I would end his suffering and just cut my losses. . . Sorry, to say that, but after 30 years of keeping snakes and having witnessed this situation a few times myself, I can tell you that even if you were to force feed it, the stress alone would kill it the same day because it is too weak at this point. . . I have already tried it several times (years ago), and even when the sick snake (like yours) DID keep a small meal down it would always die a few hours later due to the stress in its' already "too-far-gone" stomach. I had THIS guy (in the pic below), do the same thing last year, and he got skinnier and skinnier (even though he WOULD eat a mouse or two once a month for about six month). But it wasn't enough, since he WAS 77" long and weighed over 5 pounds. I think he just gave up on life, due to age. So after watching him lose half his weight, I euthanized him . . . It was a sad loss for me, he was my biggest kingsnake ever. . .Here is a pic of him:



Zee



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