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    • Isabelle
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        Hi everyone, I need some advice. My mom and I have been racking our brains for the past three months and we’ve about exhausted our resources

        This coming June my grandma is having a 90th birthday party, and obviously my whole family is going. She lives three hours away, and about a year and a half ago I did bring her down there to stay overnight for a furneral. She was stressed out, but we made it there and back without a crazy middle of the roadtrip emergency vet visit. Now, for this party I, at least, will not be staying overnight, so I will be gone from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. I need advice on what to do with Dutchess!! You might just say leave her home, what else? My problem is we’re going out of town, and I’m a major worrier, so I really didn’t want to leave her all alone.

        Option 1: Taking her with us. I really didn’t want to do this unless I had to, because then I’d almost have to stay overnight to give her a break from the car trip, and it seems silly to me to give her six hours of car stress over two days and bring her to an unfamiliar enviornment with possibly lots of family poking and proding her.

        Option 2: Taking her 2 hours from home and trying to leave her with friends of the family for the day, picking her up and bringing her back home same day.

        Option 3: Try to get someone to visit her twice during the day, I was thinking like 11:30-12 and then 3-3:30. This seems the most logical thing to do. Problem: WE HAVE NO ONE!!!  The one person we asked basically made a face at us, so we decided she wouldn’t be a good option to pursue. We don’t really know our neighbors well, and I didn’t want to just call up a random pet sitter we’ve never met before. We did want the person to come a third time, a few days before we leave to meet Dutchess and pick up a key for our house, and of course we are willing to pay. I’m going to be picky about the person we choose, since they have to care enough to talk to Dutchess and give her some company and make sure she’s doing okay and that the house isn’t on fire or collapsing around her . . (see what I mean about me being a worrier?).

        I thought about our vet office but they are only open 8-12 since the party is on a Saturday. The closest animal boarding place that takes rabbits is like 40 miles away, mom and I visited once and they would have stuck her in a concrete room with no other animals or people to speak of with only two tiny windows way up ten feet in the air.

        So . . . suggestions for this completely over worried bunny mum?


      • Monkeybun
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          With you being gone less than 12 hours, I wouldn’t think it a problem to leave her alone. Just give her plenty of hay and water before you go. I often leave my buns alone for around that long when we drive to visit my MIL an hour away. It really isn’t that scary


        • Sarita
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            I would not worry since it’s not overnight – I leave all my rabbits every weekday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. while I’m at work.


          • Deleted User
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              I would not worry one bit about leaving Dutchess home by herself. I’m a full time college student and work at the same time. I’m literally gone for 12 hrs some days because of my work/school schedule. My bun(s) do great. I just make sure they have plenty of hay and water. And I have a pen attached to the outside of my cage to give my little one more room to play if she gets tired of her cage.


            • LittlePuffyTail
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                I can relate, for sure. I hate leaving my buns alone but I have done it quite a few times, for day trips, and they were fine. Maybe a bit peeved at having no one to give them treats all day!

                If you are still worried, maybe you could ask around at your vet office. They may have a vet tech/secretary who is willing to pop in to check on your buns. A lot of vet staff don’t get paid overly well so maybe someone there is wiling to make a few bucks. Or they might know someone reliable. You could always use this option if you are going away overnight, but for a day trip, Duchess will most likely do just fine.


              • mocha200
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                  I agree with others that it is not long enough to be a worry! But if it would make you feel better to have someone come in and check on her I would hire a pet sitter. I was TERRIFIED of having a stranger come into our house! I was afraid that they would not take care of them good enough. I contacted a professional looking pet sitter and she came out to come look at the bunnies free of charge to see how to take care of them. She had a form for me to fill out encase of an emergency and they had to go to the vet. She was so good and sweet! Now of coarse it is going to be different with every person of coarse but just thought I would share!


                • kamdynandsunshinesmom
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                    When ever i leave town i have a rabbit sitter come in it works really well. I have a dear friend I trust. Pick someone you trust to come once or twice a day.


                  • Isabelle
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                      It sounds like the best thing is to find some sort of a sitter then. The reason why I’m worrying is more because if something does go wrong, I’m three hours away! I need someone that I could call that has the house key and can come over right away and knows what to do, and at the very least can stick Dutchess in her carrier and get her out of the house to a safe place. If we were just going say 20-40 minutes away I wouldn’t be so worried, she’s been left alone for 6/8 hours before without problems, but in all those cases either myself or one of my parents was within 10 minutes of home if something happened. She’s my baby, I can’t help it

                      How much time do you think I should give before asking someone if they would be willing to do this? It isn’t until June, but Iike I said I’m somewhat tapped on who I could ask, and if I can think of someone I’d want to book them asap. I couldn probably ask at the vet’s when I take her in for a nail trim, but most of those ladies there all have their own pets/husbands/kids and this is a Saturday in June, I’m not sure they would want to.


                    • mocha200
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                        Isabelle: If you are looking for a pet sitter, I just typed int “Pet Sitters in __________ (your city name)” and went through until I found the most professional looking one. It only took a few minutes.

                        I called the day before we left and she got us in, but sometimes they have pretty full schedules, so maybe a week before would be good!


                      • MoveDiagonally
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                          I would just give a responsible/trusted friend a key and ask them if they’d be okay checking on her if something goes wrong. You could ask some friends if they’d be willing to do something like that and give them the approx dates you were thinking and then remind them as it gets closer.

                          Before you go you could put down some extra hay and water in case you’re a little later home than you intend to be.

                          I wouldn’t fret too much.


                        • Isabelle
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                            We don’t really have any friends that would look after Dutchess, that’s the problem I hesitate to try and find a pet sitter online, I’m super picky when it’s related to Dutchess. I made an appointment for her to get her nails trimmed next Friday, I’ll probably ask our tech if she knows anybody that is bunny savvy and would be trustworthy.


                          • Sarita
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                              Is there a rabbit rescue close to you that can recommend a sitter for you?


                            • DUSTBUNNY-CLYDE
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                                I just left my boys for 16 hours today because we had to work and had to drive 2.5 hours each way to get our new truck. I just loaded up on hay, pellets, and water and put some new toys in there for them!!!! they were absolutely fine!! they sleep most of the day anyway!! maybe u can ask one of the vet techs at your veternarian clinic?

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