Quote Originally Posted by sho220 View Post
I've heard of alternate food sources being used like that...not sure why they wouldn't just use a pinky and pinky pump though...other than cost and incovenience??? And an 18 month old bp that's never fed on it's own? If I had tried everything to get it to feed on it's own, I'd probably put it down well before 18 months...something is seriously wrong there...
You are SO right! Force feeding can harm the snake but not only that, they may regurgitate the food and further harm themselves. Assist feeding on the other hand-placing the nose of a frozen rodent in the snakes mouse to encourage it to eat-is safe on the other hand. They need to put down the snake. Chances are, they tease fed the snake but didn't leave the mouse in the cage over night.