Going away for 4 nights tomorrow. Have two furry overlords - girl cat who roams in and out through cat flap and is used to be left when we go away. Boy cat has been with us about 12 weeks, never been outside, still very nervous and skittish. He did make it into our secure garden last week but had to be dragged back inside two days later as he’d freaked himself out and couldn’t find the cat flap.
He spent the first few weeks shut in DD’s bedroom, it’s his safe space and is still shut in with her at night. He has a tendency to poo on the carpets too. Cats are still fed in separate rooms.
Have a lovely teenager coming in to look after cats who will stay and interact with them.
Whats better for Reg, left to roam the house while we’re away, meaning teenager will be playing hunt the poo and may not be able to find him to to feed him, and with the possibility of the cats fighting and Reg being scared outside and then stuck there - or shut back in the (enormous) room for a few days?
I had planned on the first but am suddenly thinking the second might be safer. We booked this holiday before we got him so it wasn’t an issue then!