It sounds like with time and patience and some of the strategies already suggested, he will be OK. He's just a sad combination of neglect/abuse (no hides is abusive as far as I'm concerned), leading to a frantic feeding response plus the fact that he's probably been terrified.
You have already gotten good advice so I won't repeat that; I'd just like to offer one suggestion that may sound a little odd, but I've seen notable results with it. When you try the 'cuddle' approach, use SUPER soft material. I have several 'snake cozys' made from a velvety material called 'minky', and almost all of my snakes just love these things. I use them in several ways, but the one that applies to your situation is that I use them to habituate snakes that are skittish. I've found that even very nervous snakes will happily crawl inside of these soft 'snake sacks' and peacefully sit on my lap for hours. I'm including photos of my Ball Python and one of my Children's Pythons using them.[IMG][/IMG][IMG]
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