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Post by catnut on Jul 29, 2015 15:31:46 GMT -8
i don't know if airlines allow gerbils, you'd have to find out from your airline carrier.
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Post by HFRXFGHNJMKL<>:?" on May 31, 2016 14:27:58 GMT -8
Im going on a 6 hour flight can i take my 2 gerbils with me
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Post by catnut on May 31, 2016 14:48:52 GMT -8
you'd have to check with your airline and it may be best to have someone look after your gerbils while you are gone. When you have pets, you have to be responsible and it may be missing a vacation if you can't find someone to care for them, they can only be left alone for 2 days at most.
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Post by betty on Jun 1, 2016 0:47:32 GMT -8
I'm not sure it has been mentioned - but gerbils are actually illegal in some places - including some states in the US (or may have very strict regulations on animal movement), so make sure you have checked that too.
Even more so if you are heading into a different country.
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Post by Gerbils heyyy on Jun 24, 2021 6:57:44 GMT -8
So my family is trying to go on a vacation, and we did some research (and took the answers from here) and it said that gerbils CAN travel- but what about staying somewhere? Since we have lots of stuff (along with guinea pig stuff too) to pack, we were thinking either we rent a camper van and we just sleep there OR we make it work somehow in the car and stay in a hotel that allows pets. If we DO use the camper van idea, is it safe for them to stay there until we get back (because lots of websites say DO NOT leave pets in the car alone, and since we will get to get off and have fun outside, can we still leave them in the camper van with good temperature)? However, if we use the hotel idea, is the environment in a hotel safe for them (will they get stressed)? We didn’t want anybody (for example: cleaning people or something) to go in the room and accidentally let them out of the cage, stress them, or even kill them because of the cleaning products. Which solution would be better? Gerbils live up to 4 years but we own a guinea pig (which can live almost up to 10 years old) and I don’t want to wait around 10 years to on vacation again.
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Post by Gerbils heyyy on Jun 24, 2021 7:00:12 GMT -8
Forgot to mention this- we are going on a road trip for 2-3 hours.
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Post by barryozzy on Jun 24, 2021 8:39:39 GMT -8
I've never brought my gerbils on vacation, but I know it does get pretty hot in cars. If you are worried about temperature, you could try putting a thermometer in the van before you go to see how hot it gets in there. If you are worried about cleaning people you could put the do not disturb sign up so they don't come in.
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Post by yeti218 on Jun 24, 2021 11:13:22 GMT -8
I would also consider getting a pet sitter in. I’ve hired someone to come in for 20 min a day while I’m gone just to feed the gerbils, make sure they have water, clean their sand bath. This would probably be the least stressful for them, in my opinion, and possibly for you if you’re going to be worrying about your pets overheating.
If you stay at a hotel, the do not disturb sign is a good idea. I’d also advise the front desk that you don’t want people going in the room, and why. You could also leave a note somewhere visible in the room asking them to leave the gerbils alone and not clean, just to be extra safe in case your other two safety mechanisms (the do not disturb and informing the front desk) fail.
If you stay in a camper, the heat could be a concern, I have a thermostat in my small pet room that sends an alert to my phone when the temperature exceeds a set limit. You can get different ones depending on whether you’ll have wifi or not. They’re popular with rv people who travel with dogs.
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Post by Markpd on Jun 24, 2021 11:17:13 GMT -8
If the camper has some kind of stand alone air conditioning unit that can keep temperatures stable, then that would be fine. If not then any sun will make the camper roasting hot, even if ambient temperatures were only 15C. As for the hotel, seems unlikely to me that any hotel would be happy with pets left there, but the only way to know is to ask them. Didn't you consider what to do for holidays before getting pets? Before I got my gerbils I made sure I had at least 2 options for someone to feed and water my pets at my place. My 1st option is a friend of mine (and x landlady), I offered to look after her cats when she goes on holiday and in return she'll look after my gerbils when I do, 2nd option is my father and step mother, and another friend offered to look after them if my previous 2 options can't, unexpectedly giving me a 3rd. Don't you have anyone who could help you? A 2-3hr road trip by itself will be ok as long as they something to do (e.g chew stuff) and have food, along with some fresh food to give them some (indirect) water, as water will be difficult to give them whilst driving, unless you just give them some water 1/2 way through the journey (if they want it).
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Post by yeti218 on Jun 24, 2021 18:24:02 GMT -8
As for the hotel, seems unlikely to me that any hotel would be happy with pets left there, but the only way to know is to ask them. I've worked for hotels in the past that allowed pets and they didnt mind animals being left in rooms, they just wanted to know about it and have contact info for the owners. Of course, we preferred for them to bring the dogs to the front desk and our staff at the desk or sales office would look after them. Easily my favourite part of the job... |
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Post by Gerbils heyyy on Jun 24, 2021 19:02:43 GMT -8
No, we actually didn’t think that far before we got them. We thought they would be good with lots of water and food, and we did consider a few people to feed them, but my grandparents don’t know much about them, my uncle and his family lived somewhere else, and we didn’t want the neighbors in our house since we didn’t have much interaction with them and we didn’t trust them much. How ever, it seemed much more complicated.
We might consider the hotel idea (since I don’t know much about hotels but to know that they have “do not disturb” signs makes it much better), but my sister didn’t want to leave her guinea pig at the hotel (I have no idea why-) and it might get carsick during the ride, so i don’t know the exact solution right now since it’s not up to me (my sis is in charge of her guinea pig while I make choices for my gerbil), but I’m pretty sure Cream Cheese will be alright. Thanks for all the solutions though!
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