Quote Originally Posted by nikkubus View Post
Depends what you mean by assist feed. I've seen that used a lot of different ways. Usually after 3 or 4 failed feedings (at week apart minimum) I will do it where you gently tease the head of the prey into their mouth and most of the time they will coil and swallow on their own from there. I try to avoid anything more aggressive than that until I feel like they are getting too close to emaciated that if I go any longer it's going to be really rough on them to recover, at which point I'll use a large pinky mouse or small fuzzy mouse to make it pretty much impossible to spit out so they can still swallow on their own.
Assist feeding to me is exactly what you described. I’ve watched a few videos of how it’s done but I have never physically done it. I just don’t want to stress him to the point where he doesn’t want to eat unless I assist feed


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