We have a holiday booked in August, going abroad for ten days and leaving Precious First Cat (PFC?) for the first time.
PFC is a one year old Siberian who has free access to outside for the daytime and comes in (most reluctantly) for the night. He loves climbing our apple tree, leaping onto the neighbours roof, harassing their chickens, going to visit the cat next door, etc.
I don't think letting him go in and out while we are away is really an option. Feels too risky that he might do something daft or have an accident - he is fit and hardy but etill young and wasn't raised to be a street tough. The kids would be utterly devastated if something happened to him.
We went to see a cattery which was nice enough but would involve a small indoor and largish outdoor pen. There is also a pet sitting service that could come in twice daily if we left him shut in our house.
So - cattery where he can have some outside access but is shut into a small space and away from the familiar? Or shut into his own house wondering why he isn't allowed out to improve the lives of all those chickens and butterflies just the other side of the glass doors? Can we trust the pet sitter not to let him escape?
I may be worrying more about this than about choosing DDs nursery
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Cattery or ten days indoors with a pet sitter?
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Bogburglar99 · 12/04/2016 09:29
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