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No experience with house snakes, but you might be stressing him handling that often - I like to think of 1 human day = 1 snake week, and try to limit handling to once a week or less.
With young snakes I have always sat down to handle, as they will often make a bolt for freedom. Also check the time of day - are house snakes naturally active during the day or night? My snakes are nocturnal, and so are easier to handle about dusk when they are just waking up, not during the day when they want to be asleep, or in full night when they are already active.
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