I am new to cats/kittens so hopefully these questions are not too stupid lol...
We rescued a feral kitten and are fostering it. Will most likely adopt. We were talked into a playmate for her so now we have two kittens (approx 8weeks and 10 weeks old).
At night I have them in a large dog wire crate with food/water and litter box. They are out during the day while I am home. I have left them by themselves for about 1/2 hour and they seemed to be ok.
Situation is... we got good seats for a MLB game which will require an overnight stay... Be gone morning to the next evening. Neighbor is ok coming over to check on them. I asked him to come by the first evening and the next morning.
Should I have him crate them overnight like they are used to? I would guess it will be an extra 6-7 hours in the crate. I usually do not crate them until 10ish and they come out at 7-8am... I am not going to ask the neighbor to stick to that. I need him to come over in the morning anyways because the younger one needs her eye cleaned out in the am.
Is leaving them out without anyone here asking for trouble at this age? I do have a small spare room that would not take much time to clean out but not sure if that would be more trouble since they have not been in there before.
Thanks for any help and advice!
Anne
We rescued a feral kitten and are fostering it. Will most likely adopt. We were talked into a playmate for her so now we have two kittens (approx 8weeks and 10 weeks old).
At night I have them in a large dog wire crate with food/water and litter box. They are out during the day while I am home. I have left them by themselves for about 1/2 hour and they seemed to be ok.
Situation is... we got good seats for a MLB game which will require an overnight stay... Be gone morning to the next evening. Neighbor is ok coming over to check on them. I asked him to come by the first evening and the next morning.
Should I have him crate them overnight like they are used to? I would guess it will be an extra 6-7 hours in the crate. I usually do not crate them until 10ish and they come out at 7-8am... I am not going to ask the neighbor to stick to that. I need him to come over in the morning anyways because the younger one needs her eye cleaned out in the am.
Is leaving them out without anyone here asking for trouble at this age? I do have a small spare room that would not take much time to clean out but not sure if that would be more trouble since they have not been in there before.
Thanks for any help and advice!
Anne