Longest you would leave cats alone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's more than 1 night, we have the pet sitter come by. I can't imagine not having anyone check on the cat for a week! Our cat craves attention and would be so depressed.

+1 My cat is very social. And having had a cat that used to go outside the litter box whenever we went away, I don’t want that to happen again. Maybe I’d feel differently if she has a buddy, but she gets very lonely (and she’s the sweetest kitty in the world).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg. What kind of cats do you people have?! Mine would go insane without companionship. I have a cat sitter come in twice per day when I’m out of town.

Some of us have cats that even when we are at home, like to be left alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there is a legal limit on how long you can leave a cat
I think its 8 hours

I don’t believe this. First, it would vary by jurisdiction. Second, that wouldn’t even account for an 8 hour work day unless you teleported there and back.

[Anonymous]

We will leave our 2 healthy cats for 4 days (leaving Thurs AM and coming home Sunday PM). It's really only 2 whole days alone. If we're going to be gone longer than that we'll ask friends to check on them once or twice. For very long trips (7+ days) we'll get a cat sitter for every other day to give them wet food, scoop, and fresh water.

Regardless of whether they have a sitter or not we always fill and turn on the automatic feeder, give them multiple bowls of fresh water, and scoop all liter boxes. We also have cameras so we can check on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of video cameras do people use inside their house?

We have the amazon blink cameras installed in multiple rooms.

[Anonymous]

I'm a pet sitter and the most common booking I get for cats is to visit for 40 minutes every other day. They almost all have automatic feeders for dry food and either multiple water bowls or an automated water dispenser. Most cats are fine with 48 hours between a litter box cleaning, but a lot of people have multiple boxes or one of the really fancy ones that rotates. I'm mostly there to provide stimulation/play time, give wet food or treats, scoop litter, and make sure everything is working.

Some people will do daily visits if they have a cat that needs medication, will eat all the food at once, or gets especially lonely and/or destructive.

[Anonymous]

We leave ours for only one night without a sitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there is a legal limit on how long you can leave a cat
I think its 8 hours

I don’t believe this. First, it would vary by jurisdiction. Second, that wouldn’t even account for an 8 hour work day unless you teleported there and back.

Well do feel free to look up the rules in your county, you're correct that it varies and where I live it is 8 HOURS, plus you're not permitted more than 3 pet cats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg. What kind of cats do you people have?! Mine would go insane without companionship. I have a cat sitter come in twice per day when I’m out of town.

Ma’am I think you have a dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there is a legal limit on how long you can leave a cat
I think its 8 hours

I don’t believe this. First, it would vary by jurisdiction. Second, that wouldn’t even account for an 8 hour work day unless you teleported there and back.

Well do feel free to look up the rules in your county, you're correct that it varies and where I live it is 8 HOURS, plus you're not permitted more than 3 pet cats.

NP. I'm sorry, but I absolutely don't believe you. What county?

[Anonymous]

No longer than a weekend. I wouldn’t trust that an auto feeder wouldn’t fail.