Vacation woes

[Lintini]

So I took the whole week off to go up to my grandparents again with my mom. I just asked my brother if he would watch the warren again and he said he was going away too.

*bash head agaist keyboard*

My dad said that he would never help me with my rabbits since I brought them into the house without his permission.

My only option right now is to ask my bf, I feel bad asking because he is going to school for 4 hours a day and then has a 8 hour shift at work…I am sure cleaning literboxes and picking up stray poops…feeding/watering would be last on his list but I hope he will do it for me. I just text my mom and she called me right back, she is upset that Colin won’t help us out. I am sure if it gets down to it and my mom tells my dad to help me out (LOL) he will.  He’s just not going to be very happy about it.

I’m going over to my bf’s house after work and hopefully he will say yes and I can give him the spare key.

 

[Michelle&Lolli]

It’s always hard to go on vacation. At least for me it is. I have my friend who has her own bun take care of mine, but it’s still hard. Cause no one takes care of your bunnies the way you do! lol Hopefully your boyfriend will say yes. If not, at least your mom will make your dad take care of them. lol

And just keep telling yourself that they will be fine and it’s only for a week. That’s what I have to do whenever I leave mine. Sometimes even when I’m just going to work. LOL

[lwayne]

What I use to do with the bunny I had growing up when I went away was to call my Dad every day to remind him/make sure he was looking after my bunny. That might be helpful for the *less irresponsible* family members. Good luck!

[Sarita]

That is the challenge of having so many pets. I have not been able to take vacation for years partly because I don’t feel right asking my family members to take care of my rabbits because I need them to stay at my house. My Mom did it for a week for me when I took a business trip. I felt guilty asking her.

[KimWho?]

I just came back from vacation. I asked a friend months in advance, she eagerly agreed, and then a month or so before she started a new relationship and disappeared off the face of the earth. My other friend, who has NEVER had a pet of any kind, ended up taking care of my two buns and a ferret, which went well except for the part where she said “What day should I first go? Tuesday?” and I went “yep, Tuesday would be fine” and she didn’t actually go take care of them until late Wednesday night. Considering I had left Monday morning, I was having major anxiety about them quite possibly being without food/water for two days, especially because it was 90 that week and my air conditioning had broken a few days before.

[LoveChaCha]

I left Chacha in the care of my dad back in March for 4 days. Everything went fine – except he fed her too many treats. Yes, leave that up to my dad to try to fatten up even animals.

O_o;; I might be taking a trip down to Oregon sometime this coming Fall. I feel hesitant. I know my dad loves animals and all – but with Koucha’s pellet intake he might think that I am starving her!! I just have to make him understand that it is good for her to fill up on the hay and not treats and lotsa pellets O_o;;

I wish my dad could take care of your babies Lindsey He would try to pet them all.

[Monkeybun]

What do you mean MIGHT

Just bring Chacha with you

[bunnymum16]

i”ll take care of your bunnies.=)
it is hard to leave pets while on vacation.im gonna be worried sick the whole time.im really really careful with my bunnies.i dont think i can leave them even with a family member.=)

[Monkeybun]

My mom in law absolutely adores the bunnies, so I know she’ll take good care of them if we go away. And if she can’t, luckily the Rabbit Advocates I am a member of does pet sitting. And I know they would take good care of my babies too

[LoveChaCha]

Posted By Monkeybun on 07/18/2010 10:46 PM
What do you mean MIGHT

Just bring Chacha with you

 

If I can  I know she will be thumping all over my boyfriend’s apartment.. I don’t think his roomie would be to happy with an animal

Rabbit Advocates does pet sitting as well?

[Monkeybun]

Yep I <3 RA.

[Lintini]

My mom called me at work, said that Colin lied and that he just didnt want to take care of them for me….

Mikes going to look after them for me…I think we are only going to leave for 4 days so it’s just a huge deal. But him saying he couldn’t watch them sure put me in a bad mood at work tonight. I was super stressed and everything made me mad. lol. So my dad got out of taking care of them for me hehe.

[jerseygirl]

Oh good! This is Mikebun? I’d feel so much better having another bunny owner doing it. And well…do you really want your brother bun sitting after last time?
If you meant him then you can always return the favor and look after Jack when he needs.

I can understand your Dad wanting to stand his ground about the rabbits… But i’m wondering, wouldn’t he be looking after the cats, dogs, piggies, fishies etc anyway? What’s 4 rabbits? lol. Maybe if your stuck in future you can offer to pay him to be your bun sitter.
 

