Wear gloves if you're nervous about him. Seriously.

I had a couple animals that really wanted to chew on me full-time as babies. They've grown up nice, but it wasn't any fun when they were going through that phase. And even after I got over the "OMG a SNAKE is STRIKING at me" fear, it would still make me a little angry to get bitten. And anger is really bad news, because you can't take it out on an animal that's 1/100 your weight. So, gloves.