If all else fails, just force feed the head of a newborn pink. Leave a little of the shoulder skin on to grip. The snake will usually open its mouth if you bump it a couple of times to make him angry. Or use a fingernail. Use butter on the pinkie nose if you want to - slides down more easily. Work the pinkie nose down the snake's throat with a rotating motion. Once in the throat, gently massage it about an inch down. It usually goes down easily. Then set the snake down and make him crawl forward - that usually will get him to swallowing all the way.

Good luck!

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• force feeding? - WEEBEASTIES, Wed Jul 19 15:42:00 2006
• RE: force feeding? - MikeRusso, Wed Jul 19 16:13:18 2006
• RE: force feeding? - WEEBEASTIES, Wed Jul 19 16:35:52 2006
• RE: force feeding? - duffy, Wed Jul 19 16:53:17 2006
• RE: force feeding? - WEEBEASTIES, Wed Jul 19 18:08:48 2006
• Pnkie heads are fairly easy... - kathylove, Wed Jul 19 20:50:03 2006
• Kathy..... - xblackheart, Wed Jul 19 21:40:24 2006
• RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - Rivets55, Wed Jul 19 23:49:36 2006
• RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - draybar, Thu Jul 20 18:10:56 2006
• RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - xblackheart, Thu Jul 20 20:48:43 2006
• RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - draybar, Fri Jul 21 05:45:11 2006
• RE: Force Feeding Dependance? - xblackheart, Fri Jul 21 16:36:04 2006
• In my experience... - kathylove, Thu Jul 20 09:10:49 2006
• RE: In my experience... - Pastorpat, Thu Jul 20 14:30:08 2006
• RE: In my experience... - Rivets55, Thu Jul 20 18:52:59 2006
• Species survival value of non-feeders... - kathylove, Thu Jul 20 22:06:45 2006
• RE: Species survival value of non-feeders... - xblackheart, Fri Jul 21 00:33:22 2006
• RE: Species survival value of non-feeders... - Rivets55, Fri Jul 21 00:35:40 2006
• Thank you for the response........n/p - xblackheart, Thu Jul 20 20:50:31 2006
• RE: force feeding? - chunkie_fuzz, Tue Jul 25 21:25:30 2006