Sounds like another great way to get bit!

You're welcome to come over here on feeding day and try to get a few of mine out of their tubs when mice are in the room. I've been bit just OPENING the tub to drop a mouse in and my hands were clean(other hand was holding the mouse, left hand was opening the tub).

They really do not know what a hand is and what a mouse is when the scent is all over the room and is flooding their senses. If it has a heat signature, is moving and is in their tub, it's fair game.

I feel it is best to leave them in a place where they feel safe, secure and warm, and not place them in a wide open bright place(such as a bathtub or a box) that isn't adequately heated. Especially if they don't have anywhere to hide. They are ambush hunters and feel most comfortable hunting from their hides at night.

Even when I only had my one snake(Amani), I still fed her in her home. From when I got her in November of 2004, until now, she has never mistaken me for food(unless it's feeding day and you Open, Drop and Dash with the mouse).