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Boarding v friends v professional sitter for two weeks?
Kraut / Larry Stark wrote:
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:20:17 -0800, "Bill Graham" wrote: I've used a professional sitter once and he was great but he stopped doing the work. I asked my vet and he recommended his assistants and I used one and that worked out fine. My neighbor across the street started doing pet sitting as she was laid off and although she got another job she still does my next door neighbor and myself because we live so close. I prefer someone who lives nearby in case of a snowstorm. In the event of an emergency I'm never further than a quick plane trip home- cruising the exception. Barb If I put a 5 lb bag of kibbles on my kitchen floor, and, "forget" to feed the cats, they are adept at tearing into it and eating kibbles out of it right there on the kitchen floor. (they love to do this) Also, if I leave the kitchen cold water faucet dripping into a bowl, my cats can drink out of it at night when they think I am asleep and don't know what they are doing....I am sure that they would survive for a long time this way, if they were inside cats and had to do these things for a living..... The food and water thing might work but what about the litter box getting cleaned?!?!? Yes.... That would be a problem. There are some automatic self cleaning litter boxes on the market, but I have no experience with them. Since my cats are (and always have been) "outside cats" they have never needed litter boxes, although my wife maintains one in her bathroom for the older cats who don't like to go outside, expecially in the Winter. |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
Thanks for all the advice! We have arranged for a cat sitter who will
visit twice a day at first and then once a day after that. Now we are facing another practical issue: What temperature setting do we leave the thermostat at? Unfortunately our thermostat is not programmable, so we have to settle on one number that will be most comfortable for her. This will be for 2 weeks, Chicago in March. |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
Ajanta wrote:
Thanks for all the advice! We have arranged for a cat sitter who will visit twice a day at first and then once a day after that. Now we are facing another practical issue: What temperature setting do we leave the thermostat at? Unfortunately our thermostat is not programmable, so we have to settle on one number that will be most comfortable for her. This will be for 2 weeks, Chicago in March. IMHO it depends on where they sleep. The temperature is lower on the floor. I leave my thermometer at 74 because TuTu sleeps on cushions in front of a heat register. It has been very cold here this winter, Best wishes, MLB |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
MLB wrote:
Ajanta wrote: Thanks for all the advice! We have arranged for a cat sitter who will visit twice a day at first and then once a day after that. Now we are facing another practical issue: What temperature setting do we leave the thermostat at? Unfortunately our thermostat is not programmable, so we have to settle on one number that will be most comfortable for her. This will be for 2 weeks, Chicago in March. IMHO it depends on where they sleep. The temperature is lower on the floor. I leave my thermometer at 74 because TuTu sleeps on cushions in front of a heat register. It has been very cold here this winter, Best wishes, MLB i leave my house wintertime setting at 66 here in phx when i go away, and the heat almost never goes on except in the dead of night, with mostly tile floors. the cats then migrate from the patch of daytime sun on the carpet to the couch at night. they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. regards, charlie phx, az |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
chaniarts wrote:
: they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a : blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. Thanks. We do have blankets on various couches as well as a rather plush down comforter on the bed, so she will have those options. |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
Ajanta wrote:
chaniarts wrote: they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. Thanks. We do have blankets on various couches as well as a rather plush down comforter on the bed, so she will have those options. My cats like to sleep in empty cardboard boxes. All they want is to be out of a cold draft. Their built-in fur coats give them all the warmth they really need. In the Summer, a cool lineolium, or hardwood floor does the trick. For some reason. they don't require softness. I think they could get comfortable on a bed of spikes if they wanted to....:^) |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:47:43 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote: Ajanta wrote: chaniarts wrote: they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. Thanks. We do have blankets on various couches as well as a rather plush down comforter on the bed, so she will have those options. My cats like to sleep in empty cardboard boxes. All they want is to be out of a cold draft. Their built-in fur coats give them all the warmth they really need. In the Summer, a cool lineolium, or hardwood floor does the trick. For some reason. they don't require softness. I think they could get comfortable on a bed of spikes if they wanted to....:^) I'm with Bill on this one. I keep my house 68 when I'm there. It's 63 when humans are gone. The cats have a fur coat, and manage to find the sun and blankets and cablebox just fine. Our outdoor kitties just survived a brutal winter although they do have straw lined houses to crawl into. Baby, who hangs out by my front door, had her own really nice styrofoam box with straw and a heating pad. Still, that was a brutal winter and the cats are fine. I suspect my indoor cats can survive 63 without fuss. |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
