May as well offer one more opinion. hahahahahahahahaha

If your snake is healthy and that is an if. Then temps, 75 to 85F are wonderful. A range between them is best, but a healthy king will feed great at 75F it just won't grow properly(strong, great shape and fast) 85F great.

There are three things that are important, no four, 1. healthy snake, 2. humidity(better yet, not being dehydrated)3. temps(above) and 4. security.

Newbies often say hides, and use half round log things from a pet shop. In short, those things should be burned to the ground(and some of the shops that sell them) Snakes hide in tight sealed places where there is neutral humidity(50%), not wetting or drying) no air movement, as dry air passing around snakes drys them out. You said you are using aspen, which is fine, make such there is 4 to 6 inches deep, and have structures at down in the aspen to hide it. Kings snake cram themselves in the tightest hole they can find. That allows them security. Security=safe from predators.
I have raised a million cal kings, ok not a million, but it seems like it, on pinkies, so Bluerosy and I respectfully disagree on that one. And I also do not want. Set up a cage and if they eat right away, that tells you its all good, no reason to wait a week, what it does not eat and wait another week, again I respectfully disagree with that waiting thing.

Why I mentioned healthy snake, First, its not a good thing to feed a snake then ship it, if fact, it can be a horrible thing.
Also a foot long at this time of year is, as Bluerosy mentioned, problematic. I have some I hatched in august, and they are pushing 30 inches. ALso, I disagree, respectfully with Bluerosy, as cal kings can hatch at 12 to 14 inches. Hes used to tiny Fla. king mini neonates. hahahahahaha ASK MORE QUESTIONS. Thank you

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