There are 2 major reasons why a young BP won't eat:
1) husbandry is off
2) stress
Since we've already established that you're handling the snake, we can already determine your snake is stressed and you need to refrain from handling until your snake is well acclimated and eating consistently. I highly recommend waiting until the snake has eaten three consecutive meals WITHOUT refusal before any handling.
At this point, food needs to be TOP priority. You'll have 25+ years to handle the snake, be patient and get it eating.
And now to husbandry... you say all is good, but without details we can't help you. I'm not saying you're wrong, just saying you may have been misinformed (as you were about handling).
Soooo.....the more you tell us, the better we can help you and your snake.
- what type/size enclosure?
- what are your temps?
- How and where are you measuring the temps?
- how are you heating the enclosure???
- are ALL HEAT SOURCES regulated by a THERMOSTAT?
- how many hides are offered and are they proper hides?
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