Feeding help needed BADLY

[Bogertophis]

As for the force feeding I won't take him anymore I was stressed and I had no where to go so I went to the feed store and that's what she suggested we do after a couple of hours of trying I did not know it was really bad for them I am really sorry. Edit: He was also always trying to strike before force feeding though as well.

Ball pythons are shy feeders...they like to ambush their prey so they have "the upper hand". Can you imagine how he feels having a rodent shoved into his mouth?
The problem with force-feeding is that it's backwards...the prey your snake should be pouncing on now seems to be attacking him. This could make him harder to
feed in the future, not easier...it can make him afraid of his prey & more picky about what he'll accept. (Yes, I know that some do this procedure in a pinch...but I worry
about just how much skill the woman in the feed store had to do this correctly...& even so, it's a last resort, IMO.)