How to prevent worrying while leaving your pets home alone?
One of the most worrying thought that arises before you go on holidays or a business trip is who will take care of your pets during this time? Is it possible to leave hamsters, fish, turtles, dogs and cats home alone? We have collected seven straightforward tips that will help you not to worry anymore.
Tip 1
Let's figure out whom, how and for how long you are leaving. For example, if you have fish and just going for 5-7 days, then no special care or actions are needed. Fish can easily tolerate inconstant feeding for up to several weeks. However, it wouldn’t work with the other pets that require constant care. Therefore, the first advice is to install a surveillance camera since it connects to the building management system and can transmit the records using a mobile app. You will get to know everything that happens with your animals.
Tip 2
Despite its’ usefulness, the surveillance cameras do not solve the main task which is to take care of your pets as they need to be fed and taken for a walk. The building management system is not yet able to offer solutions for walking with your dog in the nearest park ... However, it is quite capable of feeding pets that do not require it as different autonomous animal feeding systems exist nowadays. It can give out food or water according to the program or be managed with remote control. So that you can monitor your pet’s breakfast, lunch and dinner your own.
Tip 3
Communicate with your pets. Pets are usually getting bored during the absence of their owners. Therefore, they will be happy and even calmed down after hearing a familiar voice. The Perenio Fixed and Motor Indoor cameras have a built-in two-way speaker and a voice broadcast function which can be used through the mobile application. It works as a regular speakerphone, transmitting clear and loud sound. This function can also be used for educational purposes so that your cat or do always remember "who's the boss”, even when you are not around.
Tip 4
Control your home’s microclimate remotely. This option is crucial for aquariums and terrariums’ owners since you need to maintain a certain level of temperature and humidity in them. Therefore, Perenio sensors, allowing to monitor temperature and humidity levels, will be added to the product line soon. You will be able to remotely turn on or off the necessary device thanks to the smart wall outlets and a building management system. Let’s say, it will be possible to turn on the light, heating or humidity generator, controlling the entire process through the video surveillance camera.
Tip 5
Control your pets’ activities using the motion sensors. You will always know rather your pet is active and well feed as well as whether it behaved well. The motion sensor will also trigger when the person who is assigned to look after your pet during your absence arrives. In other words, you can always look after the arranged schedule of your pet’s specified activity, nutrition and walks mode.
Tip 6
Rely on your friends or relatives. That is not all the pets can tolerate a long absence of their owners, so that you should ask someone you trust to feed and walk with your fluffy friend. You will always know whether your pets are glad to see that visitors. Merely watch the Perenio surveillance cameras' recordings that are stored in the cloud and accessible from any point of the world.
Tip 7
Just practice a bit before you leave your pets home alone. Try to communicate with them through the built-in camera communicator and check how they deal with your remote commands and requests. You can also try various scenarios of using the motion sensors, debug automatic activation of electronic feeders and other life-support devices. Perenio's building management system allows you to choose the best scenario to take care of your pets remotely and therefore prevent yourself from any worries.
