Quote Originally Posted by ericzerka24 View Post
She's doing just fine and it has been 2 days. I've never seen a thread that someone killed their snake by assist feeding it. People make such a big deal out of it and I've never heard any negative outcome from it.
it's not about killing your snake or not. it's about assist feeding a snake that truely needs assist feed and leaving a snake thats off feed alone. I assist feed hatchlings that won't eat. I give them time to feed on their own also. If all of a clutch eats but one hatchling, I don't start jamming food into his mouth cause he should be eating like the others. I wait 30 days after shed (depending on the hatchlings weight) before assist feeding. if I have an adult ball not eating I look at my charts at the snakes weight. not much weight lost, I wait, losing weight for no reason that I can see after looking over the snake, a trip to the vets. I had female morphs that are slow at putting the weight on, it sucks, but jamming food into their mouths isn't the answer.