Sick snake - Experienced advise wanted
So Snickerdoodle, the undernourished lesser that came to me with an RI. Temperament wise she seems to be doing alright, not lethargic when I hold her, still seems to have strength and desire to move around and mostly get away from me (obviously, I'm the big scary thing that pokes her with a needle every other day). She even has made a couple passable but rattly attempts to hiss at me, so she's at least feeling feisty. My concern currently is feeding/weight. I feel she's under too much stress from how frequently I have to handle her to administer her antibiotics for her to want to eat on her own. Initially, she did eat a decent sized mouse for me when she first got here, and after a shed and poop she still hung onto the 10 grams she gained from that, but recently she's gone down to 110- less than what she started with. That mouse was on March 10 and she hasn't taken a meal since.
Given her starting weight, current weight, body condition, level of illness, and level of stress, how hard should I be thinking about putting more stress on her by attempting an assist feed?
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