Quote Originally Posted by jglass38
Tube feeding (or tubing the snake at all) is pretty stressful and in my opinion might do more harm than good.
Some snakes get soooo sick that they totally lose the capability to hunt, constrict, and swallow prey on their own ... at that point, tube feeding them a protein rich diet until they regain the body weight and muscle tone to be able to feed on their own is paramount ... otherwise they will die.

A snake that is physically capable of feeding on its own in my opinion should never be tube fed or even force fed.

-adam