Can try any of these:
1. snake hook
2. small cloth to put in between your hand and his head so you can grab the body
3. tap the head to make it ball up and grab it (though it sounds like it might tag you if you try lol)
Once up it should be a little better, but yeah...my snake is right about the same as yours, just a month older and I've had him for a couple more weeks. About the same size and I made the transition to rat pups (from adult mice) on my 3rd feeding. Mine is more afraid than aggressive though, but reading the forums and researching you can try one of those 3 methods to pick them up.
Let us know how it went!
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