Boarding a brand-new kitten for 10 days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old is the kitten exactly ? All socialization needs to take place before 12 weeks. That might be exactly the days you are gone. If this kitten is not a special kitten; ie replaceable I would wait. It won’t be a great pet without this.

She would be 12 weeks next week.

She’s specially only in the sense that we picked her out four weeks ago and have been visiting so we’re attached. I feel bad that the foster mom has turned others away. This will be the only one she didn’t place and she might have been able to place it with a littermate otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Ask the foster mom to hold her a week. I’m sure she will given the circumstances

[Anonymous]

You can’t find any cheap motel that will take pets? Or pay just a little more and upgrade yourselves to a cheap hotel that will take pets? Plenty of hotels in this area accept them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old is the kitten exactly ? All socialization needs to take place before 12 weeks. That might be exactly the days you are gone. If this kitten is not a special kitten; ie replaceable I would wait. It won’t be a great pet without this.

No, putting it through something traumatic at this crucial stage could change the way it bonds with your family and behaves. Don't do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t find any cheap motel that will take pets? Or pay just a little more and upgrade yourselves to a cheap hotel that will take pets? Plenty of hotels in this area accept them.

I don’t think it’s a bad idea, but we don’t have that option. We had to fight the management company to pay for the motel upfront at all. I think they hoped we’d go on vacation or couch surf and they would be spared the expense. They are paying it directly so we can’t simply upgrade ourselves at a minor additional cost.

I think we’ll have to let her go up for adoption again if the foster mom can’t keep her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn’t that we won’t be home. The issue is with our home. There’s a major repair issue that has to happen and we just learned that people or pets cannot be here during.

I can ask the foster mom, but I think she has a vacation planned once she had an empty nest.

We’d accept losing this kitten if boarding would be really bad for her.

Ask the foster mom. She will have advice or an alternative home. I would not board a new kitten. My last cat never recovered from 10 days at the pound.... whnen I say "never" I mean 15 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn’t that we won’t be home. The issue is with our home. There’s a major repair issue that has to happen and we just learned that people or pets cannot be here during.

I can ask the foster mom, but I think she has a vacation planned once she had an empty nest.

We’d accept losing this kitten if boarding would be really bad for her.

Ask the foster mom. She will have advice or an alternative home. I would not board a new kitten. My last cat never recovered from 10 days at the pound.... whnen I say "never" I mean 15 years.

Oh, my! Thank you. We’re going with not boarding. Still waiting to hear back from the foster mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn’t that we won’t be home. The issue is with our home. There’s a major repair issue that has to happen and we just learned that people or pets cannot be here during.

I can ask the foster mom, but I think she has a vacation planned once she had an empty nest.

We’d accept losing this kitten if boarding would be really bad for her.

If I'm reading you right, the kitten would be living in someone else's home for the 10 days - not kept isolated in a kennel, right? In that case it's fine!

[Anonymous]

There are several online sites to find in-home petsitters. You can take your pet to their home while you’re away. Please don’t put a cat, esp newborn, in a kennel. A kitten would do very well in someone’s home for that time. Rover.com is one and there is another that I cannot remember the name of.

[Anonymous]

OP start again. Unless the foster mom feels like doing even more work socializing this kitten you are going to have a traumatized animal that won’t be the pet you expect. There are so many kittens available. Don’t ruin this ones life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn’t that we won’t be home. The issue is with our home. There’s a major repair issue that has to happen and we just learned that people or pets cannot be here during.

I can ask the foster mom, but I think she has a vacation planned once she had an empty nest.

We’d accept losing this kitten if boarding would be really bad for her.

If I'm reading you right, the kitten would be living in someone else's home for the 10 days - not kept isolated in a kennel, right? In that case it's fine!

That was the case. Boarding not kennel, but everyone said “no, it will be traumatic”. And the foster mom emailed me back quite annoyed, but having placed the kitten with a littermate

[Anonymous]

Where are you located OP? I'll take care of your kitten for you. I'm in Nova and very cat experienced.

[Anonymous]

^^ I mean I'll take care of the kitten in my home in Nova. Tell me how to contact you,.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ I mean I'll take care of the kitten in my home in Nova. Tell me how to contact you,.

Thank you. I appreciate your generosity. Sadly, it’s too late. The foster mom moved fast because she has plane tickets. She arranged for a litter mate’s family to take her as well and Venmoed back what I paid for the shot and spay fee. We’re bummed, but all in all, we have bigger issues for the next three weeks. There will be another kitten. Thank you though!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn’t that we won’t be home. The issue is with our home. There’s a major repair issue that has to happen and we just learned that people or pets cannot be here during.

I can ask the foster mom, but I think she has a vacation planned once she had an empty nest.

We’d accept losing this kitten if boarding would be really bad for her.

Oh that is so tough. I am sorry. We had a similar issue regarding a repair I our home and had to do something with our cat. Our vet agrees to take the cat for three days (expected length of repair). He was still caged though. He didn’t eat much or poop the whole time. He was totally stressed. Repairs went on longer than originally thought so we went to a pet friendly hotel. Cost a fortune, but we had to be out of the house anyway.