Where to leave your cat on vacation in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Then you need to pack your pet for the trip. Place bedding, toys, bowls, and also a tray for the cat. This is a matter of not only peace of mind, but also health: diseases that even vaccinated animals can be transmitted through the tray and bowls. Don't forget about your veterinary passport - you will definitely need it if your pet feels unwell and needs to be shown to a doctor. You can also donate something with the owner’s scent to foster care - a worn jacket, T-shirt or sock.

Elena Goltsman even advises bringing water - at least a liter for the first day. The familiar taste will help you calm down.

If the animal is very nervous, check with a specialist whether he can turn on a special calming fumigator and carry out anti-stress therapy.

At home

You can leave your pet at home and ask family or friends to come over to change the litter and fill the bowl. Psychologically, it is easier for a cat to stay in its territory so that it does not have to get used to a new place. But, if the vacation is long, the pet will begin to get bored and may damage the furniture, wallpaper and do other things.

Although cats are independent creatures, they also need affection and attention. The long-term absence of the owner and any person nearby can negatively affect the animal’s mental well-being. Moreover, friends or acquaintances may have urgent matters or forget to visit the cat, then it may remain hungry.

Myth No. 6. In foster care, animals are kept in cages - this is harmful.

Many large foster homes actually have cages or closed houses. But there is nothing wrong with that if they only serve as a resting place for the pet.

Cats definitely need shelter during the first 24 hours after moving. The main thing is that it is not a transparent display container, like in a pet store: in them, animals see each other around the clock, cannot hide and become even more stressed. A closed house, carrier or cage with a blanket thrown over top will do. Bowls for food and water, a bed and a tray should be placed inside. When the cat gets used to the new environment, it needs to be let out for a walk. Even old animals should not sit in a cage 24/7.

The same applies to dogs. Constant physical and emotional stress is important to them: slow running, developmental activities with a person. Therefore, for them, the cage should only be a place to spend the night and rest. Alexander Buinov also notes that with the help of a shelter it is easy to control the time dogs play with each other. This will make both energetic and unsociable pets comfortable.

From friends

The second option for where to leave your cat during your vacation is to move it to your friends. Then the animal will be provided with constant care and attention. You will be able to call and check your pet’s well-being at any time, and continue your vacation calmly.

There are two advantages to using this option: you don’t have to pay and you can trust your friends, because they are close people. But it is worth considering the disadvantages. Friends or family may have other animals. Cats do not get along with cats or dogs, and are dangerous for parrots. So if loved ones have their own pets, the situation with choosing a place becomes more complicated.

Another disadvantage is stress for the pet. A new place, smells, objects, people cause tension in cats. They may ignore the tray, tear up the wallpaper, damage the furniture, or yell because they are not happy with the new state of affairs. This will be a test for friends. You will have to pay for damaged things, and there is a risk of quarreling with loved ones. You should be careful when choosing a place to leave your cat during your vacation to avoid negative consequences for you, your friends, and your pet.

Bonus: how to choose a foster home

Collect feedback
The more reviews, the higher the chances of finding out how everything really works, whether any unpleasant situations happened and how they were resolved. Yulia Mysheva notes that the best recommendation is the presence of regular customers. If owners constantly bring their pets to the same place, it means that they are happy with everything there.
Ask questions
Agata Krainova recommends asking the owner:
- how the day is planned for the guests;
what to do if dogs get into a fight while walking;
Do they accept unvaccinated animals?
how and how often enclosures or cages are disinfected.

Come and take a look around the place
Try to arrive early and see in what conditions the animal will be kept.
Expensive renovations are not needed, but the place must be clean and tidy. And most importantly - adapted for animals. A dog or cat can make mistakes with the toilet, especially in the first days, so it is important that owners do not worry about new parquet flooring or sofas.
Check that the house or apartment has several levels of protection:
- “Anti-cat” mesh on windows;
in a private house - a fence that a dog cannot undermine and a cat cannot jump over.
Meet the sitter's favorites
If the specialist has dogs, observe how he behaves with them while walking. Some people react calmly when they disobey, while others start screaming or even hitting the animal. Alexander Buinov explains that people have such reactions at the reflex level, so it will not be easy for them to deceive the observer.
Yulia Gavrilina also advises checking the veterinary passports of the specialist’s wards: they contain information about vaccinations and treatment against parasites.

