Can I leave newly introduced cats alone for a week?
Leaving newly introduced cats alone with only check-in visits forces owners to manage routines from afar while worrying that the cats will stop eating or that something will go wrong. Because living in a studio apartment makes it impossible to physically separate the cats when no one is home, the intense anxiety often leaves owners constantly stressed about whether their pets will be okay.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Can I leave newly introduced cats alone for a week?
- 1Having folks check in 2x a day to feed themDid this help you?
- 2Having a neighbor take one of the cats in for the durationDid this help you?
- 3Buying wifi cameras to check in on themDid this help you?
- 4Having a friend check in multiple times a dayDid this help you?
- 5Having a friend stay over at the apartmentDid this help you?
- 6Using autofeeders and having someone check in every other dayDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“The problem is that we can’t find anyone to stay at our house to watch our cats.”source ↗
“Also, we live in a studio so we don’t have rooms where we can separate them.”source ↗
“i am going to florida for a week (saturday to saturday) i have a friend checking on her 8am, 2pm, and 8pm. do you think my cat will be okay-? i’m a very very anxious person and would just like some advice.”source ↗
“im just so worried she’ll stop eating or smth will happen”source ↗
“she’s met my cat a few times and she has like 5 videos and 4 notes about our routine and the dos and donts, but i genuinely might just be too anxious”source ↗
Where this came up
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