At what point do you assist feed?

68 grams isn't too bad. I bought a pastel a few years ago that weighed 42 grams when I got her home. Now she's a big breeder female.

Two of my prima donnas went 6 or 7 weeks without eating, and then suddenly start taking live right before I was about to start stuffing mice down their throats. I've also got one that I assist fed at 9 weeks, who started taking f/t on his own when I offered two weeks later. (But he still won't even look at live).

So what happens if you attempt to assist feed and they keep spitting it out? I tried to assist him today and he kept spitting the rat pink out, it was fresh killed. I know I am worrying pretty early with him, but he is my favorite and I really want him to start eating. I would get the pink into his mouth and he would just sit there until with it in his mouth until i put him down and than he would spit it out. I tried 3 times and decided to stop and am going to give him a couple days and off and offer a live mouse hopper/fuzzy again. Plus I figure that is is a good time to learn this stuff. Thank you everyone for all the information:)

The snake just shed 5 days ago, IMO you shouldn't attempt to assist feed that size of a hatchling until 4 weeks after first shed.
68 grams is not horrible thin and assisting too early isn't your best option.

Thanks SnakeRkewl. I realize that was a mistake, so I am going to leave him alone for a couple of days and than go back to offering live every couple of days. This is all still a learning process for me and I trying to figure everything out. But thank you for the information:) I will listen to it:D

I think I weight till about a month after they shed, but only if they are looking thin. If they start looking thin it may be time to assist feed. They can still die being assist fed, but it's worth trying if it gets that bad.