I have a panther that is the same way.. Only that all he will take is supers :( I drove 2 hour to a reptile show so I could pick up a variety of feeders to try, silks, butter worms, roaches, Phoenix worms and a few horn worms.
He flares up and gapes at the sight of any of them :( I've offered...
My guy used to get defensive around that age. Like yours he would eat from my hand but wanted nothing to do with climbing on it haha
Around the end of 4 months I think he took his first steps "willingly" on to my hand. Now at 8 months I can't open the cage without seeing those little taco...
My Roman is a panther. He is always willing to run out as soon as the cage opens but I am merely a bridge lol once and a while he will go to my shoulder and just hang out, but mostly he goes up one arm and down the other looking for a way off.. He has no issue hand feeding and never really has...