Overexposure

In other words, a temporary family, an unofficial hotel for cats. There are simply volunteers who post advertisements on service websites, ready to accept pets and temporarily care for them. The option is inexpensive, but remember that the cat gets along with other pets, plus these are strangers, so you can’t trust them 100%.

Unlike an official hotel, foster care apartments are not equipped for pets, and people do not have any guarantees. So leaving your cat there is a big risk.

Myth #5: I won't know how my pet is really being treated.

Usually, foster care specialists send a daily photo and video report. But you need to be careful: sometimes unscrupulous sitters try to take all the photos and videos on one day and then pass them off as actual ones.

Ask to send photos and videos from walks - it’s easier to understand exactly when the photo was taken based on the weather outside. Or arrange video calls with a specialist via instant messengers to see your four-legged friend in real time.

You should not call every two hours: this distracts the specialist from caring for the guests. If you are worried and doubt that your pet will be comfortable, it is better to look for another foster home.

At the cat hotel

A pet hotel is an excellent option where you can leave your cat while on vacation. Such places are officially registered, provide guarantees and take responsibility. The staff consists of qualified employees who know how to handle animals. And the establishments themselves are divided into sections, so that the cat will not have contact with other pets.

A change of place and the absence of an owner are still stressful for a pet. But timely nutrition, plenty of space and toys will keep your pet occupied for a long time.

You can call at any time and check the cat’s condition so as not to worry and continue to rest. The animals will be looked after by workers and provided with food, fresh litter and everything necessary.

Such places are well equipped, so that conflicts with other animals, leaving the house through the window and any accidents are excluded. Your pet will remain safe and have a good time, which will reduce separation stress.

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Look around: like you, most of your relatives, acquaintances, friends or work colleagues definitely have a pet! According to statistics, today as many as 76% of the residents of our country have managed to acquire a four-legged family member. Half of all pets that live in apartments and houses among Russians in general and among Muscovites in particular are cats!

Therefore, you found and are reading this article, which means that you are not the only one who has a problem where you can place a cat during a vacation, business trip, illness, or due to other life circumstances. A cat owner always has several free options:

give the animal to relatives or friends for a while;
leave the keys to your apartment to your loved ones, neighbors, or concierge, although the latter is unlikely to want to take on such responsibility for free;
take the animal with you on a trip;
if the trip only takes you a few days, place trays with cat litter, dishes with food and water in large quantities in the corners of the apartment, close off the most valuable rooms from the animal and leave the cat at home.

The last option, indeed, was used by many of our clients and we know about it precisely from their stories. We know of such cases when maximum people tried to lock an animal in an apartment even for a week, and if the pet is endowed with a calm character, gentle disposition and is not particularly mischievous and is not used to taking revenge on the owner in any way, then this option for spending time in the apartment in the absence of the owner is somewhat days is fine.

If all of the above options are not suitable for you for one reason or another, and the question of where you can place your cat during a vacation or business trip arises quite often, and every time you have to get nervous and frantically search for suitable options, then a paid temporary caring for your animal:

hotel for cats
– temporary keeping of animals in specially equipped enclosures;
keeping cats at home
- temporary keeping of a cat in an apartment with a private person or an employee of an organization providing such services;
Cat nanny
is a relatively new service for Moscow, which involves a daily visit of a nanny to your home in order to feed the cat, wash the tray and change the litter in it, pour fresh water, and play with the animal for at least a short amount of time.

All of the above options have their pros and cons, which we talked about in detail on other pages of our site, but they are united by the fact that the problem of many Moscow animal owners: where can you place your cat during a vacation or business trip, can now be solved and no longer exists be a problem. Today, animal lovers even have several options to choose from. The only pity is that many people don’t even know about it!

Useful information for beginners

If for the first time you are faced with the fact that you need to leave urgently, and there is no one to leave the animal with, then, of course, you, like any other beginners, will be scared and sometimes very difficult to choose one of three paid services, especially since by calling several hotels for cats or home foster care, you will never know the truth about how your animal will actually be kept, what disadvantages you should know about the temporary pet care service, and where, after all, you can temporarily house a cat so that the price-quality ratio is optimal.

Over the phone, they will definitely embellish your advantages and hide your shortcomings. Reviews on the Internet are also not very helpful: there will be few good ones, and many bad ones for any pet hotel you choose.

Why? Because those who were satisfied with the service provided will simply thank you, subsequently bring the animal again, recommend the place to friends and acquaintances, instead of singing the praises of the cat hotel on the Internet after returning from vacation or a business trip.

