Open the tub, and gently touch the top of his head with a piece of paper, or somthign else soft in the event that he strikes, he doesn't smash his face.. if he comes right back, to it again. Our biggest girl sees anything that moves as a potential meal, but if I gently touch the top of her head, she pulls back and I can lift her out of her tub. It is an entirely different behavior than being defensive, or the slow steady stalking of some of the other girls... but with rats she does the same thing. She's more liky my carpet in that she is an active hunter, and she hits rats HARD. She isn't nervous otherwise, and never hisses or gets defensive.. she's just opportunistic. I don't believe this has anything to do with feeding in the tub - we have 50+ other snakes who are not aggressive or stalk my hand like she does. IMO it's an individual personality thing - if she thinks there might be food, she'll try it out -- unless I gently remind her I'm a human, and not a rat by tapping her on the head with her feeding card/chart
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