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That's fine, and that's what I also used to do. I also used to travel with
my cat when I only had one. The point is, *someone* should check on our cats when we are gone. The person I use now is a pet sitter--it is her job, her source of income, not a title I conferred on her. When I was a student, I used to trade off with a neighbor, and each of us would look in on the other's cats. I was responding to someone who seemed to think it is alright to leave them unattended as long as dry food is out. That would mean that there is no one to take action if an emergency should arise. MaryL "Granby" wrote in message ... Around here, if you said you had a petsitter, you would be laughed out of town. You can have family or a friend come in but you don't give them titles. Payment is usually a meal in your backyard or a trip to Dairy Queen. They are people who know your animals. This is a small town and everyone knows who has animals so, if there is, say a fire, everyone goes and does their best to rescue, or tell the fireman there are critters in the house. In the two fires since I been here, all the cats, and a dog were rescued. You do what you have to do to take care of your furry friends. "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, MaryL exclaimed (7/25/2009 12:12 AM): "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL I think the point was, not all of us can afford a twice-a-day petsitter for overnight trips, not that you haven't earned what you have. And some of us are just too durned paranoid to have a stranger in our house when we're not around (that's us). Meep goes to a boarding place if we're gone more than a night or two, and that gets expensive fast as well. We just simply take her with us, when we can. She's not nicknamed "The TravelCat" for nothing jmc |
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On Jul 25, 5:57*am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 9:12 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 2:18 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they (seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it. The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats should not have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other health problems in cats that are fed dry food. My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals. The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they want something more, especially during the long 12-hour stretch between supper and breakfast. What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals a day plus 'elevensies'. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A cat that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between. MaryL If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope! *I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - Well, you certainly made an incorrect and unjustified assessment when you called me "a monied one." I wonder how many people would find it acceptable to leave their children unattended and say it is alright if they just leave some food out for them. Clearly, none of use would do that, and my two cats are my furbabies. *On the other hand, I fully understand problems that arise when money is not available. *I went through many years of that, but it does not have to cost anything to have someone check on your cats when you are gone. *I use a professional pet sitter now. *That certainly does have cost involved, but if you were to go back many years in my life to the era when I was a graduate assistant, I was literally living on poverty income. *I *still* would never have left my cat to fend for himself when I was gone. *I worked out arrangements with a reliable neighbor, and we took turns checking on each other (and feeding cats) if we had to be out of town. *When my cat became ill, I worked out a monthly pay plan to pay for veterinarian fees. *I could not afford a car at that time, so I took my cat in a carrier on the bus and then walked several blocks to get him to the vet. *But I did not use my lack of financial resources to use my own convenience as an excuse for his care. In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without having someone check on them. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Let me see! Just spend 2000 dollars to have nebby's back legs from popping out of the sockets! One year ago, I spent over 600 when Nebby and Izzy developed allergic reactions to something in the food! Have to buy expensive restricted diet foods! Two years ago, I spent over 6,000 dollar trying to keep Zippy alive when he developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Lady you have no idea! |
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On Jul 25, 4:17*am, "Granby" wrote:
Around here, if you said you had a petsitter, you would be laughed out of town. *You can have family or a friend come in but you don't give them titles. *Payment is usually a meal in your backyard or a trip to Dairy Queen. *They are people who know your animals. This is a small town and everyone knows who has animals so, if there is, say a fire, everyone goes and does their best to rescue, or tell the fireman there are critters in the house. *In the two fires since I been here, all the cats, and a dog were rescued. I live in an area where if there is a fire, they come over to see what they can loot! You do what you have to do to take care of your furry friends."jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, MaryL exclaimed (7/25/2009 12:12 AM): "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? *Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL I think the point was, not all of us can afford a twice-a-day petsitter for overnight trips, not that you haven't earned what you have. *And some of us are just too durned paranoid to have a stranger in our house when we're not around (that's us). Meep goes to a boarding place if we're gone more than a night or two, and that gets expensive fast as well. *We just simply take her with us, when we can. She's not nicknamed "The TravelCat" for nothing jmc- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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On Jul 25, 4:17*am, "Granby" wrote:
Around here, if you said you had a petsitter, you would be laughed out of town. *You can have family or a friend come in but you don't give them titles. *Payment is usually a meal in your backyard or a trip to Dairy Queen. *They are people who know your animals. This is a small town and everyone knows who has animals so, if there is, say a fire, everyone goes and does their best to rescue We have a neighborhood watch in our neighborhood! When you leave, they are watching and call up their buddies! They say, we are in! We can use Fred's yard to croos into the neighbor's and take what we want before he gets home! That is our neighborhood watch! , or tell the fireman there are critters in the house. *In the two fires since I been here, all the cats, and a dog were rescued. You do what you have to do to take care of your furry friends."jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, MaryL exclaimed (7/25/2009 12:12 AM): "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? *Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL I think the point was, not all of us can afford a twice-a-day petsitter for overnight trips, not that you haven't earned what you have. *And some of us are just too durned paranoid to have a stranger in our house when we're not around (that's us). Meep goes to a boarding place if we're gone more than a night or two, and that gets expensive fast as well. *We just simply take her with us, when we can. She's not nicknamed "The TravelCat" for nothing jmc- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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"chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 25, 5:57 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 9:12 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 2:18 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they (seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it. The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats should not have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other health problems in cats that are fed dry food. My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals. The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they want something more, especially during the long 12-hour stretch between supper and breakfast. What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals a day plus 'elevensies'. