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Cat query
How long is it okay to leave a cat alone for? I know a working day is fine, I know 48 hours is okay if enough food and water is down - but beyond that? Would four whole days be too much? Is it all down to the cat's own personality and a "how long is a length of string" type of question?
I am toying with the idea of getting a cat, but I am often away for 3 days at a time, occasionally more and I don't intend to mistreat one - it wouldn't really be practical to rely on having people available to look after it when I'm not about.
I am toying with the idea of getting a cat, but I am often away for 3 days at a time, occasionally more and I don't intend to mistreat one - it wouldn't really be practical to rely on having people available to look after it when I'm not about.
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The only thing I can say from my own experience is that while some cats prefer (or demand) to live in one-cat households, the one time I had just one cat, he did much, much better being left alone even for the length of a standard workday followed by a stop at a grocery store once I added a second cat to the household.
When you say you're "often" away for 3 days at a time and occasionally more, how often do you mean? Once and sometimes twice a month? Once or twice a fortnight? More? Less?