Also can I just say how insane it is to do that so far away on a major US holiday lol expecting people to not have plans on a holiday seems odd af to me
While not a solution for everything, have you tried an automatic cat feeder? It’s worked with my cat, except when she hears it go off and launches herself out of my lap. Ouch.
I'd feel bad leaving my cat alone for that long too. He would be lonely and definitely craves human attention. But yeah easiest way I think is saying you have new years plans. I hate when people do stuff like that on holidays. My one cousin got married on 4th of July weekend
I haven't because I mainly feed her wet food, and I feel like the little asshole would find a way to break into it lol. She gets destructive when she wants to eat. But probably something that *is* worth a trial run of
Cat feeder worked with us too when on holiday. Also made it easier for family to visit as they werent held to a timetable making it less onerous for them. Although you end up now worrying about if the cat feeder has went off! We ended up not using our catsitter after doing this to be fair.
Ahh yeah not gonna work with wet food haha. I put something heavy on the feeder and that kept my cat from trying to knock it over. Now I don’t even need that.