Let us tell you a secret that asking customers to leave reviews on a website is useless. Having promised, they still forget to do it, and forcing clients by disturbing them with phone calls with reminders that they need to do what they promised means losing both the client and their precious time.

Positive reviews are streams of flattering gratitude from those who used the service, which generally look strange and unnatural from the outside - after all, the animal in the pet hotel was not saved from an incurable disease and was not re-educated, which then gave the owner amazing results!

The animal was simply kept in an enclosure, fed, watered, its tray changed, and its well-being monitored. Those. kept the pet safe for the entire duration of its stay. And they did all this for money, sometimes very substantial, and not for charitable purposes for a nominal fee! It’s the same as using a taxi service, and then writing a flattering review about how great the taxi is: the driver didn’t kill or rob, he delivered on time, he didn’t take long routes to increase the rate, etc.

Negative reviews are streams of unflattering and abusive information that can be found in large quantities on the Internet. Basically, this information is about poor-quality service, mistreatment of an animal, or an illness allegedly acquired at the hotel. It, like the positive one, in 95% of cases is not supported by any facts, which, by the way, owners should pay attention to first of all when choosing a pet hotel or foster home for their pet.

Facts, for example, include some copies of documents, horrific photos or videos of an unfortunate animal “before” and “after”, which was treated poorly at the hotel, according to the indignant owner who left a negative review. At worst, there should be at least similar negative cases described by different clients, at different times on different sites, which clearly make it clear that the hotel, indeed, has a certain problem that many clients have been complaining about for a long time, but, judging by the latest reviews, it has not been eliminated.

Also, do not forget that negative reviews are very often just a battle expressed in writing between competing organizations. Copying the abusive text of a review left on one site and simply pasting it on numerous other sites and forums is a simple matter.

Having found all this in large quantities on the Internet, you will still never be able to get a correct idea from such reviews about the place where your animal will be.

As a beginner, you can follow a few simple rules that will help you choose the best place for you and the animal where you can place your cat for a while:

Definitely, aggressive, willful or dominant cats or cats that show aggression or irritation even towards the owner should be sent to a cat hotel.
In a stressful environment, an animal can behave extremely inappropriately, contrary to its self-preservation instincts. Namely: to be the first to rush into battle, not to let anyone get close even at a distance of several meters, to catch up with a person leaving the conquered territory in order to rush into an unjustified fight, tightly clinging to the legs or arms of a person, to fall into an even greater rage because that a person uses some kind of weapon or means of protection (slippers, mop, etc.) All this makes it impossible for the pet to live at home.
Definitely, pets who seriously misbehave at home should be taken to a cat hotel: using the toilet in the wrong places, damaging curtains, wallpaper, upholstered furniture, throwing various objects from a height, digging up pots of house plants, stealing food from the table, etc.
Even if a person involved in home foster care loves cats very much, he will not allow the animal to create a mess, disrupt the usual routine for all family members, destroy the home comfort created over the years, cause material damage to furniture or some other things, or keep others in tension with with the help of unpredictability, diversity and a large number of dirty tricks already done.
Objectively weigh your animal's behavior before choosing home foster care!
It is advisable not to give it up for home foster care, but to send an uncastrated adult cat to a hotel if there is a risk that the cat will start marking in a new place.
In a home foster home, one way or another, there is the smell of other animals - previous guests, which is detected at the level of the cat's sense of smell. An unneutered cat may begin to mark new territory anyway, but this becomes even more likely if there are odors from other animals.
You can give an animal for home fostering only when you are absolutely sure that it will go to the toilet exclusively in the litter tray.
It is more convenient to use the services of a hotel for cats if you often have unplanned business trips or prefer to fly on vacation on last-minute packages.
Good and qualified home foster care, with all the variety of offers, is rare. Usually, people who take in four-legged guests already have their own regular clients, and the schedule of arrivals is planned several months in advance. You can find an excellent foster care worker, but in case of an emergency trip, your cat will not always be able to be accepted into a home foster care facility, since the place is already occupied.
The pet hotel will always provide free space.
Home foster care is necessary for animals that require special care.
Home foster care is suitable for special pets:
- kittens in need of feeding;
cats and kittens who have been prescribed treatment and medical care (dressings, injections, medication, etc.)
show breeds that require special daily grooming;
bare rocks that require above-average air temperatures;
unvaccinated cats for which staying in a hotel is dangerous.
Home foster care is best suited for animals left for long periods of time (from a month).
A cat can stay in a small enclosed space in a hotel enclosure for 2-3 weeks without any problems. After some time spent locked up, the animal begins to yearn for physical activity and communication with humans.
Living next to humans, cats become very dependent on tactile contact. The cat loves stroking, all kinds of scratching, as well as the warmth and softness of the human body. Curling up on or next to a person, enjoying touch, is often a way for a cat to soothe its nervous system.
This ritual becomes a persistent habit. When an animal lacks such contact for a long time, as well as the ability to move freely around its territory, the animal’s psyche becomes depressed over time, and the meaning of existence disappears.
for those who do not want to create additional stress for the cat.
In a situation where you are sure that your animal will be best at home, then a cat sitter is the best option for you. The nanny's responsibilities include cleaning the cat's litter box, feeding the animal, and filling its bowl with fresh drinking water. The nanny can also chat with the animal, scratch behind the ear for at least 15-20 minutes a day, and play with a mouse or a ball.
Read also: A cat is limping on a front or back leg: what to do
If you are not afraid to entrust your apartment to a stranger and want to try this service, then we advise you to work out this issue in advance, because cat sitters are still a rarity in Moscow, and you need to get to know the person to whom you are going to entrust both the apartment and the pet in advance.

