Quote Originally Posted by Pyrate81 View Post
My cali king only eats fingers when he is super hungry. I didn't handle him for about a 2 year span a few years ago and I was still able to handle him without a problem.

If your snake is a cali king, to me it sounds like it's still hungry. Especially if it's striking and coiling. These snakes can be pigs, mine would eat 7-9 decent sized pinkies or 5-7 fuzzies in one sitting on a 7-10 day schedule when it was a young. You may be feeding it generously, I would try an added prey item or 2 and/or increase how often you feed it.
He's a florida king but this is incredibly reassuring to read, thank you! I'm not interested in breeding him so I've never been particularly aggressive in feeding him to bump him to breeding weight, but I will start offering him a few more mice each feeding. Looks like I'm heading to the pet store today!