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As I finish up a two-week retreat in a part of the country I have spent many summers in, I am dreaming of being able to come out here for longer stretches of time once I am ER'ed. (and, given how wonderful these two weeks were, that might be coming sooner rather than later!)
But the one sticking point for me is my two wildly spoiled indoor cats at home. In the past when I've been gone for two weeks, I've had a friend stay at the house for a week, but this is the first time the critters have been alone for two weeks (with daily food/water visits from generous neighbors). I know they are "okay," but I also know I am going to pay for this when I get home--they will not let me out of their sight for a long time.
So, those of you who are traveling a lot--do you have cats? Do you have kids still at home who can be there? Do you hire housesitters? Any brave souls actually take cats with them on road trips?
(There's no way I'm going to board them in a cage for x weeks.)
These two are only six years old, so I don't think I can wait them out.
I imagine I'm going to have to go the professional housesitter route, but I was just wondering if any other Crazy Cat People out there have hit on a wonderful solution. Or am I giving them too much human emotion, and I should be just fine with them being at home for x weeks as long as they are fed and looked after daily?
But the one sticking point for me is my two wildly spoiled indoor cats at home. In the past when I've been gone for two weeks, I've had a friend stay at the house for a week, but this is the first time the critters have been alone for two weeks (with daily food/water visits from generous neighbors). I know they are "okay," but I also know I am going to pay for this when I get home--they will not let me out of their sight for a long time.
So, those of you who are traveling a lot--do you have cats? Do you have kids still at home who can be there? Do you hire housesitters? Any brave souls actually take cats with them on road trips?
(There's no way I'm going to board them in a cage for x weeks.)
These two are only six years old, so I don't think I can wait them out.
I imagine I'm going to have to go the professional housesitter route, but I was just wondering if any other Crazy Cat People out there have hit on a wonderful solution. Or am I giving them too much human emotion, and I should be just fine with them being at home for x weeks as long as they are fed and looked after daily?