We hope that this article at least partially answers your question about where you can place a cat during your vacation.

Finally, professional advice to all cat owners - do not demand the impossible from those who provide such necessary services today: to take full responsibility for the safety of your pet. Be a responsible owner for your part!

Vaccinate your cat promptly and without fail, even if it has been at home all its life, and also give the animal anthelmintic drugs at least 2 times a year.
When choosing a hotel or home foster care, come to see the conditions of detention in advance, this will be best.
Raise your animal so that you and other people receive joy from communicating with your pet.

to “Where can I place a pet cat or male cat while on vacation?”

zooapteka:
03/20/2014 at 06:40
My friends help me. If I go away, they don't mind taking my cat for a while.
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cl-service.com:
07/12/2015 at 00:55
An animal lover, usually a dog or cat owner, will take your pet in during your vacation or departure and look after it as if it were his own. The advantage of this option is that the pet will be in a home environment, this is especially important for animals with an active psyche, they will play with it, walk with it, and there will not be many animals in the apartment.
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Nina:
10/16/2015 at 23:09
ROSTOV-on-Don. Domestic animal care, have work experience. 89185020548
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Svetlana:
10/28/2015 at 12:59
Join my group created for announcements on fostering domestic cats in Chelyabinsk or the Chelyabinsk region during the holidays https://vk.com/club105556568 =)
Write your advertisements, offer or find a foster home for your cat! I suggest not only considering options for paid foster care, but also uniting to help each other take care of our cats for free during vacations or long trips out of town.
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Personal visit and instructions to staff

Before sending your cat to a temporary place of stay, you should go there yourself and evaluate the premises and staff. There should not be a strong smell of air freshener or animal feces in the place of overexposure. The enclosures or apartment must be cleaned to perfection. Fur and loose whiskers must be removed from all corners. The staff must be very attentive when communicating with you. If employees write down all your instructions and instructions, it will be even better. The owner needs to provide a paper on which all diseases, vaccinations, diet, as well as the animal’s attitude towards strangers and animals will be indicated.

Shelter for homeless and domestic cats

A cat shelter is a place, cage, enclosure or room where many homeless animals are kept. The goal of the shelter is to cure, release and find new owners for animals. The following rules apply to the placement of animals:

keep sick individuals separate from healthy ones;
keep kittens separately from adults;
keep females and males in different cages;
nursing cats and kittens, as well as pregnant women, should be placed separately from other animals;
isolate aggressive animals to another room.

An animal entering the shelter is first registered: the breed, gender, approximate age and condition of the animal are recorded. Before placing a new stray cat in a room with healthy individuals in cages, it is necessary to show it to a veterinarian. Get appropriate vaccinations, sterilization or castration, and dehyllitisation. Only after all these procedures and a two-week quarantine can the animal be placed in the common room.

Premises and rooms for cats must have fences. Each cage or enclosure should not be less than 0.8 sq.m. Where the animal is located, you need bedding, a bowl of clean water and food, and a tray with filler.

