I agree, no food 4-7 days prior to leaving. Make sure the cage is clean and the water bowl can not tip over. He will be fine. Better than....

-power outage = unable to digest double food meal
- tipped water dish = scale rot
- if you want to do something, add a back up thermostat to avoid malfunction and have someone come by and make sure the power is on. That someone can be grandma terrified of snakes since she wont even have to go into the same room that they are in.


I had a male spider around 1000 grams not eat for a year (actually more like 13 months). He lost about 100 grams then one day took that rat like he never fasted. Reptiles are different than mammals. They can go a really long time.