I was just going by your post that said you hoped to go into biology one day. It sounded like the sort of thing someone looking through colleges might say.

Applying limited experience can be an issue, but if you plan on ignoring every bit of husbandry advice from people with more experience, I personally don't see the point in being on a forum. I've been keeping snakes for over a decade, and I still ended up changing a ton of stuff for my BP due to advice I got on this forum, and it's only ever been beneficial.

Regardless, back to the point of the thread: Recommending someone who's already having trouble with the snake not eating to feed outside the enclosure is not a good idea. However, based on the original post, my hunch is that something may be off with the husbandry, especially temps, that is causing him not to eat. The snake being about to shed doesn't help either. Mine always eats during shed, but some won't, so it may be nothing to worry about yet.