First off this is only my opinion, and from my experiences!

I wouldn`t worry about the not feeding at the moment. Most of the balls that I have brought home normally start feeding within 2-3 weeks. There are reports of balls going over a year without food and the resume feeding, so I have been told. A moth or 2 without food generally does no harm

Force feeding should only ever be used as a very very last resort when the snakes body weight is declining rapidly.

The staff in that store seem very undereducated and you should just avoid their advice full stop.
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2.3 Various Ball Pythons
1.0 Madagascar Giant Day Gecko
1.0 Red Stripe Gragoyle Gecko
0.1 Border Collie
0.1 Rat
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• is this true? - raisnok, Tue Aug 9 10:41:22 2005
• RE: is this true? - chameleon2005, Tue Aug 9 10:56:40 2005
• NO - JM, Tue Aug 9 11:02:52 2005
• RE: is this true? - Paul Hollander, Tue Aug 9 11:07:58 2005
• RE: is this true? - raisnok, Tue Aug 9 11:22:02 2005
• RE: is this true? - jyohe, Tue Aug 9 12:41:54 2005
• you know - raisnok, Tue Aug 9 13:02:55 2005
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