any of our neighbors well enough.

Decided that boarding her will be the lesser of two evils, considering
two main issues:

1. Looks to be a miserable hot summer, making stops problematic
2. Her new medicine is specially compounded, and must be refrigerated.

Thanks to all who weighed in on this!

jmc

Seems like a good decision. Too many things can go wrong when bringing
a cat along on a trip.


Well, she's an experienced traveler, has traveled by vehicle with us for
thousands of miles, but temperature looks to be too big an issue, and
work won't allow me to move the vacation to a cooler month

jmc

So inflexible! But the heat is wreaking havoc all over - my furballs
are all behaving oddly. Then again, that is pretty much the definition
of furball.

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:13:13 -0400, jmc
wrote:

In my neck of the woods, (Salem, Oregon) we have ladies who will come in
your house while you are on vacation and spend some quality time with
your pets. They will feed them, change their water, and pet them and
make sure they are happy for a small fee. They spend about 30 minutes a
day with them. This is a great alternative to boarding them out in a
strange local.....

Yea, but as mentioned in my original post, this is not an option for us,
for reasons I won't get into here.

jmc

Don't know if this is a option but search "home sitters"
People from all over the world will do this and look after your pets
while doing it
Petzl
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http://home.iprimus.com.au/petzl/Mono.htm

On Jul 7, 8:21*pm, jmc wrote:
We are going on "vacation" for a little over two weeks soon. *I have to
figure out what is best to do for Meep, who is 14, and currently on an
apparently vile pain medication that must be given by mouth twice a day.
* It is stressing her a bit for me to give it to her, but as it is
helping her a lot, I'm hoping she'll get used to it (we're going to try
a different flavor when the current batch runs low). *I tried to put it
in her food, but due to it's bad taste, that isn't working.

Since we cannot use a home care service, for reasons I won't get into,
the only choices seem to be board her, or bring her with us. *Normally I
board her at a very nice place we've used for years. *We spring for the
deluxe window cabin, and she used to do quite well there. *Recently,
though, she's been a lot more stressed out. *I do not know if it's an
employee or just that she's older, but she's obviously stressed - they
report she hisses and sometimes strikes out when they clean her cage.
She didn't used to be. *When I come in she's very huddled until she
recognizes me, then she's fine. *Used to be she'd be relatively relaxed,
even if not friendly to the staff. *Add to this that they'll have to
dose her with that terrible stuff twice a day! *I'm not sure, but I
think that her time in boarding may have had something to do with the
last two cystitis attacks she's had, I think they were both within a
month or two of boarding her.

On the other hand, travel is also a bit stressful for her though she's
much better at it than most cats. *She goes on a leash when there's
nobody about. *She is used to the routines of travel and generally
handles it pretty well. The main issue with traveling with her is this
isn't a strictly pleasure trip - we are moving some furniture to our
vacation home, and to maximize the amount of time I'm allowed to take
for leave, we need to put in some very long hours of travel time. *And,
it's summer. *I have a cage fan for her but still, hot truck and all
that (we take minimal stops when she's with us, but still). *Because of
her fear of people, we can only take her out on a leash when there's no
one else in sight.

I can't make up my mind! *Any thoughts that might help me decide?

jmc

Board her. If you set out on the road and she gets sick or something,
then you are NOwhere near your regular vet or boarding place and then
what would you do?

Too bad you can't pay a trustworthy relative to move into your
house.....best of all possibilities.