A little advice?

Thanks, Jamie, I will definitely give that paper bag trick a shot, with a live rat pinky. Sounds like an excellent idea, I hope it works :)

Thanks for the encouragement, Marshall. No worries yet about getting discouraged, I just really want as much information and advice as I can get. I'm pretty addicted to this hobby, and this site!

I would defenitely take jamies advice on this. Also since you say that he is from a pet store, chances are that he is either wild caught or farm hatched. Try a live colored fuzzy(smaller the better) and see if it works. Also try rubbing the fuzzy with gerbil bedding or better yet a gerbil before feeding. This may or may not work for you, but you should try it anyway cause I have had some success with this technique in the past. Also, make sure that you feed during the evening hours when he is up and about. Make sure to "scent" the room 15-30minutes prior to feeding. Scenting means leave the fuzzy in its container next to the bps enclousre to stimulate its feeding response. Good luck.

Oh, Ok, Raj, I had never heard of some of those. I'll give 'em a go! The pet store is going to think I'm a loonie, hahaha.
I'm sure they'll give me some gerbil bedding, though they may not rub a live gerbil on my rat or whatever.
Thanks, I'm starting to feel like this might just work!

Lol, a certain amount of "looniness" is required when owning a snake imo. Also, if your bp is on oneside of the enclosure, make sure to drop the prey item in the opposite end. This is if you are going to feed the regular way instead of inside the bag.

Haha, I'm gonna have to agree with ya there ;)

Ok, I'll keep that in mind for later on. I think I'll try the bag thing until it works for a couple of feedings, then try it in the enclosure alone. I'm not sure how long I'll wait before trying at all, I don't think I would feel comfortable with more than 5 days.