Cat got locked in room for 5 days :(

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Chryso


Waaah! They are animals. They survived with out human supervision for millions of years. They can go a few days more without it.

key points since I think you must not comprehend english...

1) no food

2) no water

Let's see how you fare for 5 days.

OP got lucky...esp with no water available to them and no food sources that could provide it. Cats are highly sensitive to lack of fluids.

I don't get how so many people here can be ok with others doing the total wrong thing.

 

[MrWizzard]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: lokiju

:laugh:

Always one of your kind in every thread on here.

Thanks for the laugh.

Yeah just like it's fine to leave a 4 year old home...same difference. If they get in trouble they cannot get help.

My cat is in the hospital right now, it somehow developed struvite crystals which blocked in from urinating basically instantly. The cat went from happy cat to freaking out/dying cat in a matter of moments.

12 hours later the cat would have been dead.

I am responsible, that's one of my kind

You should not compare a humans worth to an animals. People who have lost touch with reality think an animal life has the same worth as a human.

A correct comparison would have been leaving a RAT at home not a child.

And you are wrong about a 4 year old not being able to get help LINK

Maybe I am overreacting but the whole, "My pet is a PERSON" wears on me sometimes.

And people here are not ok with it, the OP is stating an accident not something that was done on purpose. I think you are missing the point.


OP Glad your cats are ok!

 

[Miramonti]

That's a pretty long time to leave the cats without someone checking on them to make sure everything is with them and the house, and cleaning the litter box etc., but I wouldn't liken it to animal cruelty to cats by any stretch.

How old is she? I imagine that might be a lot tougher on older weaker cats.

Btw, nice move taking her to the vet. :thumbsup:

 

[randay]

take your other cat to the vet too, person who was supposed to watch em probably didnt do shit.

 

[alphatarget1]

My roommate's cat was up on the tree for 6 days and she was fine.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This reminds me, this summer we're going on a trip with the whole family. We still have no idea what we'll do with the cat. If they have food and water, are they generally ok for a week? She gets super stressed if one of us is gone for a day, so I can't imagine for a week, and if it would screw her up emotionally for a while even after we're back.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
A correct comparison would have been leaving a RAT at home not a child.

[...]

Maybe I am overreacting...

You are.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Pheran
Some years ago a friend of mine had a dog. They went on vacation and he had his brother come by once or twice a day to attend to it. However, the dog was tied up outside in hot weather and the chain became tangled in something, preventing the dog from reaching shade/water. It was trapped in the hot sun all day and later ending up dying of complications resulting from heat stroke/dehydration. He felt horrible about that.

If that had been my brother there would have been hell to pay. :|

Of course, that is NOT how I would have left any dog I have had while on vacation.

 

[Genx87]

Is that a torti? We have a cream torti and a main my excellent compatriot. Both cats have done this to us when we go to work. The Torti just took an extended nap and scurried to the litter box. The maine my excellent compatriot lost her cat mind and shit and pissed on the bed.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: rh71
wouldn't you say goodbye to your pet before you step out the front door? I guess cats just aren't as personable... but I think we knew that.

My cat would be sitting on top of my suitcase until I took it out the door hoping that would somehow prevent me from leaving.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: RKS
1. double check the cats have access to food/watter/litterbox
2. keep all doors wedged open so it doesn't happen again
3. give someone keys so they can actually go in and check on the cats
4. trade cats in for cactii


btw, where did the cat poop and pee?

QFT, not everyone is meant to have pets.

Hire a fucking pet sitter next time. I believe leaving an animal confined and unattended is illegal in many states regardless if water and food are just thrown out.

lol

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Pheran
Some years ago a friend of mine had a dog. They went on vacation and he had his brother come by once or twice a day to attend to it. However, the dog was tied up outside in hot weather and the chain became tangled in something, preventing the dog from reaching shade/water. It was trapped in the hot sun all day and later ending up dying of complications resulting from heat stroke/dehydration. He felt horrible about that.

If that had been my brother there would have been hell to pay. :|

Of course, that is NOT how I would have left any dog I have had while on vacation.

Talk about a hot dog.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: rh71
wouldn't you say goodbye to your pet before you step out the front door? I guess cats just aren't as personable... but I think we knew that.

My cat would be sitting on top of my suitcase until I took it out the door hoping that would somehow prevent me from leaving.

Mine are the same way except it's more of a "hey! You can pack me and I can come with, I don't mind" kind of thing.

 

[Number1]

We did the same thing a few years ago The cat was locked up in a room for 7 days. When I got home it's back legs did not work anymore. I took it to the vet but it died.

We got another cat.

 

[slayer202]

whats that thing eat, people?

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: jjsole
but I wouldn't liken it to animal cruelty to cats by any stretch.

yeah food and water are like totally optional.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard

You should not compare a humans worth to an animals. People who have lost touch with reality think an animal life has the same worth as a human.

A correct comparison would have been leaving a RAT at home not a child.

And you are wrong about a 4 year old not being able to get help LINK

Maybe I am overreacting but the whole, "My pet is a PERSON" wears on me sometimes.

And people here are not ok with it, the OP is stating an accident not something that was done on purpose. I think you are missing the point.


OP Glad your cats are ok!

