Don't think I'll ever have feeding issues with Zebes. Every meal he's getting more and more brazen to the point where today he craned halfway up the tank wall in anticipation before I could even lower the mouse down.
Even with that though he's been the perfect model of ball python temperament otherwise. Took him out earlier on the same day and he showed no signs of feeding aggression, it's only when he knows it's dinner time. Though I still tap his log hide every time I take him out for routine's sake.