My fiance and I are getting married on December 11, 2005. A couple of days after the wedding we'll be leaving for our honeymoon cruise and we will be gone for two weeks. We are trying to evaluate and find the least stressful option for Cotton & Spike while we are gone.
1) Board at a reputable vet/kennel.
It goes without saying that I would thoroughly check out any place that we might leave our boys before making a decision.
2) Hire a petsitter to come in and feed them, play with them, and scoop the box.
My fiance is not keen on allowing a stranger into our home, having to give an alarm code, etc.
3) Have my best friend/maid of honor take the boys home with her after the wedding and catsit them at her house. She has a pair of cats herself. We would stop by and pick them up on our way home from the trip.
I know she'd take great care of them and I think Spike & Cotton would get along fine with Calvin & Vashti (her cats), but I am afraid it would be stressful for them to go to a new house with different smells and things and then come home again. Also, my friend lives three hours away and that means a lot of car time for the boys.
I want our absence to be as easy for the boys as possible, considering that I think they will miss us. They definitely missed my fiance when he had to go out of town on business for a few days last week. Ideas?
Thanks in advance for your input.
1) Board at a reputable vet/kennel.
It goes without saying that I would thoroughly check out any place that we might leave our boys before making a decision.
2) Hire a petsitter to come in and feed them, play with them, and scoop the box.
My fiance is not keen on allowing a stranger into our home, having to give an alarm code, etc.
3) Have my best friend/maid of honor take the boys home with her after the wedding and catsit them at her house. She has a pair of cats herself. We would stop by and pick them up on our way home from the trip.
I know she'd take great care of them and I think Spike & Cotton would get along fine with Calvin & Vashti (her cats), but I am afraid it would be stressful for them to go to a new house with different smells and things and then come home again. Also, my friend lives three hours away and that means a lot of car time for the boys.
I want our absence to be as easy for the boys as possible, considering that I think they will miss us. They definitely missed my fiance when he had to go out of town on business for a few days last week. Ideas?
Thanks in advance for your input.