What do I try next?

I'm still having problems getting my little 4 gram male lavender corn snake to eat.
Here is his feeding record:
10/13 1 pinkie
10/16 shed and ate one pinkie
10/23 refused a split pinkie left in tub with him overnight
10/30 refused brained pinkie left in tub with him overnight
11/1 refused live pinkie left in paper bag with him overnight
I know they can go months without food, and he has eaten, I'm just worried, he is so tiny!
So what should I try next? Scenting the pinkie? I'm really shocked he didn't eat the live one.

What did you do to get him to eat on 10/13 and 10/6?

Small deli cup with him and live pinky in it.....overnight at least.

Yeah, what did you do on the successful feedings?

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Originally Posted by Nightmare Creatures

Small deli cup with him and live pinky in it.....overnight at least.

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THIS!!!
What I've always been told to do and have seen others do it as well with good results including myself.

Give him four days or so to de-stress and then try the deli cup thing again. Don't keep trying to feed him day after day. He'll just get more stressed out every time, it's cumulative.

Let him rest... then try again.

At least that's what I'd do with a stubborn bp. :D Corns are supposed to be easier.

The successful feedings were exactly what I'm still doing. I put him in his deli cup, and add a f/t pinky.
He ate the first two times and not since. I didn't change anything about the way the food was offered.
I was planning on waiting a couple of days before trying again, I know it could stress him further.
I also on the suggestion of the breeder I bought him from raised his temps slightly. He was at around 75 and she suggested I raise him to 80. So I did.

I think even 80 is too low if he has no appetite. I would buy some Nutribac, add it to his water, and raise the temps to 85 on the warm side, or you ca just raise the temp if you wish not to spend money. It's worked for regurgers and non-feeders I've had.
The nutribac and added heat will help replenish any gut flora he might have lost or help him jumpstart his digestion, especially having been kept at such a cool temperatures beforehand. If they are not warm enough, they will not eat and will most likely not keep it down. You can try all those little feeding tricks once he's warmed up and given a break.

Yeah up it to 84-85, give him a full week off, and try again in the deli cup. If you do f/t, make sure the pinky is very warm and put him away overnight in a closet and don't open it or check on him until the next morning. But at this point, I'd go straight to live and just get him feeding again.

What is nutribac, and how is it used? I've never heard of it.