Boarding the cat
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I think leaving him at your friends house for a day and then confining him for the next few days will be okay. So long as your around.
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So the window project is done and what we ended up doing was leaving him at a friend's house for all three days. The window guys did each room in phases, so they didn't finish any rooms till the last day. I think Neo was okay going to the "sitter" because he seemed to be enjoying the chance to investigate new surroundings, but on the other hand, he was shedding ENORMOUSLY when we picked him up at night. Do cats really shed extra when they're stressed? Does it have such an immediate effect or does it happen only if the stress is prolonged?
Anyway, I hope he didn't mind it. What I minded (a lot) was that the window guys left such a HUGE mess--dust and debris everywhere. Pretty much spent the weekend getting the house back to a habitable state, but on the nights when the projects were onging, I worried about what Neo could have been breathing and injesting.
I cleaned up the heavy-traffic areas as best I could each night but was still worried--I'm sure it was healthy for us people, to say nothing of his poor little 7-pound system. My advice to anyone getting windows is to stay home and don't leave the contractor guys unsupervised, because geez they can make a mess. 
One more question on the windows: they're thicker than the old ones so the sills are now smaller. I hadn't thought about that before. There is only 3.5 inches of sill depth now--Neo can still sit on them, but do you think he'll be able to when he's full-size? (He's six months now.) I hope I haven't deprived him of future window sills, as he loves to perch on them (and I always figure he's a treat for passers-by to look at too
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Anyway, I hope he didn't mind it. What I minded (a lot) was that the window guys left such a HUGE mess--dust and debris everywhere. Pretty much spent the weekend getting the house back to a habitable state, but on the nights when the projects were onging, I worried about what Neo could have been breathing and injesting.
I cleaned up the heavy-traffic areas as best I could each night but was still worried--I'm sure it was healthy for us people, to say nothing of his poor little 7-pound system. My advice to anyone getting windows is to stay home and don't leave the contractor guys unsupervised, because geez they can make a mess. One more question on the windows: they're thicker than the old ones so the sills are now smaller. I hadn't thought about that before. There is only 3.5 inches of sill depth now--Neo can still sit on them, but do you think he'll be able to when he's full-size? (He's six months now.) I hope I haven't deprived him of future window sills, as he loves to perch on them (and I always figure he's a treat for passers-by to look at too
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You need one of these thingys...
It's called a cat perch...
I'm sure there's about a hundred places you can get them on the net.
I've heard a lot of them don't need much installation at all, and won't really leave too many unrepairable holes when you take them out... If you ever take them out that is
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Yes, cats do stress shed. You see it a lot when their environment changes or they go to the vet or when they are ill. If you go to citypet.com they have a pretty good filter you can run that is inexpensive and it will take care of the dust and dander in air.
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Cool, thanks for the answers! I'll have to get a kitty perch or two. Shed-wise he often does leave drifts of hair on us when we pick him up; yesterday was just as bad as the days he was at the sitters. I hope he's not under some terrible stress that we don't know about. He does appear pretty well-adjusted though.
MA, I love your da Vinci quote. My kitty must be the smallest feline, because he's a masterpiece!
MA, I love your da Vinci quote. My kitty must be the smallest feline, because he's a masterpiece!