Ok - I laughed a little!
It's just going to take some time for you to learn to read your snake and become more comfortable with him.
I was at Petsmart today picking up some crickets for my leopard geckos and they all know that I breed ball pythons and the gal said "we have this EVIL kingsnake that tries to bite everyone - we're afraid of it!"
I asked if I could see it, and she's like "ok - but it might bite you - I have to warn you!"
I reach in and scoop him right on up, and other than a little musking that young kings do, he never attempted to bite me and settled down. She goes "whoa....you ARE the snake whisperer!" I cracked up!
Honestly - just be confident - there's nothing wrong with putting on a pair of gloves if it makes you more comfortable the first few times you go to pick him up.
I just gently pick them up close to the middle of their bodies and support the rest of their body once I have them out.
You're going to be fine!
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