Greetings fellow kings keepers!
I got a very young Nuevo Leon king a 1.5 - 2 months ago and I cannot get him to eat consistently.
He ate 3 times but every time it’s a major drama: he is very (!) flighty and fast thus impossible to persuade to eat in the enclosure. So I put him into a smaller one for feeding — after much persuasion he took a pinky.
Not without hissing/musking/tail rattling though.
Amd it’s very inconsistent - what worked the last 2 times didn’t work tonight at all.
A rather strange feeding response from a king, don’t you think?
Any advice?

He is 12” 11g
Currently resides in 12x10x4 (8L) clear plastic box, on aspen, has a hide and a branch w/leaves to hide
No dedicated heat but the reptile room is 78/day and 65/night