My snake NEEDS to eat

[AnnaBanana]

I am going away for 6 days and he needs to eat before I leave!!!! Im gonna get a pinky mouse tonight and cut it in half and feed it to him and i really hope he eats it but what do i do if he doesnt
edit: im leaving thursday morning.

[drache]

normally I wouldn't think of six days as a big deal, but it's possible that I'm missing some info as to the particulars

[Bart]

Give him few live fish, like guppies or swordtails; no Thamnophis will resist that.

[kibakiba]

Honestly, he looks to be young, in your avatar. But not young enough that he cant handle 6 days without food. I'm sure that unless he's been rejecting food for a while (over 3 weeks would be quite a while), he should be fine.

[elaphilately]

Thanmophis have very high metabolisms, even more so for young, but six days shouldnt be a problem. You can give it a few live fish before leaving if you feel pretty nervous.

[d_virginiana]

If there's some reason he won't be able to make it the 6 days without food, you can always leave fish in a bowl in his enclosure or maybe even some small nightcrawlers in a thing of dirt? That way he can just go after them when he gets hungry.

But like everyone else has been saying, unless he's been refusing food for a long time or something, 6 days shouldn't be a problem.

[RedSidedSPR]

I don't know if its a NEED quite like you think. If you haven't tried them, try guppies. 6 days isn't too long. If you think it is, take him, but i wouldn't do that.

[AnnaBanana]

Can he really eat swordtails? If so I'll get some tomorrow because my Petco doesn't have any guppies but maybe I could convince my mom for us to go and check if Pet quarters has guppies.

[AnnaBanana]

Hes only been rejecting for probably a little less than week now so do you think he'd be fine? I got him a pinky and cut about a fourth of it and gave it to him so hopefully he'll eat that before I leave.

[guidofatherof5]

If he won't eat and you have to go there is not much you can do about the situation.
Make sure he has plenty of fresh water and feed him when you get back.