You play with fire you get burned, you play with snakes you get bit??

I have only been bitten twice so far.

First time was by my small BP when i was feeding him.

Second happened two days ago, and I am not really sure why it happened. I was feeding my two males and had their tubs out on the ground, one on either side of my rack about 2 feet apart. They are 15qt steralites. I decided that I wanted to move the 15 to the top shelf and my large female to the bottom shelf, and since I already had the two 15's out all i had to do was pull out the 31qt and slide it in the bottom shelf. While I was pulling her out she pops her head out snifs my hand and then bites my thumb, it shocked me and i ended up launching her 5ft acrost the room cause she didn't let go of my thumb when she bit me???

I have been breeding her to my pastel male and She may have ovulated. ( not sure as this is my first time breeding) Do the females get really protective the closer they get to laying eggs? or do you think she might have smelled the mice and then bit me? I had been feeding her F/T rats by holding them by the tail in front of her. She may have thought I was feeding her???

Snake is OK by the way and my thumb will survive.

So what are your stories??