Quote Originally Posted by JoshJP7
Hasnt taken a meal that wasnt assisted?? Interested to hear what you mean by that comment... Im guess you helping is shoving the rat in the snakes mouth and forcing it to eat... Yea def NOT a good idea and NOT the way to get your snake to eat consistantly

There is a difference between force feeding and assist feeding. Sometimes baby pythons don't begin feeding on their own and after one or couple of assist feeds their metabolism and feeding respose kicks on on they are fine. I had one hatchling this year that needed one assist feed, sometimes they need a few. Now this girl is a chow hound and is feeding fine. It's done all the time after many attempts to get hatchlings started.