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circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:37:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats,
) said, I don't call it irresponsible to leave a pet if you make arrangements to have someone check on it for you. That's called a "petsitter". :-) Laura -- I am Dyslexia of Borg, Your ass will be laminated. |
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"Laura R." wrote in message .. . circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:37:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats, ) said, I don't call it irresponsible to leave a pet if you make arrangements to have someone check on it for you. That's called a "petsitter". :-) Laura -- I am Dyslexia of Borg, Your ass will be laminated. If we're going away for more than 4 days we have someone come in .. we have a self feeder and we clean their litter. We figure their okay by themselves for 4 days. Tina |
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"Laura R." wrote in message .. . circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:37:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats, ) said, I don't call it irresponsible to leave a pet if you make arrangements to have someone check on it for you. That's called a "petsitter". :-) Laura -- I am Dyslexia of Borg, Your ass will be laminated. If we're going away for more than 4 days we have someone come in .. we have a self feeder and we clean their litter. We figure their okay by themselves for 4 days. Tina |
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:17:24 GMT, "Tina Laitinen"
wrote: "Laura R." wrote in message . .. circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:37:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats, ) said, I don't call it irresponsible to leave a pet if you make arrangements to have someone check on it for you. That's called a "petsitter". :-) Laura -- I am Dyslexia of Borg, Your ass will be laminated. If we're going away for more than 4 days we have someone come in .. we have a self feeder and we clean their litter. We figure their okay by themselves for 4 days. Tina 4 days is the most for me, and that's rare. Plenty of 3's though. They've been fine for that time. Swyck |
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:17:24 GMT, "Tina Laitinen"
wrote: "Laura R." wrote in message . .. circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:37:16 GMT, in rec.pets.cats, ) said, I don't call it irresponsible to leave a pet if you make arrangements to have someone check on it for you. That's called a "petsitter". :-) Laura -- I am Dyslexia of Borg, Your ass will be laminated. If we're going away for more than 4 days we have someone come in .. we have a self feeder and we clean their litter. We figure their okay by themselves for 4 days. Tina 4 days is the most for me, and that's rare. Plenty of 3's though. They've been fine for that time. Swyck |
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"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:25:29 GMT, wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:49:37 +0100, Kristine Kochanski wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:48:24 +0000 (UTC), Ablang wrote: I was wondering... How long has anyone here left their cat(s) alone when going on a short vacation, with everything taken care of, of course (automatic pet feeder, plenty of water, lots of litterboxes out, etc). What's the longest you've left your cat(s) alone, and what extra things did you put out to make it easier on both of you? I've left mine for weekends and 3-day weekends. I leave out tons of dry food and water and make sure the litterbox is clean and has plenty of sand. The food/water/litter situation is fine when I get home, but I feel kind of guilty because I know she must be lonely when I'm gone. I don't leave her that often, though. -- Kelly Donovan |
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"Kristine Kochanski" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:25:29 GMT, wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:49:37 +0100, Kristine Kochanski wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:48:24 +0000 (UTC), Ablang wrote: I was wondering... How long has anyone here left their cat(s) alone when going on a short vacation, with everything taken care of, of course (automatic pet feeder, plenty of water, lots of litterboxes out, etc). What's the longest you've left your cat(s) alone, and what extra things did you put out to make it easier on both of you? I've left mine for weekends and 3-day weekends. I leave out tons of dry food and water and make sure the litterbox is clean and has plenty of sand. The food/water/litter situation is fine when I get home, but I feel kind of guilty because I know she must be lonely when I'm gone. I don't leave her that often, though. -- Kelly Donovan |
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In article ,
Kristine Kochanski wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:48:24 +0000 (UTC), Ablang wrote: I was wondering... How long has anyone here left their cat(s) alone when going on a short vacation, with everything taken care of, of course (automatic pet feeder, plenty of water, lots of litterboxes out, etc). What's the longest you've left your cat(s) alone, and what extra things did you put out to make it easier on both of you? I would never leave my cats for more than 6 hours. More than overnight trapped inside a house is tantamount to abuse IMO. Flame me if you will but that's my belief. mine has an open window, fresh water and enough food for 5 days, she comes and goes when she wants, sometimes goes out fr a few days, IMO, with a set-up like that 4 or five days is fine. |
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In article ,
Kristine Kochanski wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:48:24 +0000 (UTC), Ablang wrote: I was wondering... How long has anyone here left their cat(s) alone when going on a short vacation, with everything taken care of, of course (automatic pet feeder, plenty of water, lots of litterboxes out, etc). What's the longest you've left your cat(s) alone, and what extra things did you put out to make it easier on both of you? I would never leave my cats for more than 6 hours. More than overnight trapped inside a house is tantamount to abuse IMO. Flame me if you will but that's my belief. mine has an open window, fresh water and enough food for 5 days, she comes and goes when she wants, sometimes goes out fr a few days, IMO, with a set-up like that 4 or five days is fine. |
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"Callipygian Nullifidian" wrote in message ... "Gee" wrote in message : Tim, surely you have some neighbours who could pop in and give your cats : some attention at least every couple of days, How naive.... I can't imagine allowing my neighbors access to my house without a chaperone. Actually, my jirds would be far harder to prepare for...they wouldn't be able to get to the sink (especially with three cats running around). Hmm....my mom and dad used to let neighbors watch the cats and birds and rodents and feed the plants and take in the mail, etc. while we were gone on vacation. It was alright.......but then again, they had known these people for 20 years and for 10 of those years, each of them kept a spare key at the other one's house (just in case someone got locked out). Sometimes they would even pay one of the neighborhood kids $10 for a week of doing that (but their parents would come along too). However, when my fiancee and i went on vacation, we got a family member (his dad or stepmom) to stop over here once a day and feed our cat. ---Julia |
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