i would never dream to leave my animals unattended even having everything on controllers. I sure be perfectly fine leaving my snakes for 2-3 weeks if needed I'm ok with frogs not being fed for a week, but for a week unattended - never. water HAVE to be fresh, poop taken out asap. when I leave i like to know that my animals are not suffering and i will not be back and find sick or dead animal just because of improper care. I will never say it is ok to leave your animals unattended and will never be ok with people stating it is ok.