Awww, that's so sad

That's exactly what happened to my old bunny. I was on vacation for a couple weeks, and it was boiling hot outside. My mom left him outside, and when I came back from vacation she told me he died. Poor little Rascal

I never go away without my rats now. I can leave the dogs and cat for a while because dogs and cats have so much common sense involved when taking care of them. But it's difficult to care for rats, and I could never leave them with my mother. She'd probably kill them right away. She'd probably only give them seeds and make them fat, because she's so lazy.