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View Poll Results: For how long do you feel comfortable leaving your snake(s) home alone?
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A few days
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Around a week
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Two or three weeks
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A month or more
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How long do you feel comfortable leaving your snake(s) unattended?
What is the longest span of time you would be willing to leave your snakes at home alone, assuming they have all eaten and have fresh water and clean substrate?
For me it's two weeks. If I'm gone for any longer than that I start calling friends to stop by my house to check on everybody and refill waters.
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Re: How long do you feel comfortable leaving your snake(s) unattended?
For me it's a week. unfortunately for my beardies its a day, two tops, so I have trained the neighborhood kids
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On several occasions I've left mine alone for a week with zero problems.
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I have enough money invested in my snakes that I feel comfortable leaving for the day without anyone checking on them. I was gone all day today 4x4ing and shooting and I made sure to check them before I left and as soon as I got home. If I was going to be gone all night I would have my roommate check them or someone else close to me that I trusted.
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a week. more than that and I'll hire someone
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Re: How long do you feel comfortable leaving your snake(s) unattended?
My rule is this:
1-2 days- make sure they have fresh water before I go.
3-7 days- I add an extra water bowl to each enclosure.
8+ days- I have a friend stop by and change water, and scoop any poop or urates out, if needed.
"Cry, Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war..."
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good point - I do the two-water-bowl thing too if I am away for more than a day
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Rio 1.0.0 South Brazilian BCA
Blaze 0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
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Re: How long do you feel comfortable leaving your snake(s) unattended?
I have way too much time, money, and love invested in my BPs to leave them unattended for more than a day. And by a day, I mean morning through night, not 24 hours. It's not about the water... it's about the possibility of tstats, heat tape, or space heaters malfunctioning and destroying my collection and/or house. Besides, I use paper substrate. Can you imagine how miserable you'd be sitting in a puddle of your own urine and feces for a few days?
I'm somewhat of a homebody and have never taken a vacation, so this isn't really a problem for me. My wife can just go on a vacation by herself if she wants one
Last edited by spitzu; 04-16-2011 at 06:42 AM.
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Re: How long do you feel comfortable leaving your snake(s) unattended?
Originally Posted by spitzu
Besides, I use paper substrate. Can you imagine how miserable you'd be sitting in a puddle of your own urine and feces for a few days?
I agree, When i used aspen substrate, i was a little more comfortable with leaving for up to a week with an extra water bowl, but now that i've switched to paper I'll probably have to start finding someone to check on them if I'm gone for more than a couple days. I don't really feel like sitting in a tub full of excrement and wet would exactly be a preventative for scale rot.
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