If you got him on 11/1 then he is still settling in, give another week or so and make sure he's had at least 3 successful feedings before handling. As far as handling, starting out they will always tense up as babies as they really ha e no clue about the gigantic creature looming over them that going in for a grab at them.
Now what I do, is open my tub, give them a min to settle up on me then when I reach in it's slow going to the back side of the head and gently rubbing along their body to know they are awake and realize I'm there and I'm not going to hurt them. Then when I pick them up if their small enough they can ball in my hand I let them and continue to rub along their body. Eventually as long as your slow and easy with then they will "loosen" up and start wondering around on you. Once they start getting flighty, looking to hide, trying to quickly get their head in something to hide it's time to put em back.
I find with mine, thus won't be the case with all, I handle my babies daily with spot cleaning checks for about 10 minutes. Then they go back. As they get older and use to you, you can increase the time they stay out, but just learn YOUR snakes behavior and body language. GL
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