Stressed about traveling

[bpash89]

 I’m going to visit my family for 2 weeks so I got a house sitter to watch my little buttface but I just know I’m going to be a basket case while I’m away.  I’m already so stressed about it.  And it’s like she knows I’m about to abandon her too, she’s been super cuddly and loving lately and just being all “don’t leave me” and it’s awful.  How am I supposed to go 2 whole weeks worry about if she’s getting enough veggies or if the the sitter is leaving out enough hay or making sure she doesn’t eat all the electrical wires in the house and just a million other tiny little details…  HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THIS?

 

I took a nap yesterday after work and I woke up to her all cuddled up next to me

 

 

And she crawled into my lap today before I left for work this morning (and she normally hates hates hates to be held) and like wouldn’t get up and how can you make them move when they look so cute and comfy?  Is punctuality really THAT important that you would move your bunny?  No.  The answer is always no. 

 

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LEAVE HER!? ㅠㅠ

 

[Mimosa]

Aww that’s super adorable. I was away from my little guy for two days and was constantly texting my sitter to make sure everything was ok. I can’t imagine being away for two weeks, though. I think one thing that helped me was my sitter sending pics every few hours.

[NewBunnyOwner123]

I just did a 3 week trip. I was so nervous to leave my babies. Not on,y that, but the sitter was terrible at updating me and sending pictures. She’s always been terrible at responding to text, emails, and calls. I was super excited to come get them and the sitter did her job well be ause I printed out a very detailed care guide for my munchkins

[Elrohwen]

Awww. I’m sure you’ll both do great!

I’m pretty easy going about leaving the bunnies by now. We have a regular pet sitter, plus some friends who help for shorter trips, so I know they will be well taking care of. I don’t think they particularly miss us either if we’re gone for a few days. It probably helps that they have each other, and they don’t have to leave the place they are comfortable in. I would worry more if I boarded them somewhere since Hannah can be nervous in new places.

Leaving my dog would be much harder, because I know he would be more nervous and would actually miss us. I’d also worry that he was being a huge PITA to the house sitter. Haha

[Baxter n Boos Mom]

The longest we’ve left our buns is 1 week. But they are always very well cared for, as we board them with the vet. The nurses there like to show off the buns to little children in the office – and are pleased when we bring the boys back.

Considering I interact with them more – I actually do surprisingly well when on vacation – and it’s my husband who misses them more 🙂

[bpash89]

I still have over a week to go and I’m like dying. I miss my little girl soooooo much. My sitter says everything is going fine but my little girl has definitely noticed that I’m not there and she does not approve. I guess my sitter has been receiving the cold shoulder all week so far… :/

[Baxter n Boos Mom]

Too cute! It’s always nice to be missed. After we’ve boarded our boys….it’s so much fun to watch them as we let them go free in the house. Both boys are zooming and binkying around the house.

[Valkyrie]

In June I went camping for a few days and it was the first time I ever left Gypsy and Bromley, I was a mess! I also knew that Merlin wasn’t long for the world and I was so afraid he would cross the Rainbow Bridge while I was away. It didn’t help that there was no cell service so I couldn’t check in with my friend who was watching the zoo for me. When the weather wasn’t cooperating and we decided to go home early, I was so happy! I have had the bad luck of a few of my pets passing away while I am away in the past (separate occasions) so I get super paranoid when I have to leave.

[Beka27]

Valkyrie, that’s so sad you’ve had pets pass while you were gone… I think I’d develop a complex and NEVER want to go away without them… :o(

Bpash… she might be a little ticked at you when you get back home, but she’ll get over it. My buns would always act like, “Look at you… you leave us for a week… you come back all tan and smiling and smelling *different* and expect us to just forgive you immediately?! NO WAY!” But they get over it…

[bpash89]

Lol that’s kind of what I’m expecting when I get back. She’s quite the little diva so I think it’ll take quite a few banana pieces before she’s willing to acknowledge my existence again… but it’ll just be nice to be back and know that she’s fine and happy and healthy and hasn’t eaten the whole apartment…

[Valkyrie]

Does it help if I say one of the pets was a lady bug? That may not seem like much now but when you are in kindergarten it is huge! My family was on a road trip to Alberta and my grandmother was house sitting for us. Apparently her and my grandfather had quick the time trying to decide whether they should tell me or just catch a new ladybug and hope I didn’t notice. They were smart enough to know I would have noticed lol.

But when one of my sick finches passed away while Grama was house sitting again about 10 years later, she was so upset! She called me crying that Fluffy had died and that she wouldn’t blame me if I never let her pet sit again. I told her “what are you talking about? He was sick when I left and we knew he probably wouldn’t make it, it’s not your fault. Besides, it is just one time.” Then she cried harder and said that it was the second because of Spot the ladybug…THE LADY BUG! Even at 5 I told her it was ok because I had had him a long time for a lady bug and I would just catch a new one when I got home.

Lol my grandparents were the best pet sitters and I miss them like crazy. But maybe Grama got to make amends to Spot and Fluffy on the Rainbow Bridge.

[Beka27]

I have no doubt that your Grama is up there chillin’ with a lady bug on one shoulder and a finch on the other! :o)

I don’t know if I would have wanted to know right away or not, especially at such a young age with the lady bug. I think as a teen I could have dealt with it better.

[Valkyrie]

Oh they waited until I was home to tell me about the lady bug and I was a teen with the finch and outright asked how Fluffy was. (The “catch a new one when I got home was a mistake from when I copied and pasted my post around before I hit submit. “when I got home” originally belonged to a deleted statement that my grandmother offered to buy me another finch.) My family knew that I would recognize that the spots were different on any imposter lady bug so they didn’t bother – I was a very observant child and had made detailed drawings of her spot patterns. When I was 20 or 21 though one of my parakeets died while I was at an out of town radio conference and my parent’s and boyfriend didn’t tell me until I got home. I was so mad at them! I made them promise that if it ever happens again they have to tell me right away.

[kamdynandsunshinesmom]

I don’t like to leave my rabbits either. I can only leave my rabbits for 2 days because I have a disabled rabbit. I do stress the day that i am leaving to make sure I have everything done. I do know my bunnies are in good hands. I have learned over the years to try not to stress because then it makes my bunnies upset when I leave them. I know this may sound nuts I do explain to my bunnies that I am leaving and who will be taking care of them and that I will come back.

[hannaroo]

I can relate, I drive my mum and sister crazy asking about the rabbits and giving them instructions whenever I go somewhere overnight!
I’m going to Spain for a week in 3 weeks time and they’re looking after the bunnies! I’ll be so nervous!

[RetroJester]

 I left Nellie for 9 days recently to go to Florida, and it nearly killed me. I honestly couldn’t enjoy my vacation because I missed her so much. I think I brought her more souveniers back than I did for my parents.

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