Ok, so, i've had my bp for only two days now, and took him out to really "interact" with him. Well, we lasted about, oh, 30 seconds. I opened the cage and tried to gently pick him up, but he stayed latched on to his hide. So i just left the cage open and waited for him to untangle himself and start to crawl out. At that point, I gently picked him up by the center of his body, and a few inches behind his head. I sat down with him in my hands, in my lap. He was calm for about 10sec, and then really just wanted to get movin. He started making jerky movements and I got very nervous, so I picked him up and put him back in his tank. This is the first snake i've ever owned, so I really don't know how to interact, or what their actions mean. I kept trying to hold him so that his head was facing away from my hand, but he kept turning his head toward my fingers, which made me pretty nervous. Any help on all this would be really appreciated. I've read so much on the internet about bp's, but no one really seems to talk much about how, when, and where to handle snakes.

Thanks,
Benn