Can I leave my cat for 4 days 3 nights

[Basilneedswaterandsun]

If someone comes in every day to play with her for an hour and feed her?
She’s 9 months old

If it's someone you trust then yes. If yoyr cat scoffs all their food a timer feeder will be useful, maybe an extra tray. Also keep her inside while you're away.

We've always done this to avoid usibg catteries as seemed to stress them out more. Have had a cat sitter or a friend come and feed and do litter tray. It works for ours, she doesn't go out atm and wouldn't while we were away. Ours is older so just sleeps more.

Yes, that's fine. I have left mine for 2 weeks with a neighbour checking in on him.

Yes of course. Our cat loves the cattery though.

We've left ours for 2 weeks twice with a cat sitter coming in twice a day. We did let them go in and out the second time as they would kill each other if they were cooped up together for that amount of time (didn't have a cat flap the first time and they were only around 1 year old at the time).

We do this with our 2 whenever we go away. We have someone come in for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening to play with and feed them, top up/refresh their water and get rid of anything in the litter trays (ours our house cats)

My MIL also has a key so will sometimes drop in few times if we are away for a week or longer, to break up their day (and she can escape FIL for an hour)

They have the run of our house (except for the bathrooms) so I'd rather leave them at home than stress them out going to a cattery

Ok this makes me feel better
She’s very affectionate and was worried about leaving her as I didn’t want her to think we’d abandoned her but I think she’ll be ok.
Thanks everyone

I used to leave my cat for three days at a time when I used to fly. My df would go over and feed and play with him.
I had a shed with a cut out square where Bobs used to go in and out of, and he had a cat bed and food in there. I used a plastic cover/lid that the cat could remove with his paw when hungry. He was fine.

We have one of those cat flaps that read her chip and we can set curfews etc and know exactly when she’s in or out (using our phones)
Feel bad leaving her!!

We do that for some week-ends but my preference is to have a live-in sitter.

We have automatic feeders and a water fountain anyway but they are very cuddly girls and love to have someone around in the evenings.

@CrinolineFrou How much does it cost to get a live-in sitter, and where do you find them?

I do this for my neighbours (and vice versa) cats seem quite happy with this arrangement.

A friend does this for us, takes the dog to hers though, comes over twice a day feeds cats (and rabbits and lizard) clean litter tray etc. I reciprocate and take her dog and guinea pigs when she’s on holidays.

we have always left our cats at home when we go away, with someone coming in once a day to feed them.

We have a cat flap, with a chip reader, but we did this years ago before fancy cat flaps too.

Cats love company, but they are fine for a few days on their own.

Yours is quite young, so she will probably appreciate the play time, but for an older cat, you don't even need that. Our cat feeders often found that the cats vanished, ate their food, but didn't come for cuddles. They always appeared in within 5 minutes of us getting hime though!

and ours spends the first night we ar eback sleeping on our bed jamed in between us!

@thecatneuterer

We have a friend who does this for us. You can also look at cat-in-a-flat.

Basically someone who lives in cramped conditions and who is happy for the space, peace & quiet and cat cuddles. We're in London so it may be easier to find.

Our tabby didn't eat at all when she had to be hospitalised 5 yrs ago so we have never ever put them in a cattery.

But for 4 days, 3 nights, your girl will be fine. If you can get an automated feeder and water fountain that will enable her to have consistency in her feeding times.

I must add that we do not have a cat flap, the girls ALWAYS sleep at home too, so they are dependent on a human to be their doorman.

I use a live-in cat sitter too, via London Catsitting. Alway had a great service. Pre-cat I though I'd be able to get away with visits once a day, but I ended up with a cat who's obsessed with company. By the time you've paid for two visits a day in London you might as well pay for them to stay as it's not much more. Not sure how it compares to a cattery, I've never used one.

As others have said perfectly fine. But be prepared for her sulking when you return 😼

Fox is correct. We can be sulked at for up to 48 hours.

I don’t get sulking, I get a rapturous welcome! He was very unsettled when I tried leaving him for one night with just a visit, but with a catsitter he’s relaxed and happy. You’ll just have to see how she reacts. The cats we had as children weren’t bothered in the slightest when we were away!

Mine is ten months old and once a day wouldn’t be enough, she would need checked on on twice a day. I have the connect cat flap too, so at least if there is any change in her normal routine you would know.

Could you also give the cat sitter access to the app so if she has b en out for longer than say four hours (or whatever would be unusal] they could nip round and check?

I wouldn’t, I’d worry about house fires

I used to with a cat sitter, but health issues and twice daily medication meant a cattery was more practical. I found a really good one and the cats love it. One of staff absolutely adored My two above and beyond the rest of the regulars, and sent me a lovely card when one died.

I’m afraid I’m neurotic and have a live-in cat sitter that I get from a specialist company. I don’t like the thought of my cat being alone except for pop-ins as I worry about fire, break-ins etc. 🙄. The expense is well worth it to me for peace of mind. It also means the house isn’t left empty either.

You can although it's always safer to not allow them outdoor access while you are away. Cats are more likely to wander far when there's no one to come home to, plus it's generally safer to stay indoors of course as it could take a long time for the cat sitter to discover if the cat had got injured outdoors.

I did a catsit last summer for someone who allowed her cat to still have free catflap access and during the 10 day catsit there were two 3 day stretches I didn't see the cat at all as he was somewhere outside wandering when I visited and wouldn't come back even though I called him and waited with his treats in the garden for the best part of an hour... It was really worrying. When they are kept indoors, at least the cat sitter will see them every day and report back that everything is OK.