Food for seven days, measured before you leave
Pack your Havana Brown's food by the day rather than handing the sitter a full bag and a guess. Measure each day's portion of her usual food into labelled containers or bags, then add one full spare day in case your return slips. A week is long enough for a well-meaning sitter's generous scoops to upset both her digestion and your portion control, and Havanas, who often eat less when their person first disappears, need their normal amount visible so the sitter can tell what refused food actually means. Include the treats she reliably takes, since a familiar treat is often the bridge that gets a missing-you Havana eating again on day two.
The comfort kit for a cat who misses people
Pack for this Havana Brown's heart as much as her stomach, because a week away from her chosen humans is the hard part of the stay for this breed. Send the blanket she sleeps against you on, unwashed, and if she has a particular cushion or soft toy she carries or kneads, that goes too. A sitter's house smells wrong to her in every room, and one object carrying home's scent gives her somewhere to decompress that is not under a strange bed. If she is staying in her own home instead, the same items stay where they are, and your packing becomes a labelled box the sitter can find without hunting through cupboards.
Toys and the evening routine, packed with instructions
Include the toys your Havana Brown actually plays with, not a generic selection: the wand she chases, the soft mouse she prefers, whatever occupies that bright, busy mind. A bored Havana invents games involving curtains, ornaments, and the sitter's shoelaces, so her real toys are damage prevention. Pack a short written evening routine alongside them, because this breed builds its day around rituals with its people, such as a play session before supper and a lap cuddle after. A sitter who can reproduce the shape of her evening gives the week a rhythm she recognises, even with a substitute human running it.
Litter, health items, and the vet envelope
If your Havana Brown is staying at the sitter's home, pack her own litter tray or at least the litter she is used to, since a new litter in a new house is a common reason a cat toilets somewhere creative. Send enough litter for a full week of scooping and changes. Add anything she uses daily for her health, clearly labelled with when it is given, and place a vet envelope on top of the bag: practice name and number, your contact details, an emergency decision-maker, and written permission for the sitter to authorise urgent treatment. Tell the sitter the specific changes that should trigger a vet call for her, such as two missed meals, repeated vomiting, or hiding all day.
A trial of the bag before the real week
Do a dry run of your Havana Brown's packed kit a few days before you travel: lay everything out, check the food portions cover seven days, confirm the vet envelope is actually in the bag, and imagine the sitter arriving to find only what you packed. Anything you would have to explain by phone from the airport belongs in the written notes now. The goal is a bag and a brief that let a competent stranger run her week without improvising. Assembling that handover in advance is the point of KinsLe's Care Pass, which gives the sitter temporary clear access to a Havana Brown's care routine and key details for the whole week.