How to Take Care of Your Cats While On Vacation

These days boarding your pets can be quite expensive. However, there are ways to keep your cats safe and happy at home while enjoying your vacation without the added cost.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Litter Box
• Dried Cat Food
• Water
• Living Space

1. When planning your vacation, have an idea of how long you will be gone. This way you will know how much food, water, and litter to purchase. Self-refilling containers that can store a lot of food and water (good for approximately five days) are reliable.

2. Fill the food and water containers to the brim. You do not want your cat going days without food.

3. If your cat is well-trained and independent, boarding them would not be necessary (unless they need daily medication). Allowing them to roam freely around the house will make them feel more comfortable compared to the veterinarian's office. Just be sure to close any doors to rooms that you do not want them to enter.

4. Like the food containers, fill the litter box as much as possible. You may want to have multiple litter boxes on hand depending on how long you are away.

Tips & Warnings

• Have a very strong understanding of how your cat behaves so that you will know the amount of food and litter needed.
• Do not leave your kitten home alone. They need more attention than adult cats and may scratch up your furniture if you let them roam unsupervised.