First of all, congrats and welcome.

you've come to the right place... while the forums are much slower than years past, the amount of knowledge you can pic up from some of the posters here is amazing.

Everything bluerosey has said is great info, the only part i'll add my 2 cents on is that a foot long king might not be able to handle a fuzzy. most can and do, but I have seen a few scrawny ones that while approx a foot long, would do better with a few weeks of all the pinkies they can eat before upping the size.

as far as your snake not eating... all kinds of tricks out there to get them eating. start by leaving it alone until it's eaten 3-4 times on it's own. try both f/t and live rodents of the appropriate size, try cutting the head/snout of a f/t pinky, try putting the snake in a deli cup with the pinkie over night. those are some of the easier methods. if they all fail over the course of a few weeks, report back and someone can discuss tease feeding or assist feeding with you.

good luck

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