feeding live vs. frozen

I feed live and in seperate enclosures for 5 BPs and it work well for me. Like most people already said, do what works for you and your snake.

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Again, whatever works for you. If I just had a few snakes, and wasn't intending to breed, and wasn't dealing with balls, then everything would be on F/T just to make life easier. But I have a large collection, and some won't take frozen, and I breed my own feeders, so for me it's easier to just toss a refused rat back in the rack rather than worry about having to refreeze a refused frozen.
And YES, cage aggression is a myth. What you actually get is a conditioned feed response, which can happen anytime you only open a cage to feed and never interact with the animal otherwise.

Thanks everyone for the wonderful responses!

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Originally Posted by amnestria

I've heard that if you feed in the same tank they live in, they can become a bit aggressive and think that whatever else that goes in their tank is food as well.

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Biggest myth out there in my opinion. It was started by well intending, but ill informed pet store workers decades ago and just refuses to go away.

It's bad for the snakes to move them for feeding. One it goes against their instincts. They are ambush hunters, so moving them is likely to throw them off. Secondly the stress is bad for them. Thirdly, if feeding them causes them to associate what happens right before that with feeding time, why would I want them to associate being picked up with feeding time?

Luckily ball pythons are hardy so many still thrive even when the owner provides them with less than optimal conditions.