What do i do with my scaredy cat when i go on holiday 2 weeks?

Question

I love my cat to bits. She was once very timid and had been rescued from somewhere when i adopted her. She had stayed in a cattery and was a total different cat from what she is now. What should i do, im thinking of getting my close family friend to check on her feed her, play with her. I fear that if i send her to a cattery she'll think ive abandoned her. The family friend i normally send her to has now got to viscious cats. What do i do?

Answer 1

i have a cat like yours. we put her in a cattery whenever we go away and she is actually getting better. I think she likes that we do come back.

Answer 2

My cat was beaten for the first year of her life until I rescued her, she is totally hysterical . When I take her for her vaccinations it takes the vet & the nurse to hold her.

I tried taking her to a cattery a couple of times, they couldn't even get into the cage to feed her, so now I've found someone who comes in, they just feed her, change her tray & go.

She always huffs & puffs at them when they first come in & then disappears until they've gone. It's about the best solution I've come up with as at leasts she eats now.

Answer 3

don't put your cat in a cattery. my friend did that with her cat and it died cause it thought she was giving her up. give her to a really close friend or family member that knows how to look after animals. :-)

Answer 4

I think that the best thing to do is send the friend to feed her and stay with her... if she's so sensitive, she could suffer a lot if you leave her in a place that she doesn't know, with other people, other food, other pets..... some years ago we left our cat in a cattery for a week, and when we went to pick him back, he was so mad with us, he didn't want to be touched for days........ but he wasn't sensitive! He just felt betrayed..... I adopted a cat which is really sweet and sensitive, and i can see that she suffer much only bringing her to the vet!

Answer 5

calm your cat down, like let it do wot it wants, then if its calmed down, wen you go on hols you can give it 2 a trusted friend!

Answer 6

If you can get your friend to come  in everyday then I thing that would be more settling for your cat.  Don't expect her to love you for a couple of weeks when you get back tho.  Cats bear a grudge, but she will come round.

Answer 7

I wouldn't send her to a cattery either.

I always get someone I trust to house/cat sit for me, or pop in daily to spend some time and feed my cats