dgk wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:47:43 -0800, "Bill Graham" wrote: Ajanta wrote: chaniarts wrote: they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. Thanks. We do have blankets on various couches as well as a rather plush down comforter on the bed, so she will have those options. My cats like to sleep in empty cardboard boxes. All they want is to be out of a cold draft. Their built-in fur coats give them all the warmth they really need. In the Summer, a cool lineolium, or hardwood floor does the trick. For some reason. they don't require softness. I think they could get comfortable on a bed of spikes if they wanted to....:^) I'm with Bill on this one. I keep my house 68 when I'm there. It's 63 when humans are gone. The cats have a fur coat, and manage to find the sun and blankets and cablebox just fine. Our outdoor kitties just survived a brutal winter although they do have straw lined houses to crawl into. Baby, who hangs out by my front door, had her own really nice styrofoam box with straw and a heating pad. Still, that was a brutal winter and the cats are fine. I suspect my indoor cats can survive 63 without fuss. Before Smokey, our feral cat became domesticated and moved inside, he spent the winters cuddled up to the leeward side of the house. I put a cat-carrier with a heating pad in it near there, and he immediately moved into it. Then I gradually moved it, together with his food to just outside our bedroom door, prior to getting him to come inside the house and being, "domesticated". This works provided that you use a waterproof heating pad designed for incontinent peoiple, and keep it on "low" so it doesn't get too hot. (When the outside temperature gets below freezing, I would put the control on "medium.") Cat carriers are not very well insulated.... |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:54:43 -0800, "Bill Graham"
wrote: dgk wrote: On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:47:43 -0800, "Bill Graham" wrote: Ajanta wrote: chaniarts wrote: they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. Thanks. We do have blankets on various couches as well as a rather plush down comforter on the bed, so she will have those options. My cats like to sleep in empty cardboard boxes. All they want is to be out of a cold draft. Their built-in fur coats give them all the warmth they really need. In the Summer, a cool lineolium, or hardwood floor does the trick. For some reason. they don't require softness. I think they could get comfortable on a bed of spikes if they wanted to....:^) I'm with Bill on this one. I keep my house 68 when I'm there. It's 63 when humans are gone. The cats have a fur coat, and manage to find the sun and blankets and cablebox just fine. Our outdoor kitties just survived a brutal winter although they do have straw lined houses to crawl into. Baby, who hangs out by my front door, had her own really nice styrofoam box with straw and a heating pad. Still, that was a brutal winter and the cats are fine. I suspect my indoor cats can survive 63 without fuss. Before Smokey, our feral cat became domesticated and moved inside, he spent the winters cuddled up to the leeward side of the house. I put a cat-carrier with a heating pad in it near there, and he immediately moved into it. Then I gradually moved it, together with his food to just outside our bedroom door, prior to getting him to come inside the house and being, "domesticated". This works provided that you use a waterproof heating pad designed for incontinent peoiple, and keep it on "low" so it doesn't get too hot. (When the outside temperature gets below freezing, I would put the control on "medium.") Cat carriers are not very well insulated.... Ashot, the guy who showed me how to make the houses out of styrofoam, told me that he doesn't like using heating pads, but I had already bought one designed for outdoor pets. Ashot says that a properly constructed cat house will be warmed sufficiently by the cats. The secret is to make sure the entrance is on the side so wind can't blow directly in. |
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What thermostat setting? (2 weeks, Chicago in March)
In article , weg9
@comcast.net says... Ajanta wrote: chaniarts wrote: they'll move around to find where they're warm enough. leave a blanket on the couch, and they'll bury under it if it's too cold for them. Thanks. We do have blankets on various couches as well as a rather plush down comforter on the bed, so she will have those options. My cats like to sleep in empty cardboard boxes. All they want is to be out of a cold draft. Their built-in fur coats give them all the warmth they really need. In the Summer, a cool lineolium, or hardwood floor does the trick. For some reason. they don't require softness. I think they could get comfortable on a bed of spikes if they wanted to....:^) Highly depends on the particular feline in residence. Mine loves heat. They are descended from desert dwelling felids so it makes sense they'd love the heat. |
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