Feeding inside tub

[Lolo76]

well, feeding outside of the enclousure is a better way of not teaching your snake that when the lid opens a mouse/rat/rabbit will be dropped in, i mean i have fed in the same enclousure before but i dont like to make that connection.

I feed my whole collection in their enclosures, and nobody's ever bitten me when I opened their tub. As long as you're not only opening the lid at feeding time, I think they learn quickly that your hand doesn't always equal food.

Personally I think that with BP's shy nature, it's better not to uproot them before a meal. Hard enough getting them to eat consistently, without adding stress at feeding time. Maybe the separate tub makes sense with large and/or aggressive snakes, but not so much with a Ball.