To Board, To Take or to Leave at Home...

Ugh - what to do with the zoo when we travel?  We have a trip coming up in a few weeks and I am trying to figure out what to do with the babies.  Some of them are easier than others - for instance - the kitties will be home alone with food, water, litter boxes and cameras.  They are old pros at this and with the cameras we can check in whenever we like and we have the neighbors on standby in case someone should need to come in for an emergency.

Nigel and Emma are definitely coming with us - Nigel is a great traveler and very go with the flow so he will get packed up along with his play pen and he can come along.  Emma is a beach lover and will be joining us as well.

That leaves me with deciding what to do with the ferrets.  We could take them with us.  That presents a couple of problems - they will be unhappy because they only have limited space to play - these guys are definitely free range ferrets.  Additionally - there will be ALOT of people around which could be an issue should they get out of their pen - lots of in and out of the doors, step on possibilities, etc.  T could leave them at home with the kitties - which I have done before and its always been just fine BUT - we have worked so hard to get Clooney's weight back up and if for some reason he isn't eating enough (which would be hard to tell on camera) he could quickly lose again.  So - I am leaning towards boarding them.  They have a tiny space - but they can open the door so they can access each other.  If Clooney should have any issues while we are gone the vet will be right there and can intervene.  I can call and check in on them each day - lots of positives about this one even though I know they would rather be home.

Still not 100% decided....we will see....