[mangoandmimi]

This is difficult, he is a very old hamster and you are going away for a long time, I think whatever you do is going to be stressful. Do you mean he would be going on a plane too? Was going to say it may be kinder to leave him here (given his age) depending on what the travel is like but also on how much interaction he's used to, whether you can find a good place for him to stay etc. I usually go away for around 2 months in the summer and generally leave my hamsters in my family's care - but they've had good hamster care ingrained in their memory for years now so it's always worked. But if it's going to be someone you don't know well then it is definitely concerning I agree. Think there was a pet sitter list on the forum but it's probably rather outdated. Not terribly helpful but I think it's going to be a difficult decision so I hope you can sort something out.