SO I had posted a thread in the cornsnake forum about a possible purchase I was interested in on a classifieds ad. A corn snake or possible king/corn hybrid but after posting a pic on here everyone determine it looks like a pure Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri kingsnake. So my craigslist "20 dollar corn snake" turned into an uncared for 3 1/2 foot king, The tank stun k and had excess shed all over it. The guy told me the snake hadnt ate in about a month and a half partly because it rejected food a couple times and then he just forgot to feed it. Well I got him home and he is a very calm docile snake although he was very cold possible from the ride home. The guy had two uth on the cage both on one side on the sides of the glass not the bottom. Is this what you are supposed to do for kings? I moved one to under the tank and I am just using that one right now. He also has some shed around one eye but it doesnt look like the eye cap just some shed bunched up before his eye with a piece of shed hangout in front of his eye but not touching. What should I do about this? Also mu las question is that I tried to feed him in his cage after I cleaned it all up with new beeding.(is aspen ok for kings?) and he struck at the mouse the first time he saw it but missed and hit the glass and then just ignored the mouse the rest of the time. Did he get discouraged after hitting the glass? Sorry for the long post but Ive never dealt with a rescue snake before. Thanks, Pics coming soon.