Comments on: Moving to Lynden

By: mrsloane

mrsloane — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:05:04 +0000

My parents would do a good job of taking care of your cat

By: intrepid_reason

intrepid_reason — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:02:23 +0000

I know this is a tough thing to do, but I really respect your decision to be there for your Mom.

By: m_cobweb

m_cobweb — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:45:31 +0000

This sounds like a very good decision.

I would try taking G. with you once or twice to see how she does. If she doesn’t travel well, then I’d take her to Lynden, as others have suggested.

By: ryanlion

ryanlion — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:19:59 +0000

My advice is to take your cat to Lynden, where you’ll be most of the time. She’ll be happier with you.

Cats can also do fine being left alone for a couple of days so long as their food & water are full, and the litter box is clean.

She won’t love it, but she won’t die either.

You could also try taking her back and forth with you. I know many cats hate being in the car, but some don’t mind it. I used to commute with my cat and while I wouldn’t say she got excited about the car like a dog, she did seem to enjoy looking out the window at the world going by. I kept her in a harness on a leash that I clipped into one of the back passenger seatbelts so she couldn’t get under my feet. That gave her room to roam, or sleep, her favorite spot seemed to be on the back ledge where she could lay and look at things.

By: faerieburst

faerieburst — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:00:46 +0000

::hug::

Please keep telling your mama that you aren’t going to lose your friends during the time you are doing this. ‘Cause we aren’t going anywhere. This is the right call, and I’m glad you’ve made it.

~Aramada

By: the1pony

the1pony — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:54:55 +0000

Good on ya for doing this for your Mom.

I’d take the kitty to Lynden, since that’s where you’ll be most of the time. And is right on with the food advice- start giving her dry food now with the canned, then leave plenty of it out for her when you’re gone. And of course make sure there are a couple bowls of water or one of those watering fountain things so she has plenty to drink.

By: gargoylettelc

gargoylettelc — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:29:10 +0000

Great decision and good for you. Perhaps someone/a friend could ‘sublet’ the condo and take care of the cat duties, so she could stay in her familiar home-?-

By: schmooops

schmooops — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:23:14 +0000

You could start offering her dry food now to go along with the canned. Just leave the dry food out and available at all times next to her water dish. She will probably still prefer the canned food (it’s like kitty crack) but she’ll nibble on the dry stuff here and there, and she won’t go hungry.

By: gkr

gkr — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:03:59 +0000

Well, she’s been on canned food for a while. I dunno if there’s a way to do that with that. She isn’t on a schedule, other than she hates to be left hungry.

By: schmooops

schmooops — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:02:19 +0000

Ah, yes, that makes more sense. I would suggest she’d be far happier being wherever you are the majority of the time, which sounds like it’s going to be Lynden.

Does she have special food requirements? Our cats are free-fed; they can be left alone for a few days at a time (although they don’t love it, they are okay with it.) This wouldn’t work with a cat who needs to be fed at certain times of the day, or has other special dietary requirements.