There are instances when we have to leave home for a business conference, a business meeting or even a family vacation and during these times, we have to leave our pets at home unattended. This scenario will give rise to the question, “what will happen to your cat?”. There might be times when you can bring them over, however, if you will be gone for two days or more, that would be impossible, right? You have to leave them by themselves. You have the option of asking your neighbor to take care of them, but the thing is that many of us here are not well-rounded regarding their neighbors that they cannot even get past the “good morning” stage. Of course, it will be impossible for them to let outsiders in their home to take care of their cats. Not only that, it would be a bad thing to ask the same neighbor for favors again and again if you have to go away regularly because of work. Well, there is no need for you to resort to that as there are now alternative options for you to choose from and that is cat sitting and catteries. Below, we will discuss with you what catteries and cat sitting are so that you can make a sound and well-informed decision at the end.
As we stated above, one of the options that you can choose with regards to the sake of your cat is a cattery. You can send them to catteries wherein they will be essentially kept in different sized cages, fed, and petted periodically. Though, there is a high chance for their movements to be severely limited from normal or from what they are used to. This is a way for the management to make sure that your pet cats are safe and sound while under their care. As for their routine, it might be changed and depending on the cattery where you left them, they are most likely to be placed together with another cat, therefore, you have to vaccinate them before leaving them there.
The other option that we have here on our list is cat sitting. The best thing about cat sitting is that it enables your cat to stay in their own environment. There are two varied types of cat sitting. The first one refers to a person who will move into your home and look after your house as well as your cat while you are away. The other option pertains to a cat sitter that will visit your site a number of times during the day to carry out jobs such as clearing litter trays, letting your cats out, give them attention and love and also, feed them. You can also ask your cat sitter to do several house jobs like bringing in the post, taking the bins out, watering the plants and generally making your house look lived albeit the fact that you are away. In this manner, thieves will think that someone is there and will avoid your house.