What do you tend to do if you need to leave the cat's alone for the night and don't have anyone to watch them..?

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Gloworm - Run free little man. 23.05.2011-06.09.2011

What sort of time span are you thinking of hun? 8hrs? 10hrs?

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It would be overnight, it's not for me, just a friend of mine x

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Gloworm - Run free little man. 23.05.2011-06.09.2011

She needs to be more specific I think hun - like, is she going away am of day 1 and coming back pm of day 2. Or is she going out late pm of day 1 and coming back early am of day 2?

Has she looked at automatic feeders?

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I wouldn't to be honest, if no friends or family could help out I would have the petsitter go in to check up on them.

I would say unless they can get automatic feeders or a petsitter I wouldn't go. That might just be me though.

It really depends on what times she is going out at and coming back at.

For example - in my younger days when I used to actually have a life and go out, I would feed the cats at 9pm just before I left the house. I would then crash at a mates place but would always be home no later than 10am to feed them again. This meant they only went 3hrs max longer than usual and I would always put extra out to cover that bit of time.

If I was, however, going out at 8am and not returming until 8pm the next day, I would most definitely be making arrangements for someone to go in.

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If we have to leave ours overnight we use an automatic feeder. For example, this weekend we were away from about 4pm on Saturday until 4pm on Sunday. I fed them before I left (which was early, they were very chuffed) and made sure I gave them a bit more than normal. I also set up the automatic feeder to open about their normal breakfast time and again left them a bit extra. I'm not sure why I feel the need to give them more, think it's just the thought that there is no-one to ask for food if they are hungry! If we have to be away longer (say Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon) I would use another feeder to cover the Saturday evening feed. I would quite possibly also leave them a bit of dry food just in a bowl - they don't often get it but I do worry about the idea that one of the feeders might not work for some reason.

Thanks guy's, she is going Saturday mid-day and returning Sunday evening xx

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Gloworm - Run free little man. 23.05.2011-06.09.2011

We go away to visit family fairly regularly, usually leaving Saturday am & getting back Sunday pm, we just leave some food out & the cats get on with it. To be fair I only give them 1 meal a day anyways, so they are not missing out, & they have a cat flap to let themselves in & out. If we go away any longer than that I get someone to come in & check & feed them