Comments on: On My Winter Vacation I… http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/01/04/on-my-winter-vacation-i/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tecosystems » 2007: The Year in Review, from Macro to Micro http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/01/04/on-my-winter-vacation-i/comment-page-1/#comment-268192 tecosystems » 2007: The Year in Review, from Macro to Micro Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:45:18 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/01/04/on-my-winter-vacation-i/#comment-268192 [...] The new year saw a new design for the blog, and I briefly contemplated selling my loft. Prior to the launch, I asserted that I wasn’t getting an iPhone. My inaugural award for [...] [...] The new year saw a new design for the blog, and I briefly contemplated selling my loft. Prior to the launch, I asserted that I wasn’t getting an iPhone. My inaugural award for [...]

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/01/04/on-my-winter-vacation-i/comment-page-1/#comment-9195 sogrady Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:18:08 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/01/04/on-my-winter-vacation-i/#comment-9195 Morten: i've very lucky, in that Az is fine for two nights on her own. in a case like this, where i'll be gone for three nights, i have my best friend check on her once or twice while i'm gone, but overall she's very independent. i leave enough food and water out, and she looks after herself. not all cats are this good, but as i said i'm quite lucky. it's also worth noting that some cats apparently get very angry when their owners leave for extended periods of time and will destroy furniture or crap outside the litter box in what's best characterized as petty revenge. the worst thing Az has done while i've been gone is unwind a roll of toilet paper and shred it up, and that was just once. i'd tend to think that if you got the cat young enough (i got Az as a kitten) and acclimate them to being on their own, you'll be fine. Morten: i’ve very lucky, in that Az is fine for two nights on her own. in a case like this, where i’ll be gone for three nights, i have my best friend check on her once or twice while i’m gone, but overall she’s very independent.

i leave enough food and water out, and she looks after herself. not all cats are this good, but as i said i’m quite lucky.

it’s also worth noting that some cats apparently get very angry when their owners leave for extended periods of time and will destroy furniture or crap outside the litter box in what’s best characterized as petty revenge.

the worst thing Az has done while i’ve been gone is unwind a roll of toilet paper and shred it up, and that was just once.

i’d tend to think that if you got the cat young enough (i got Az as a kitten) and acclimate them to being on their own, you’ll be fine.

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Who takes care of the cat while your on the road? Thinking about having one, but afraid I’m not home enough…

Morten

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