Finding the Perfect Gift for Your Pet

If you are looking to travel yet have a cat at home, you would need to make prior arrangements to ensure it is cared for while you are away. If you would like to have peace of mind that your cat is having a wholesome experience during your absence, you should consider a cattery. These cat boarding facilities ensure that your pet has round the clock care in terms of feeding schedules, playtime and even their health. However, opting to take your pet to a cat boarding is not simply selecting a facility and dropping the off. Here are some tips to ease the transition to staying at a cat boarding for your cat.

Establish if personal belongings are allowed

Cats can become quite skittish when left in an environment that they are not familiar with. To try to ease their stress, you should enquire from the cattery if they allow personal belongings. Bringing your cat's favourite blanket and toys with them will keep them in contact with familiar scents from home. These smells can ease the transition process, as they will not feel completely out of place in this new environment.

Enquire about food and medications

If your cat is a picky eater, then it would be in their best interests to establish beforehand what types of foods are given at the cattery. Some cat boarding facilities may allow you to bring your cat's own food provisions so as to ensure that they do not go for days without eating. It should be noted that most facilities will only allow pets that have their vaccinations updated. Therefore, you should consider paying a visit to your vet beforehand and carrying the necessary documentation that would prove the vaccines have been administered.

Take your pet for a trial stay

Another way to ease the transition to staying at a cattery would be to have a trial run with your pet. Some cats tend to have separation anxiety and you may not know this about your pet if you have never left them alone before. A trial stay at the cattery for a couple of nights would make the cat boarding facilities familiar to your pet. When the time comes to leave them at the boarding facilities, you cat may be less likely to exhibit symptoms of separation anxiety. 

For more information on cat boarding, talk to a local cattery to get your questions answered.