My new Stingerbee from Garreck Demeyer will finally arrive tomorrow! I'm jumping with excitement as this will be my first snake ever

I've read a lot about feeding in the enclosure vs feeding outside of it and I'm hoping someone can answer my question? Will swallowing some of the bedding hurt him? (it's the Forest Floor bedding by zoomed I think). Should I put cardboard down over top of it to feed him on? I've a a 36x18x16 terrarium that's pretty cluttered so he doesn't feel super stressed and exposed, so there isn't a whole lot of room in there to begin with...

Thank you for the help!