You ever hire a complete stranger to watch your animals at your house while you are away?

[slonezp]

My ex wife had a rabbit. It was white and I was allergic. Don't remember whatever happened to it.

[12poundbass]

6 hours ago, slonezp said:

Don't remember whatever happened to it.

Did it taste like chicken?

[slonezp]

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Did it taste like chicken?

I was allergic. I got itchy rashes from it if I touched it. Wouldn't have even attempted to skin it 

[PhishLI]

On 7/8/2023 at 11:34 AM, ironbjorn said:

What makes me uneasy is having someone with a key and access to the home for 4 days.

Go to home despot, pick up a cheap lockset, swap it in and give her the key. Swap it back out after you get back. Way easier than stressing out over a security issue and well worth it if it's going to haunt you while you're away. Might take you 10 minutes.

[TOXIC]

If you are not going to go with someone like Rover who should have the specific knowledge you require (I for sure would quiz them ahead of time), it sounds like you are active in the rabbit industry and I would find someone in your groups with the knowledge to take care of it and put your mind to rest.  I sympathize because at one time I was heavily into African Cichlids and had 40 tanks of various sizes.  I had fish directly imported from Africa that were very valuable.  When my agency relocated me, they had to hire a speciality company to just handle my tanks/fish.  Vacations were always stressful.  

[ironbjorn]

11 hours ago, VolFan said:

Clearly you care a lot about your rabbit. They are not hearty creatures; it’s just the nature of the beast. Good luck with finding someone who can care for yours to your standards. 

Yeah I do. I'm an animal lover in general. She's so awesome. She knows her name and will jump up on you to snuggle. However I will never get another one. I had no idea what it takes to take care of them. But since I bought her I have a duty to her.

11 hours ago, slonezp said:

My ex wife had a rabbit. It was white and I was allergic. Don't remember whatever happened to it.

My ex wife's snake of a friend is allergic to them as well. I love when my kids snuggle with the rabbit on Sunday before going back to their mom who is always with this chick.

[gim]

2 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Yeah I do. I'm an animal lover in general. She's so awesome. She knows her name and will jump up on you to snuggle. However I will never get another one. I had no idea what it takes to take care of them. But since I bought her I have a duty to her.

Until this thread, I also had no idea what it took to take care of one.  It takes a fair amount of will power to openly admit that a pet was a mistake.  You are doing the right thing since it is a member of your family now.  My wife had a 5 pound yorkie before we got married and we still have it.  I hate that thing with a passion.  It doesn't listen, its partially blind, its partially deaf, and doesn't get along with people or other dogs.  The only reason its still here is because its my wife's dog.  It honestly would not bother me if it keeled over tomorrow being that its now 13+ years old.  But I have a moral obligation to let it outside and feed it at times, so I do it.  My wife has openly admitted several times now that a small dog like this of this breed was a mistake and we will not be getting another one.

[J Francho]

Small breeds are not my thing.  Gotta have a big dog...

[throttleplate]

13 hours ago, ironbjorn said:

Trap em and eat em. Just check the meat and livers.

 

I ate rabbit twice when in the military only because it was served in the chow line. Every bite i took reminded me of the cute fluffy little baby wild rabbits i seen as a kid and tried to catch in our neighborhood, i couldnt take another bite after that and quit eating rabbit.

[throttleplate]

Many years ago when Miami Vice was on tv my roommate had a fish tank with various kinds of fish. One morning i was eating breakfast before work and she told me Sonny Crocket died. When i got to work i told everyone that Don johnson had died.

Sonny Crocket was the name of her fish that she found dead in the tank that morning.

[Darth-Baiter]

i just did hire a lady to watch my cat and dog.  wasnt cheap, and she drank all my beer and left me some super sweet canned margaritas.  bleech..

 

she also did ALL her laundry.  hahha..i bet she was washing her drapery.  my garage garbage can was full of lint and my detergent bottle was almost empty.  

 

whatever.  my cat is a PIA, and my dog needs some management.  she did great and my dog loved her.  and she left the house spotless.