Hey there I purchased a baby BP about 2 weeks ago and have only held him to feed him which was last Saturday... I gave him a few days to digest and tried to handle him yesterday but I felt like he didn't want to be messed with so I just gently stroked him to Guage his reaction and he just inflated like a balloon and slowly got into attack mode so I put his hide back and after I did that I was closing the cage and he tried to strike at me...so my question is, am I doing anything wrong and if so what...and when should I try again because I don't want him to get stressed to the point that won't eat

P.s. this is my first my ball python so I'm still very new at this. Thx