Walking stray animals is not necessary, but highly desirable. You can equip the place of stay in such a way that from one part of the room the animals go directly to the street. It is best to limit the space for walking and cover it with a net. The same goes for the ceiling: it needs to be covered with a net so that cats don’t run away during a walk.

All rooms in the shelter can be divided into several types:

quarantine zone - the cat is placed in it for two weeks from the moment of arrival at the shelter;
hospital area – multi-level cages for keeping animals after quarantine;
treatment room – designed for medical tests, injections and IVs. And also for washing and grooming pets;
for various needs - pantry - designed for storing food, litter, napkins, etc.

Also, the shelter usually has several vehicles on its property for transporting homeless animals. Vehicles usually include the name of the shelter and a contact phone number. Each machine contains the following special equipment:

metal cages;
carrying;
ladder;
leash or harness;
cat traps (safe);
equipment – axe, shovel, various tools;
first aid kit.

Car drivers are trained specialists who know and can provide first aid to injured animals. In emergency cases, the animal is transported to a veterinary clinic immediately.

Depending on its size, a shelter can house several dozen abandoned stray animals. The actions of the shelter are legal and legally confirmed. All remittances, donations and rewards are recorded by the accountant and shown in the weekly and quarterly balance sheet.

Kotonyanya St. Petersburg, caring for cats during vacation

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About the company: For contact, requests and questions: Olga, https://vk.com/telejkina.

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Many of us are faced with the problem of caring for pets while on vacation or away. We are ready to help you solve this problem without stress for the animal: the cat/cats stay at home, in a familiar environment, and we come to him/her for an hour a day.

The team consists of three people: Olga, Alexandra, Herbert. We will come, feed, pet, play, clean up after the baby, we can perform simple veterinary procedures if necessary (drop eye drops, give a pill, clean or put drops in the ears). We will find an approach to almost any cat. Kotonyanya Olya has experience working in a cat shelter.

We will send you photos or videos of your babies if you wish) At least every day.

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A bold decision is often justified by the true concern of the owners.

Pets attached to people suffer most from lack of attention and loneliness. Sometimes the intellectual development of cats is disrupted and their character is irreversibly deteriorated when the animal experiences severe stress as a result of being “abandoned.”

Cat in a carrier

At first on the trip, the cat will be frightened by the changes, but the warm hands of the owner, care, and communication will give the pet confidence in exploring new spaces. If your lifestyle is tied to the desire to travel frequently, then from the first months your pet needs to be taught to carry and transport. Then on your next vacation the question of where to put the cat will not be relevant.

Moving a cat to friends or relatives

An alien environment is inevitable stress for the animal. The owner’s task is to reduce negative factors. The cat's condition will be alarming at first. The animal hides, refuses communication and food. It takes time to adapt to a new place.

When deciding on the temporary residence of a cat with friends or relatives, it is recommended to take into account the following factors:

whether there are other animals living in the house;
presence of small children in the family;
whether the pet knows the owners of the home.

Scared cat

Surrounding the cat with household items and toys helps reduce anxiety. Be sure to take the usual bed, bowl, tray, and a few things with the owner’s scent. Your “scents” will gradually reduce the discomfort of staying in a new place. In a temporary family, it is important to maintain the animal’s usual diet, so food supplies are needed for the duration of the move.

It is better to avoid meeting other people's pets due to the risk of infection and conflicts. Moving a furry one to stay with friends while on vacation is a good decision, but a tailed guest is not always welcome. Then all that remains is to use the paid service.

Place of residence

Cat

Somewhere animals live in cages that are comfortably furnished, and somewhere else they live in apartments. You should not have a negative attitude towards the cage; the animal may like it more than in a large apartment. New people, new smells, the absence of the owner frighten the animal, and because of this, it begins to hide in a corner and look for a secluded place. It can be much easier for a pet in a cage, since a small space and the absence of people in most cases are favorable for animals.

Also, the advantage of a separate enclosure for overexposure is the reduced risk of contracting any disease. There may be other animals in the apartment who don’t know how they will react to the new one, but this is not even the most dangerous thing. These animals may be infected or may be in the process of becoming infected.

If there are no other inhabitants in the apartment, then there is a possibility that they were there before, and it will be impossible to disinfect the room. Enclosures must be disinfected after each pet is in it, and the owner brings personal belongings himself. The owner must provide a tray, bowl, food, toys and other things himself, but some shelters can provide these items for an additional fee.