Quote Originally Posted by blueapplepaste View Post
I personally don't believe in force feeding. Not every snake is meant to survive and I don't want to pollute my gene pool with weak feeders. As has already been pointed out, most healthy snakes will eat, so there is often more going on.

I should clarify that if a snake is sick and that's why its being force fed and that once it gets better it will eat, I'm ok with that. I won't force feed a snake that is other wise 100% healthy and refuses to eat.
I totally understand your point. I believe in giving every animal an equal opportunity. This animal was QT while the force feeding was going on. She is doing fine now and I think is ready to rejoin the collection. She may never get big enough to breed and may end up just being a "pet", but she will be treated the same as the most expensive snake in my collection. BTW she is just a normal.