Boyfriend wanting too many holidays

Gloomendoom

fluffnutter wrote: »

Really?? I have a very happy and well-treated cat, but prioritising him above the humans in my life would seem a bit silly.

OP, these suggestions have probably already been made but how about a neighbour, friend, or cat-sitting service?

After one minor tiff over availability, I made it quite clear to my girlfriend that my cat had an equal, if not higher, priority in or relationship as she did.

She still married me... and the cat.

vodkachick68

I have the opposite thing...I literally have to sweet talk my boyfriend into taking a holiday! He has his own business and hates the thought of losing money. I have four cats and love them soo much but would find someone to feed them if it meant having a weekend away. Think yourself lucky that your boyfriend wants to take you away so often,i would make the most of it!!:D

CH27

We used to leave our cat overnight with food & water. She was always fine.
If we were going for longer than overnight we asked family or friends to pop in & feed her.

Treevo

vodkachick68 wrote: »

I have the opposite thing...I literally have to sweet talk my boyfriend into taking a holiday! He has his own business and hates the thought of losing money. I have four cats and love them soo much but would find someone to feed them if it meant having a weekend away. Think yourself lucky that your boyfriend wants to take you away so often,i would make the most of it!!:D

I'm the same. We're going to a wedding in a few weeks, long haul with the time difference enough to make it a major problem if I'm required here to deal with any issues. There's no one to cover for me so I'm essentially going to need to be tranquillised just to get on the plane. Leaving the kids and the cat is a doddle in comparison!:rotfl:

OP - what exactly are your parents doing? If it's spending 15 minutes a day nipping into your house to feed the cat, empty the litter tray or whatever then surely that's not that difficult to get someone else to do it?

seven-day-weekend

The cat will be fine for a long weekend with food and water (and a litter tray if it can't get outside). We frequently leave ours.

I would not recommend taking it with you.

BitterAndTwisted

Cats can do perfectly well on their own for a couple of days as long as they have enough dry food and fresh water for the duration. I left my indoors-only boy for four days over Christmas and he was absolutely fine. I just filled the litter-tray up a bit more than usual. I suspect he slept for 23 hours out of each 24 anyway

paulineb_2

Ive left mine overnight before, and my mum comes down the next day to feed them. I agree, cat will be fine. And there are plenty of people who will feed the cat in your own home for about £6-8 a day and change litter trays if you don't want to put them in a cattery.

Mine have never been in a cattery, always managed to get someone to feed them. Just google pet sitters or look on gumtree.

owen_money

Its only a cat, cant you re-home it?

zzzLazyDaisy

paulineb wrote: »

Mine have never been in a cattery, always managed to get someone to feed them. Just google pet sitters or look on gumtree.

At the risk of stating the obvious, do get references before giving a stranger a key to your house.

A family near us got 'done over' just before christmas a couple of years ago. They went on holiday leaving the key with a neighbour. When they came back their house was totally empty apart from the settee in the lounge, and the clothes in the wardrobes. The neighbours had done a moonlight with all their belongings, including all the childrens christmas presents.

paulineb_2

I should have said above that there are people who are registered with a body that regulates people who offer pet sitting services. Also there are a lot of businesses you find in a google search where people on their website make clear that they are police checked and can supply references.

Its something that Im trying to get into doing myself as Ive always had cats and I know what its like when you don't want to put pets into a cattery.

The people who are registered with that body will be police checked (as I am) and have insurance.

I wouldn't ask any of my neighbours to feed my cats, you would know why if you knew the kind of area I live in.