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A cat that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between. MaryL If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope! I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - Well, you certainly made an incorrect and unjustified assessment when you called me "a monied one." I wonder how many people would find it acceptable to leave their children unattended and say it is alright if they just leave some food out for them. Clearly, none of use would do that, and my two cats are my furbabies. On the other hand, I fully understand problems that arise when money is not available. I went through many years of that, but it does not have to cost anything to have someone check on your cats when you are gone. I use a professional pet sitter now. That certainly does have cost involved, but if you were to go back many years in my life to the era when I was a graduate assistant, I was literally living on poverty income. I *still* would never have left my cat to fend for himself when I was gone. I worked out arrangements with a reliable neighbor, and we took turns checking on each other (and feeding cats) if we had to be out of town. When my cat became ill, I worked out a monthly pay plan to pay for veterinarian fees. I could not afford a car at that time, so I took my cat in a carrier on the bus and then walked several blocks to get him to the vet. But I did not use my lack of financial resources to use my own convenience as an excuse for his care. In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without having someone check on them. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Let me see! Just spend 2000 dollars to have nebby's back legs from popping out of the sockets! One year ago, I spent over 600 when Nebby and Izzy developed allergic reactions to something in the food! Have to buy expensive restricted diet foods! Two years ago, I spent over 6,000 dollar trying to keep Zippy alive when he developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Lady you have no idea! And all this came up because I said that a cat should not be left alone, and you responded by calling me "the monied one" because I use a pet sitter??? - - - - - - - - - - - - Sheesh! MaryL |
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Well, from the looks of all the posts, I'm not over-feeding the cats. The
point is they do so much grazing that the canned food seems to sit out too long before it is finally eaten. If I were to pull the food away after 15 minutes, most of it would not be eaten. The dry food is just about a tablespoon full with each meal but given as a choice. Once in a while they will turn their noses up at a can of food (Nutro Max 5.5 oz) and just want dry and I will then dump the food. Thanks for all your responses. Barb |
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On Jul 25, 7:08*am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 25, 5:57 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 9:12 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 2:18 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they (seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it. The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats should not have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other health problems in cats that are fed dry food. My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals. The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they want something more, especially during the long 12-hour stretch between supper and breakfast. What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals a day plus 'elevensies'. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A cat that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between. MaryL If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said.. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope! I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - Well, you certainly made an incorrect and unjustified assessment when you called me "a monied one." I wonder how many people would find it acceptable to leave their children unattended and say it is alright if they just leave some food out for them. Clearly, none of use would do that, and my two cats are my furbabies. On the other hand, I fully understand problems that arise when money is not available. I went through many years of that, but it does not have to cost anything to have someone check on your cats when you are gone. I use a professional pet sitter now. That certainly does have cost involved, but if you were to go back many years in my life to the era when I was a graduate assistant, I was literally living on poverty income. I *still* would never have left my cat to fend for himself when I was gone. I worked out arrangements with a reliable neighbor, and we took turns checking on each other (and feeding cats) if we had to be out of town. When my cat became ill, I worked out a monthly pay plan to pay for veterinarian fees. I could not afford a car at that time, so I took my cat in a carrier on the bus and then walked several blocks to get him to the vet. But I did not use my lack of financial resources to use my own convenience as an excuse for his care. In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without having someone check on them. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Let me see! *Just spend 2000 dollars to have nebby's back legs from popping out of the sockets! *One year ago, I spent over 600 when Nebby and Izzy developed allergic reactions to something in the food! *Have to buy expensive restricted diet foods! *Two years ago, I spent over 6,000 dollar trying to keep Zippy alive when he developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy *Lady you have no idea! And all this came up because I said that a cat should not be left alone, and you responded by calling me "the monied one" because I use a pet sitter??? - - - - - - - - - - - - Sheesh! MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep! Your view of course! |
