I am thankful that I have not ever had to force feed a snake as I think I would be trembling to the point of not being able to get the prey into the mouth of the snake!!
I have a little hypo girl who was refusing to eat for months and months (she was a baby) and started losing weight rapidly and then took a huge drop in weight. Thankfully, all I needed to do was to offer her live mice (and not f/t rats) and she's been a happy eater ever since; in fact, she's up to 550 grams!! Slow and steady with that little snake!! She's a cutie though!!