` Hand feeding was his idea, when he was a few weeks old. It wasn't a risk then, and he didn't stress from it. I wouldn't try initiating it with an older snake, especially a giant constrictor. If one bites, and won't let go, the trauma of being forcibly removed can permanently change their behavior.
` The big guy continues to be lazy about feeding, however. He acts unconcerned about feeding, then opens up when I bump his nose with food. He'll let me push it down his throat, then just swallow it. If I put food in with him, he usually ignores it for hours, and often doesn't take it, at all. I think he's just lazy.
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