It is tough, I know. I have often wondered what I would do if I had to be away for any significant amount of time. I have four snakes...each who are picky and have a particular routine for eating. One has to be fed with hemostats, one has to eat under his hide, one has to be supervised while eating, and one never wants to eat! And they all have to be taken out of their enclosures and put into a separate tank to be fed.