Quote Originally Posted by g00dluckchuck View Post
If the snake eventually does not switch on his own, then (again, in my opinion) force feeding a frozen/thawed mouse is the next best idea. By force feeding properly, the snake may realize that frozen/thawed is not so bad after all, and in the future the snake will be more likely to take frozen/thawed.
force feeding is a very stressful procedure and trying to facilitate the switch by force feeding is more likely to turn your ball python away from frozen thawed prey and not on to it. in future feedings, the snake will be less likely to accept f/t prey as it would most likely associate the f/t prey with the stressful event. i wouldnt suggest force feeding as a method of converting your ball python from live to f/t.