Seven days of food, portioned for a solid cat
Begin your Selkirk Rex's packing with food, measured into daily portions before the bag leaves your kitchen. A Selkirk is a sturdy, well-muscled cat whose easygoing nature extends to eating whatever is offered, so a sitter estimating scoops for a week will quietly overfeed her. Label each day, pack one spare day against a delayed return, and include her usual treats with a clear daily limit. If she eats wet food, send the exact variety she knows; a week is the wrong time for a flavour experiment in a strange kitchen. Note where breakfast and supper happen and at what times, because her calm routine of meals, naps, and lap time is what makes the week feel normal to her.
Bedding that smells of home, and a place to be plush
Pack the bedding your Selkirk Rex genuinely sleeps on, ideally her favourite blanket or pad, unwashed so it carries home with it. Selkirks are tactile cats who knead, burrow, and arrange soft things before settling, and a familiar-smelling bed in a sitter's house becomes her base camp within a day. If she is staying in her own home, point the sitter to that bed rather than packing anything, and leave a spare blanket in case of a hairball accident. Avoid sending anything precious or irreplaceable, since a week of hard use, washing, or one stressed night can ruin it; a copy of her comfort item comforts just as well.
The grooming note: pack words, not a brush
The most important Selkirk Rex item in the bag is a note, not an object: do not brush the curls. Well-meaning sitters often assume a curly coat needs thorough grooming, but combing out a Selkirk's ringlets ruins the texture, leaves the coat frizzy, and can irritate the skin underneath. Write that the coat needs nothing during a one-week stay beyond a gentle finger-comb if she asks for one, and that bathing is not part of the arrangement under any circumstances. If she uses any regular skin or coat care you manage at home, describe it in plain terms with when it happens, and ask the sitter to report new scratching, flakes, or bald spots rather than treating them.
Litter, toys, and a week of quiet entertainment
Send your Selkirk Rex's own litter if she is relocating to the sitter's home, enough for daily scooping and at least one full change, because a familiar litter under her paws removes one classic cause of accidents. Pack two or three toys she genuinely engages with; a Selkirk plays in gentler bursts than a high-wire breed, often preferring a soft toy to bat around and a short interactive session in the evening. Add anything she uses for her favourite pastime, such as a cushion by a window for bird-watching. Rotate nothing and add nothing new mid-week: the comfort of this stay is sameness, and novelty is the one thing a contented Selkirk is not asking for.
The paperwork pouch and the check-before-you-zip habit
Finish the bag with a paperwork pouch on top: your Selkirk Rex's vet practice details, your number, a local emergency contact, and written permission for the sitter to authorise urgent treatment, with a note on payment. List the changes that should prompt a call for this placid cat, including refused meals, an unused litter tray, repeated vomiting, or her skipping the lap time she normally insists on, since a Selkirk can be quietly unwell before she is obviously ill. Lay the whole kit out the day before and audit it against a week, not a weekend. KinsLe's Care Teams then turns that packing list into the sitter's assigned duties for your Selkirk Rex, with each completed task marked by a timestamp you can check.