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    Re: HUGE prey switch! How I did it..

    Quote Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser View Post
    I would call this more force feeding. I think of power feeding as just feeding more often than the "normal". Actually I don't see much harm if the meal sizes were cut in half, unless there is something I don't know.
    Force feeding is when you actually have to massage the prey all the way down the snake's throat because they will not attempt to eat on their own. Feeding too frequently can be over feeding and lead to obesity, but the snake still has the ability to choose, so that is not power feeding.
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