No one said that a cat was a person...it's those like yourself that try so hard to make it sound that way and regardless doesn't justify what you are trying to defend (usually about taking a person's life vs animals...neither is ok). Because someone thinks an animal should not be harmed does not mean that they think harming a person is ok.

I'd first get over why a simple idea of a third party treating their pet like a person bothers you so, perhaps it's some deeply rooted feeling of neglect in your childhood or something. Did the family dog get to eat before you or something?

Most of my comments aren't directed so much at the OP as too those who see no problem with this. Getting lucky is not the same as being responsible to begin with. An animal fending for their own in the wild is not the same as being able to do so in a home nor even if released outside. Same as aboriginals can do quite well with nothing but take the average ATOT'er and throw them into the outback....chances are they last a week or two.

Also the OP purposedly shutting doors to keep his pets out of a room without verifying either were not locked in is really where this all went south. 7 days with food and water and enough litter boxes would be just irresponsibility rather than abuse / neglect until something went wrong.

Getting lucky does not make it right.

 

[DrawninwarD]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: lokiju
Kitty it happened to

So that's the before pic, do you have the after pic?

She still weights 20lbs just like she did before.

Didn't drop a single pound...

Chubby lol.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: jjsole
That's a pretty long time to leave the cats without someone checking on them to make sure everything is with them and the house, and cleaning the litter box etc., but I wouldn't liken it to animal cruelty to cats by any stretch.

How old is she? I imagine that might be a lot tougher on older weaker cats.

Btw, nice move taking her to the vet. :thumbsup:

She's 3.

We have a big sized littermaid litter box that's good to go for a full week with the two cats with no human interaction required.

There was ample water and food left out for them also.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Is that a torti? We have a cream torti and a main my excellent compatriot. Both cats have done this to us when we go to work. The Torti just took an extended nap and scurried to the litter box. The maine my excellent compatriot lost her cat mind and shit and pissed on the bed.

Yep, she's a torti.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Pheran
Some years ago a friend of mine had a dog. They went on vacation and he had his brother come by once or twice a day to attend to it. However, the dog was tied up outside in hot weather and the chain became tangled in something, preventing the dog from reaching shade/water. It was trapped in the hot sun all day and later ending up dying of complications resulting from heat stroke/dehydration. He felt horrible about that.

If that had been my brother there would have been hell to pay. :|

Of course, that is NOT how I would have left any dog I have had while on vacation.

Talk about a hot dog.

That was tasteless.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: jjsole
That's a pretty long time to leave the cats without someone checking on them to make sure everything is with them and the house, and cleaning the litter box etc., but I wouldn't liken it to animal cruelty to cats by any stretch.

How old is she? I imagine that might be a lot tougher on older weaker cats.

Btw, nice move taking her to the vet. :thumbsup:

She's 3.

We have a big sized littermaid litter box that's good to go for a full week with the two cats with no human interaction required.

There was ample water and food left out for them also.

ewww... come on, no matter how big the litterbox is, clean it at least every 3-4 days.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Turkish

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: jjsole
That's a pretty long time to leave the cats without someone checking on them to make sure everything is with them and the house, and cleaning the litter box etc., but I wouldn't liken it to animal cruelty to cats by any stretch.

How old is she? I imagine that might be a lot tougher on older weaker cats.

Btw, nice move taking her to the vet. :thumbsup:

She's 3.

We have a big sized littermaid litter box that's good to go for a full week with the two cats with no human interaction required.

There was ample water and food left out for them also.

ewww... come on, no matter how big the litterbox is, clean it at least every 3-4 days.

everyday a litter box should be cleaned.

I use pine litter.

In the morning, it's easy to get out the solids with a wide slot scoop and save litter.

Then I use it to shake out the sawdust and some pelles to a corner of the box and throw the good pellets to the other side.

I then take a wire ladel and shake the sawdust / pellet mix into a 1 gallon baggie.

box is perfect. We have 3 cats and two boxes. Takes about 10 mins in the morning to do both this way.

 

[SpicyCatGames]

I am going to reply to this old post only because it comes up so high on search results, to clear up some dangerous misconceptions.

Cats can't starve well, and the guy who said they don't get to eat for long times in the wild is completely wrong. Cats have small livers, which means they can't turn much fat into energy before they have liver failure. Dogs are evolved to starve, but even humans can starve much longer than cats without health issues. While they don't eat a lot in the wild, they eat very often. Cockroaches and other small things that aren't hard to come by.

The guy who said someone's cat stayed on a tree for days so it's safe for them not to eat for days, well dude, that is a perfect research with the sample size of one. The longest a human has gone without food is 74 days, that does not mean that it's perfectly safe for everyone to not eat for 74 days.

 

[sdifox]

I am going to reply to this old post only because it comes up so high on search results, to clear up some dangerous misconceptions.

Cats can't starve well, and the guy who said they don't get to eat for long times in the wild is completely wrong. Cats have small livers, which means they can't turn much fat into energy before they have liver failure. Dogs are evolved to starve, but even humans can starve much longer than cats without health issues. While they don't eat a lot in the wild, they eat very often. Cockroaches and other small things that aren't hard to come by.

The guy who said someone's cat stayed on a tree for days so it's safe for them not to eat for days, well dude, that is a perfect research with the sample size of one. The longest a human has gone without food is 74 days, that does not mean that it's perfectly safe for everyone to not eat for 74 days.

it's been 12 years. Pretty sure that cat is dead by now.