My relative is going away for two weeks in October and I will be looking after her cat.
The plan was for the cat to stay in her house (as I have three otherwise).
However I'm not sure how much time I should spend with her. I'm feeling very guilty about her being alone for long periods of time.
She's mainly indoors, only nips out for 10 minutes once or twice a day. My three are never alone for more than 2-3 hours as I work nights and DH works days so someones always in bar groceries, visiting family etc so I don't know what's normal.
I'm wondering whether I should just bring her to ours? Would it be cruel to keep her in one bedroom for two weeks? We have 2 spare rooms, one which is a box room, with the litter boxes and one is a larger room so plenty of space for food, bed and litter tray.
2 of my cats are outdoor, so I could give her this time to wander around the house. 1 of my cats is indoor, not aggressive at all just curious, she'll have a sniff of any newcomers feet/bags and then flounce off to her den..
However, relatives cat can be abit scratchy/bitey if you stroke her one time too many
Realistically, if she stays in her own house, I could probably only spend 2-3 hours there, straight after or just before work, without burning myself out.
Would it be better/enough to leave her there and visit once, sometimes twice a day or leave her in our spare room?