First BP... might be a lemon ( aggressive / defensive )

[MRgrFX]

First time ball python owner. Not my first snake though. Had a Spotted Python before this bp. Had no issues with handling before but this bp does not like being held at all. Maybe too early to diagnose, but just being concerned as this is my first bp, would like to not make any major mistakes early on, and see what experienced people think.

So my bp is young (2 mo. 1 wk, bought from breeder) know they are typically defensive and scared of people at first. When I received she seemed fine, however box was cold and so was she when arrived. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, didn't strike at me or anything. Observed and held for a brief period and then put her in new enclosure so she could get some heat. Next day I may have a made a rookie mistake and couldn't wait to pick her up. Took her out of the enclosure and she stiff as a board, tense, and striking at me. So I put her back thinking I broke the acclimation period and she needed some time. Fed her on the 5th day, in the enclosure, she ate without an issue. Then tried handling her again 2 days later (8 days after receiving) and got the same tense response from her. She is not curious at all, I pick her up and she immediately goes into striking mode.

At this point, after reading up on this issue, I feel that she may just be young and defensive and doesn't trust me yet or I may have just picked out a feisty one (just my luck). Which would kind of suck because I didn't get her just to look at. Would like to be able to handle my snake.

My question is if anyone has had similar experience with a young bp. And if so, do you have suggestions for how often I should try to handle and ease into handling? Should I leave her alone for another week before handling? I'm concerned with leaving her alone, without handling, for too long of a time and eventually creating a anti-social defensive snake.

Thanks