They are babies. This is normal behavior. Be prepared to get bitten - in their world other animals are either predators or prey. You are too big to be prey so they will try to defend themselves from you, either through defensive strikes or by running away.
Just handle them gently for a few minutes every day. If you do get bit, pooped on, peed on, or musked on, do not immediately put the snake back in its home, as that teaches the snake that defending itself from you means you go away, which is the wrong lesson for it to learn.
Keep handling sessions as short and low-key as possible; better 30 seconds of calm handling versus 30 minutes of rude behavior from the snake.
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