Originally Posted by
nchapman
I know you said your neighbors are anti-squirrel, but how about a friend that you know? Personally, there's not the slightest chance I would leave an animal alone that can't fend for itself for over a eek without someone at least checking in on him. Anything can happen- Air conditioner goes out, power outage, burglary, etc.. Lord only knows what an unsupervised squee with do for 8 days alone. I know my boy will purposefully start to knock things over & cause mischief when I'm not in the room with him just so I'll come running. If he gets lonely enough or bored dry wall is nothing to these guys.
I would find someone that would at least make sure all is right in the house & can briefly check to make sure everything is ok with your guy. Too many variables and things that could potentially go wrong to just leave him to his own demise. If it were 1-2 days, it probably wouldn't be as questionable- but over a week ( and what if something goes wrong & your stay extends..) is way too long to leave a squee alone.