what to do on holiday?

[pooky]

what should i do about my gerbils when i go on holiday?

[bettybob]

how long are you going to be gone?...that would help. take them with you if you are going to be gone a long time and can.

[doomgerbiluk]

Well how long will you be away?
How far are you going?
options:
1) if its a couple of days give some block food and fill the water bottles, they'll be fine so long as the house is warm enough
more than 3 days?
2) a gerbil sitter, get someone to come in and feed them, play with them etc, or even live in. give them a written schedlel including phone numbers and vet details
4) foster them. Let someone you know and trust look after gerbils for you. same list of instructions needed
5) take them with you. Make sure your travel arrangements and accomodation are suitable and allow pets. Consider temporary smaller tanks (large geos or similar) and remove bottles while travelling (wet food such as grapes can provide moisture while travelling)

[andrea]

Some vets may know of people who pet sit for a living. If there no-one you know you can trust to look after them you could pay a professional to do it. I have never had to as we just don't go on holiday, there is many more reason why we don't go on holiday other than the pets. When I have had to have someone gerbils sit in emergencies I am lucky enough that my parents don't mind having them..

Andrea

[pooky]

ok thanks .

[sweetie]

Great ideas Doom!!

I let my Dad watch them and I gave him a sign on and password for the Forum since he knows relatively little aabout them. He did fine. He only had a temporary scare when he thought he put the wrong black gerbils in the cage. I have a male and female black in different cages and he thought he put the girl in the boys cage. Luckily he did not.

It might be a good idea to give who ever is watching them a sign on and password and let the members know to watch for posts of this person.

[pooky]

all right, that clears something up for me .