separate tank for feeding?

I feed in same tub. even the aggressive feeders are fine to handle once you get them out of their enclosure and they know it's not feeding time. they will switch out of their feeding mode. one of my big normal females 4000 + grams will come out about 2 ft head going back and forth mouth open when you slide her tub open. once she knows it's not feeding time. she's one of my best snakes to handle.

I've wondered about this too. I was less worried about my boy associating my hand with food since I used tongs than I was about him associating opening the door of his enclosure with it. I've only fed once so far and I did it in the tank because it was just a week after he was shipped to me, and I didn't want to stress him out too much by moving him around since he's still getting used to his home. I have an enclosure with a little top mesh screen that pops out in addition to the door on the front--I thought maybe if I fed him through the top one he might not associate opening the front door with feeding? Don't know if there's anything to that, it just seemed possible.

I feed all of my balls in their cages, since it's enough of a challenge getting them to eat half of the time. I have yet to see any sign of aggression, but I would only ever do this with BPs. I feed my red tail in the bath tub (easy to tidy up any blood smudges), and she knows exactly what's going on as soon as she touches the porcelain.

Both mine get fed in their cages my ball just cuz it's easier and he's not aggressive at all I used to use a seprate tub but stopped. My carpet I feed her in her tub too she likes too strike from her perch and I don't feel like handling a seven foot plus snake that's aggressive half time already when she's also in feeding mode too much of a handful and I'm not as fast as her when she's hungry lol

I feed them in their tubs, and when the females get wired up in the fall and start feeding heavily, I just touch them with a snake hook or stick to get them out of feeding mode before I pick them up. No big deal.

We feed in the enclosures between 10 pm and 1 am. We have no problems with aggression at all outside those hours. :) Once it's dark and rat scent is in the air, watch your knuckles!