[LoveChaCha]

Ah, how nice of you Mikebun

Lindsey, you have piggies too? O_O I didn’t know!

Monkey, .. wow, I feel like home already.. even though I’m not there yet!

[Karla]

It’s always a real pain to have pets AND wanting to go on holiday.

I was lucky this time, as my boyfriend and I just came back from camping. Some girl from another forum once wrote that she lived in the same town as me and asked if we could ever bunnysit for each other. I don’t visit that forum anymore and hasn’t been online for a year or so, when she suddenly sent me a PM saying she would bunnysit if I ever needed it. And voila, next day she came over, she looked descent so I gave her the keys and showed her the bunnies. And I only had to go to her house and trim her bunnies’s nails as payment (the condition of these bunnies however is a completely different story. Never in my life have I seen such long nails or so obese rabbits, so I gave her some tips and I hope thing will be a bit better from now on).

Last time when we went away, we had my boyfriend’s friend looking after the bunnies. He is not the most reliable person, so I actually hid a huge box of hay under the desk and a big bowl of water. I didn’t want him to notice, so he felt that it wasn’t that important to give them food or water every day, but at least that way, I knew that they would have water and hay for a week. Maybe you can do that Lintini? Or yeah, and I texted that friend a lot – pretending to send nice sunny messages from Greece when in fact I was just checking if he was looking after my bun buns

 

[Monkeybun]

Yay for Mike! And BOO for Colin! At least you found somebunny to look after them, and you dad won’t get all annoyed

And Britt, me thinks you’ll fit in just fine with the RA peoples

[Lintini]

Dad will look over everything but the rabbits…. my dad is stubborn …he’s just mad Bee was in my room for 4 months before he noticed her. Talk about being in La La land lol.

Now Colin said he will look after them too so I will only ask Mike to come one day and make sure Colin is doing good.

[Andi]

Glad you found someone, it can be hard for sure finding pet sitters, specialy good ones.
I used to take care of my friends breeding colony of gerbils, so a TON, mom’s, pups, etc. A bit of work. We would trade off, it was great for my gerbils when i had a lot but bad when it came to my bunnies. Once she didn’t show up and everyone went with no feeding one day (they had extra but still) and another time she put treats in theri food dishes, like a handful of crasins! and another time one dish was full of chicken feed! … *sigh* the chicken feed was given to me by accident adn was in a whole other container from teh rabbit feed, so i dunno how she got confused about that.
Another lady i had before that one was a cat lady, adn she tried to take my handicap half paralyzed bunny HOME with her, to her CAT HOUSE! I was furious, my rabbit woudl haev been easy prey there.
Needless to say I have found someone else to care for the bunnies, and we’ve never had an issue. *phew*

[Lintini]

Ohno …Jersey…Mikebun lives over an hour away and I haven’t talked to him in over a month. This is my actual bf named Mike hehe. Mike knows how to take care of them well, he watches me do it all the time. He always asks me why it seems like I change their liter box everytime he is over…I said…I do it everyday…lol! So yea it does seem like all the time right!?

My mom had to hire someone @ the stable to take care of the Horse …she isn’t trusting that other lady this time around.
Dad has to take care of the birds, piggies, dogs and cats
Colin takes care of bunnies and fishies.

[KatnipCrzy]

I find that because of my pets I do not like to be gone for more than 4 days- and that is to visit my Mom who lives about 5 hours away.  And we take our dogs with us in nice weather.

I am more comfortable at home- but I think it is my pets that make me feel happier at home.  There is nothing like cat cuddling, bunny snuggles or having a dog that is happy that you keep hitting snooze before you get out of bed. 

[Beka27]

Are the buns staying at the house then, and your boyfriend is coming over to take care of them everyday? That’s very nice of him!

I would be incredibly frustrated at your brother, especially considering it’s HIS fault you had to take in the 4th bunny. If nothing else, he should be offering to help at least a little bit.

I can understand your father’s reluctance however. With all due respect, it was inconsiderate to bring pets into the house without his permission. When I was a teenager, that was always my trick… just bring them in and hope he doesn’t notice… lol. I always had my mom’s permission tho. Now that I’m an adult with my own house, I realize how annoying that would be if my child did that. If I were you, I would try and talk to him, apologize, and see if you can mend that relationship/trust.

[Sarita]

I thought too that you were unhappy with the care your brother gave the rabbits the last time you had them take care of them.

