If you're not going to be checking on your pet during that time, you should make sure to "stable" him so that he is cared for while you're gone!

Hadn't you better stable him when you go camping? He'll be dead, won't he, when you get back?

Yes, I will. I was going to take him with me but I think now I will leave him home "stabilized" so he will be cared for and I won't have to worry about checking on him. Thanks!

I will. He's been with me for awhile and I wouldn't want to lose him that way. Thanks!

I had a pet that was upset all the time after I stabled him over a weekend. He didn't act upset though, and lived another 30 or so 'years' after that, but the status never changed from upset unless he was sick.