He's a baby, right? He is afraid of you. You have to do things that don't frighten him. If he has a particular place he hides, lift up the hide and gently scoop him up with all your fingers like you are picking up, um, your computer mouse! Pick up all his loops, don't pinch him with two fingers and pick him up like a pencil. Then put him, still coiled, in your other hand, cover him up with your hand and cuddle him close to your body, not letting him fall.
Do the cleaning and water bowl changing, etc. while he is out in his feeding container. He doesn't know what you're doing, and maybe he interprets what you are doing as hunting for him. So you can eat him!
Once you have him out and he has settled down a little, let him climb and wind around your fingers, but never grasp him tightly, and especially never ever hold him tightly behind the head even if he is striking at you. After a couple minutes of relaxed behavior, put him back. I put my hand in the viv and let the snake crawl slowly out.
If he starts flailing and trying to jump away from you, do not allow this to continue. Cup him in your closed hand again.
It might be helpful to only take him out when he is already out exploring, if you don't know where he sleeps, rather than rooting through the aspen for him and making him try to run from you.
Chances are, as he gets bigger and more familiar with you, he will settle down and not be afraid of you any longer.
Whenever I see my babies (or adults, for that matter) surfing along the glass in the front, I stop and say hi to them and do a little finger wave near them, or see if I can get them to follow my finger along the glass. Maybe that makes my hands less frightening when I go to get them out.
Other than the striking he's doing great.
