Dropped off my kitty at her vet for boarding while I am on vacation.
And I wonder what is going thru her mind. She knows the vets and the vet techs there. It is where she goes for her vaccinations and checkups. I bring her there when I don’t think she feels well. So she is comfortable there. When we get put in a room and I open the crate door, she comes right out and prances around. I remember the first couple times, she would stay in her crate. But now she is out that gate and swishing through the exam room.
She has boarded there before. And she always seems to do fine. They haven’t had to give her something to make her eat. We do have to sign something that says if they haven’t eaten in a couple days, they could give them an appetite stimulant. They have not.
My late partner rescued her when she was around 2 years old. He was told that she was in that shelter for almost all her life. So I wonder if there is any PTSD. If she wonders whether I am coming back. I hope not. I will always come back for her.
I have cousins that have offered to house sit. And while that is tempting, she is also older and I feel the safest place for her to be, when I am not around is her vet clinic.
Anyhoo, I just wonder if she realizes I’m coming back (that sounds like a line from one of those stalker movies LOL).
Open A Window 
June 27, 2026 at 12:18 am |
I believe that animals are truly connected to their owners, it’s an innate connection, that is a bond. I am sure she knows that you will return soon.
July 1, 2026 at 3:52 pm |
It always worries me to think that she feels abandoned.
June 27, 2026 at 2:08 am |
She’s probably used to your dropping her off and then coming to pick her up. It’s also a familiar place for her and she does not feel threatened.
Go ahead, have fun! She’ll be purring when you’re back.
XOXO
July 1, 2026 at 3:53 pm |
I will work remotely the day I pick her up as well as the next day. This way she’ll know we are both home.
June 27, 2026 at 2:41 am |
My cat was never happier to see me than when I picked him up after several weeks at the vet.
July 1, 2026 at 3:55 pm |
Yes…my kitties were always happy to see me and let me know how happy they were. I trust this place. It is the same place where their veterinary clinic is, so they are use to the techs and vets there. I once boarded them in a different place because I had forgotten to make reservations. I think that new place stressed them. They slept for an entire day when they got home. And were more clingy then usual.
June 27, 2026 at 9:22 pm |
Of my two dogs, the newest addition, Murray, is attached to me more than any other dog that I’ve had. We are going away for five days in August and we have a friend coming in to housesit. I dread leaving him. Have a good holiday!
July 1, 2026 at 3:56 pm |
You have a good vacation as well. It is always difficult to leave my babies.
July 1, 2026 at 5:57 pm
I am not looking forward to the good-bye to them, that’s for sure.
July 4, 2026 at 11:09 pm |
My cats were quite indifferent upon my return; a sort of pissy for my absence. But not too long
July 5, 2026 at 1:52 am |
I started boarding mine when I would leave for more than a few days. Coming home after a four day getaway and finding all the mail left on a desk covered in cat pee resulted in loss of their “freedom”.
July 5, 2026 at 1:52 am |
I started boarding mine when I would leave for more than a few days. Coming home after a four day getaway and finding all the mail left on a desk covered in cat pee resulted in loss of their “freedom”.