Gini, I'm with you. I prefer having someone check in, once a day, just to make sure all is ok. Of course, my petsitter comes often these days to check on everyone, but when I only had a cat, I still had a neighbor drop in once or twice a day to check on Mimi and give her some attention. I would leave her inside on these occassions.

My sister has left food for a week at a time for her cats and they have always been ok. But they had each other to play with too. A single cat, in my opinion, needs that human touch more often.

Logan