[Deleted User]

I have people agreeing to look after my animals if I had to go away on an emegency but I don’t vacation for fun because I couldn’t enjoy myself thinking of my pets and how their quirks would be misunderstood by a caregiver. I don’t just have bunnies though, but also indoor dogs that need walking etc. Plus, my animal expenses don’t leave much in the way of a vacation budget. ~

I hope, Lintini, you can set something up for yours, someone who will regularly be available. You could look into a rabbit boarding place too where you are.

[Lintini]

Last little vacation my brother just didn’t change their litter boxes so the bunnies decided to poop elsewhere. Only issue with Colins babysitting job was that. He just text me that all is well at home. We are only gone for 4 days so it’s not like he will die taking care of them. My bedroom is right next door to his. It’s just a hastle and I text him a lot to make sure he remembers everything, I made signs and labels and pre-bagged things. I even paid him and told him this time he HAS to clean the boxes.

Yea about the dad thing…like I said it goes deeper than just bunnies. I’ve been sneaking things home all my life…50 gallon aquariums, chinchillas, guinea pigs, one of the dogs….luckily colin brought the other dog home so I’m in the clear for that one lol. It’s kinda just a way of life around here. Dad doesn’t like any of the pets except for the siamese cat and the rat terrier. The ratty has really fallen in love with my dad and he carriers her around the house like a football lol. He complains but he is like “whatever” about it. I’ve never seen the big deal about it because he doesn’t pay for my animals and doesn’t have to take care of them. The only thign he did do for me lately was cut some pvc pipes for me for a second story in the guinea pig condo. That was nice of him…and of course he let Mike and I use all his tools to make Indy’s Mansion. Like I said…my mom would have “made” him take care of the bunnies if no one esle would have. It’s really out of the question to take them with me since we really aren’t staying here that long at all.

I got some really cool pictures of a wild jack rabbit and a video of us launching my papa’s 35 foot sail boat! We took a sail today but it started getting really hot so we’re gonna go back out tonight when the wind picks up. I am unsure about getting toed along out there….this year there is some really weird algae in the water…like hair…I don’t think I want that all over me….blechhh.

Tomorrow we are going to walk around town while Gma gets her hair done then go out to lunch @ some fancy place. Probably going sailing again I’m sure (that’s why I wanted to come up here so badly) Hopefully get a more even tan….I look strange with so many odd tan lines from taking the dogs hiking @ home.

OOOOoo….some creeper was @ the pool last night. He was just staring. sitting in the chair…staring. I was like uhm…what is up with this guy. I didn’t get in the pool LOL. He was just staring at my mom and I had my stunna shades on glaring back at him. He didn’t have sunglasses on so I could see his eyes and I really have never seen a creeper like this guy before. No shame – just flat out full stare no blink at us. So about an hour later I finally went into the pool after he left. My grandma even said he creeped her out. What a pervert. So I’ve named him “the pool pedophile” He must have been in his 60’s and there were 3 other girls there and my family. So…hopefully we don’t run into him again. lol

[Lintini]

Took the boat out tonight for a late night sail….the bilge starting pouring out all sorts of water so we took it back in. I guess it was an easy fix but there was lots of cussing involved from my papa lol. I just held the flash light. Turns out its an easy fix –something happened when it was out of the water for 3 weeks getting sanded and repainting. Anyways…got a big day tomorrow with lots of sailing and pool swimming involved. Will be fun. I started my 100 dollar beading necklace project…will rather my mother did. Only issue…I left the silver chain at home LOL! So we can premake most of it but I can’t actually attatch anything. Ugh I’m such an air head.

Asked Colin “How are the bunnies?”
He responds, “You mean, MY bunnies?” I guess that’s a good thing…lol.

OH LORD. And it was about 6pm at the pool and guess who walks in. CREEPER. I hauled butt out of the water so fast I almost lost my swimsuit. He wasn’t staring today at least but believe be I was NOT happy about seeing him AGAIN.

[LoveChaCha]

He sounds like a creeper.. I do not like this

[Monkeybun]

Ooooo can’t wait to see the finished necklace! You should send me pics of a bunch of the bead stuff you and your mommy have made so I can get ideas

Glad you’re having fun, except for The Creeper Man. Sounds like a bad movie villain lol.

[kralspace]

oh, I’m so jealous Lintini! I loved my 1985 O’day Daysailor Jim bought for me, but I had to sell it a few years ago, boy do I miss it. What type of sailboat do you have? I didn’t have anyone else who really liked to sail so I rigged her up to singlehand AND to do it lefthanded. The hardest part was stepping the mast up by myself but after that it was a picnic.

photos of the boat?? *poke with an oar*

[Lintini]

LOL.

Okay let me go see if my grandpa’s chord will work with my digi cam

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