A boarding service for your cat is one of the best services to take advantage of when you go out of town, mostly because it can ensure that professionals are entertaining, grooming, and looking after your cat when you can't be there. Listed below are three tips for ensuring that your cat is safe and content at a boarding facility.

Provide Food And Medication

The biggest thing that you can do when trying to ensure that your cat is safe at a boarding facility is to provide any food or medication that your cat is going to need. The reason that you will want to provide food is that if the boarding facility has a different brand of food than what your cat is used to, your cat could end up not eating or developing stomach issues due to the change in food. However, if you provide a bag of food that your cat is used to eating, the staff at the boarding facility will be more than happy to use that instead of the food that they keep on-site.

Also, if you provide any medication that your cat needs, the staff at the boarding facility will typically be willing to administer that medication while you are out of town. However, if your cat needs to take multiple medications a day or if the medical procedures that your cat needs on a daily basis are quite extensive, there may be an extra charge due to the extra work that the staff at the boarding facility will have to undertake when caring for your cat.

Pay For A Single Enclosure If Boarding Multiple Cats

Another tip to ensure that your cat is safe and content in a boarding facility is to pay for a single enclosure if you are boarding multiple cats. A major reason for this is that if your cats can keep one another company throughout their stay at the facility, they will be less likely to become bored, depressed, or nervous about being in an unfamiliar location. The best part about this situation is that many boarding services will also be willing to offer you a discount if you are willing to have both of your cats in a single enclosure.

Consider An Upgraded Enclosure

Finally, you will want to consider an upgraded enclosure if you want to make sure that your cat is content at the boarding facility. In many cases, a cat boarding service will offer a fairly roomy and comfortable enclosure for your cat, but they will also typically offer at least one upgraded enclosure option. These upgraded enclosures can include everything from a larger space that will allow your cat to have more room to roam and play to a space that has a window that allows the cat to see outside or that will allow the cat to watch the people moving throughout the facility.

Contact a cat boarding facility or service today in order to discuss what tips they would recommend that you follow in order to ensure that your cat is safe and content when staying at the facility. You will want to provide any food or medication that your cat needs, pay for a single enclosure if boarding multiple cats, and consider an upgraded enclosure in order to make the cat's stay at the facility as safe and relaxing as possible.