If you haven't even tried f/t, I don't see the point in starting with live prey. If I understood correctly, you don't know much about his history, so you don't know the actual reason for his conditition either.
Believe it or not, it is possible to feed most of the ball pythons with just f/t. Even the ones that have always eaten just live, even the ones that are in very poor condition for some reason. I believe that the live prey is hardly ever a necessity. Of course it is "the easy way out" of the bad situation, but in my opinion, not the best.
Just saying
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