When to give up????

[knads06]

Ok everyone im at the point of almost giving up with my baby bp. I had him for about 4-5 weeks now and he still refuses to eat a thing. Ive let him settle in a for a week or two and then i offered him a pinkie when he was small and he didnt eat that, next i tried a f/t small mouse and he didnt eat that, next was a live small mouse and he didnt eat that, the mouse started to do damage to the substrate so i wacked the mouse and killed him and yet the bp still didnt eat it, and yesterday i tried to feed him a live rat fuzzy and he still didnt eat it. SO what do i do now?????? How long can a baby ball python go without eating?? I even tried putting the rat and snake in a small paper bag over night and still he didnt eat it................I need some help before i lose my lil guy, thanks for any suggestions...I'm not giving up by all means but im just starting to worry about the health of my bp