Ever snuck cat into a hotel?

[Anonymous]

How long is this trip? Cats are fine for a couple days, just put out extra food and water and fully changed litter.

[Anonymous]

Be kind to your cat. It is safer and happier to stay home and have a paid visitor come to it for feeding and attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How long is this trip? Cats are fine for a couple days, just put out extra food and water and fully changed litter.

+1 our cat is fine being alone for a few days

And cats are really easy to get care for even on short notice IME- they are not much work. Just google pet sitting services near you. Or ask pretty much any neighbor, teen etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is this trip? Cats are fine for a couple days, just put out extra food and water and fully changed litter.

+1 our cat is fine being alone for a few days

And cats are really easy to get care for even on short notice IME- they are not much work. Just google pet sitting services near you. Or ask pretty much any neighbor, teen etc?

NP, but not all cats are "fine being alone for a few days." I have one that would be, and one that is absolutely stressed after being left alone for longer than 5-6 hours. I'd need someone to come in way too often. Instead, I find it much easier (and less expensive) to board them when necessary and they do just fine with that.

What I would never do is take them to a hotel, especially if it didn't allow pets. If they're ok alone for long stretches, find a pet sitter on Rover.com or similar/in your neighborhood/among your DCs friends (my kid does this frequently for a friend) and just pay for twice daily visits.

[Anonymous]

Another pet allergic person here who relies on people to follow the rules and has had some scary episodes when they sneak animals in. Please don’t do this.

[Anonymous]

Ask another sports mom to drive your kid.

Or go on Rover.

Or leave a huge bowl of food and multiple bowls of water.

Or board the cat.

Don’t be a jerk and bring a cat into a pet-free hotel.

[Anonymous]

If you have two adults in the household, one of you stays behind.

If your son is 15, could he potentially stay with another family? Surely there's a way to do this (maybe if you were gonna pay anyway, offer to cover the room for two boys and let the other boys' parents stay alone, since you were gonna pay anyway)?

[Anonymous]

Have you contacted Fetch? We like them. But they are expensive. Out of four sitters we've had only one has been truly weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Board your cat. Be an adult.

Not everyone can board their cat; when I did so he got depressed and stopped eating and drinking.

[Anonymous]

I am a huge pet lover, and would never ever do this. It's really rude and makes other pet owners look entitled and nasty. Don't be that person.

Also, you are a straight up liar if you say you can't find a sitter. Take some responsibility and be an adult here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is this trip? Cats are fine for a couple days, just put out extra food and water and fully changed litter.

+1 our cat is fine being alone for a few days

And cats are really easy to get care for even on short notice IME- they are not much work. Just google pet sitting services near you. Or ask pretty much any neighbor, teen etc?

NP, but not all cats are "fine being alone for a few days." I have one that would be, and one that is absolutely stressed after being left alone for longer than 5-6 hours. I'd need someone to come in way too often. Instead, I find it much easier (and less expensive) to board them when necessary and they do just fine with that.

What I would never do is take them to a hotel, especially if it didn't allow pets. If they're ok alone for long stretches, find a pet sitter on Rover.com or similar/in your neighborhood/among your DCs friends (my kid does this frequently for a friend) and just pay for twice daily visits.

5 or 6 hours?? Crazy

[Anonymous]

where do you live?

[Anonymous]

Do NOT sneak a cat into a non pet friendly hotel. As another poster stated, cat allergies are potent. My husband has a physical reaction if he simply sits in a chair after someone who has cats, because they have dander on their clothes. We never stay in a pet friendly hotel because of it and we have a dog! Dog stays home with a sitter.

[Anonymous]

I also feel like the chances of the cat freaking out and hiding somewhere you can't get them out are decent.

[Anonymous]

Yes.