That is a really nice snake. How warm are you keeping the snake? Sometimes raising the temps will help. I have a female that goes through long periods without wanting food and then suddenly will eat scented. I also have males that will go off feeding when they want to breed. It would be good to know how old your snake is. It could be old enough to want to breed, and be wanting a mate.
Another thing you might want to try is moving the enclosure to a different part of your house. Sometimes their is a smell or something else that might stress the animal.
Their are several reasons your snake might not be eating.
Given that you tried all those feeding methods and nothing worked, I would be concerned too. If you are attached to that snake, I would take it to a vet and get a full physical done on it to check on parasites or any other problem.
If you are not attached to the little hoggie and the seller will take it back, I would return it.
Whatever you do, dont release it into the wild.
In the future, I would avoid buying reptiles from pet stores. You have the best selection of reptiles right here on kingsnake.com
Hardy and renegade reptiles are about to have several nice hoggs for sell not to forget gateway city reptiles and west texas reptiles.
Good luck and let us know the outcome of your snake.

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