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"chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 25, 7:08 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 25, 5:57 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 9:12 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 2:18 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:55 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "calvin" wrote in message Three meals a day (multiple flavors of Fancy Feast) plus dry treats ('elevensies') just before my bedtime. Also they (seven cats) have round-the-clock dry food to munch on whenever they like, plus several water bowls, refreshed daily. I'm spoiling them? You bet, and we all love it. The problem with dry food is that it isn't "spoiling" them. Cats should not have carbs. There is a much higher incidence of diabetes and other health problems in cats that are fed dry food. My cats prefer the canned food that they get for meals. The dry food is for between-meal munchies when they want something more, especially during the long 12-hour stretch between supper and breakfast. What I meant by spoiling them is having three meals a day plus 'elevensies'. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Could you consider some other treats instead of leaving dry food out? A cat that munches all day could easily become a overweight. Twice a day is considered optimum, so it isn't necessary for a cat to munch in-between. MaryL If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nope! I know the costs and what I have!!!!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - Well, you certainly made an incorrect and unjustified assessment when you called me "a monied one." I wonder how many people would find it acceptable to leave their children unattended and say it is alright if they just leave some food out for them. Clearly, none of use would do that, and my two cats are my furbabies. On the other hand, I fully understand problems that arise when money is not available. I went through many years of that, but it does not have to cost anything to have someone check on your cats when you are gone. I use a professional pet sitter now. That certainly does have cost involved, but if you were to go back many years in my life to the era when I was a graduate assistant, I was literally living on poverty income. I *still* would never have left my cat to fend for himself when I was gone. I worked out arrangements with a reliable neighbor, and we took turns checking on each other (and feeding cats) if we had to be out of town. When my cat became ill, I worked out a monthly pay plan to pay for veterinarian fees. I could not afford a car at that time, so I took my cat in a carrier on the bus and then walked several blocks to get him to the vet. But I did not use my lack of financial resources to use my own convenience as an excuse for his care. In my entire life, I have *never* left my cats for more than a day without having someone check on them. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Let me see! Just spend 2000 dollars to have nebby's back legs from popping out of the sockets! One year ago, I spent over 600 when Nebby and Izzy developed allergic reactions to something in the food! Have to buy expensive restricted diet foods! Two years ago, I spent over 6,000 dollar trying to keep Zippy alive when he developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Lady you have no idea! And all this came up because I said that a cat should not be left alone, and you responded by calling me "the monied one" because I use a pet sitter??? - - - - - - - - - - - - Sheesh! MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yep! Your view of course! You are a jackass. Howdy, jackass. |
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On Jul 25, 9:01*am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: That's fine, and that's what I also used to do. *I also used to travel with my cat when I only had one. *The point is, *someone* should check on our cats when we are gone. *The person I use now is a pet sitter--it is her job, her source of income, not a title I conferred on her. *When I was a student, I used to trade off with a neighbor, and each of us would look in on the other's cats. *I was responding to someone who seemed to think it is alright to leave them unattended as long as dry food is out. *That would mean that there is no one to take action if an emergency should arise. MaryL "Granby" wrote in message ... Around here, if you said you had a petsitter, you would be laughed out of town. *You can have family or a friend come in but you don't give them titles. *Payment is usually a meal in your backyard or a trip to Dairy Queen. *They are people who know your animals. This is a small town and everyone knows who has animals so, if there is, say a fire, everyone goes and does their best to rescue, or tell the fireman there are critters in the house. *In the two fires since I been here, all the cats, and a dog were rescued. You do what you have to do to take care of your furry friends. "jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, MaryL exclaimed (7/25/2009 12:12 AM): "chatnoir" wrote in message .... On Jul 24, 3:54 pm, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "chatnoir" wrote in message If you go out of town often, you have little choice but to leave dry food out! - - - - - - - - - - - - Wrong! I hire a petsitter to come into my house twice a day. She had fantastic references, and she is just as fantastic as everyone said. I have used the same petsitter every year for the last six years (sometimes more than once a year). I would *never* leave my furbabies unattended. It doesn't matter if food is out, or not--any manner of emergencies could occur, and they would not be taken care of if there is no one available to observe and take action. MaryL- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A monied one! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You do tend to make a lot of incorrect assessments, don't you? *Whatever I have is based on a working history of 42 years. MaryL I think the point was, not all of us can afford a twice-a-day petsitter for overnight trips, not that you haven't earned what you have. *And some of us are just too durned paranoid to have a stranger in our house when we're not around (that's us). I think it's a question of the amount of TIME left alone. What is the maximum amount of time you'd leave your cat alone? I have a good deal with a neighbor - I tend to hers and vice versa and no money is exchanged. I give her a nice gift at Xmas and that's it. And I don't expect her to be checking on the cat every hour - she makes two trips a day and I go two or three to hers. If I am to be away for a few hours, I certainly don't ask her to come in. We have keys to each other's houses and use judgment if we notice the other is overdue home. |
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"Kalmia" wrote in message ... I think it's a question of the amount of TIME left alone. What is the maximum amount of time you'd leave your cat alone? I have a good deal with a neighbor - I tend to hers and vice versa and no money is exchanged. I give her a nice gift at Xmas and that's it. And I don't expect her to be checking on the cat every hour - she makes two trips a day and I go two or three to hers. If I am to be away for a few hours, I certainly don't ask her to come in. We have keys to each other's houses and use judgment if we notice the other is overdue home. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I would not be concerned about a few hours. In fact, mine are left while I go to work, as is true for most people. However, I make arrangements (neighbor or pet sitter) if I am going to be gone for more than a full (24-hour) day. MaryL |
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