Kitty vacation

Well, let's say you have two cats and a dog. And let's say one of your cats has been diagnosed with diabetes and is on insulin. You want to go on vacation, and you're having a tough time arranging for someone to housesit your house and take car of your animals (including your special needs cat).

What do you do?

In our case, you arrange to have your diabetic cat boarded at a veterinary hospital where she can be monitored 24/7 while you are away. 36 dollars a day will provide a ton of piece of mind next month when wife and I are on the Anchor House Ride for Runaways. Our cat will be receiving the best of care at Columbus Veterinary Hospital in Columbus, NJ (a sister hospital to our local vet, West Trenton Animal Hospital) but our dog will be spending time with his aunt at our house, rather than being boarded out. The budget can only afford one pet on vacation at a time!

Our cat will be examined by the vets at Columbus this Saturday, and we'll arrange to drop her off the night before the Anchor House ride. She'll stay there until we arrive home the following Saturday; well fed and well rested. The staff there will keep an eye on her, feed and medicate her and monitor her blood sugar levels. She'll get better care than if she was at home.

Such is the life of a pet parent with a special needs cat.