I feed my ball p's right in their tubs. The whole feed box thing seems a little strange to me, I've never had a problem feeding them in their tubs. I don't handle them at all the day I feed and at least 2 days later. Just think when you eat a turkey on thanksgiving your not really in the mood to move around a whole lot now think if you've just eat a tenth of your body weight. I don't poke my ball p's in the head either they hate that, I just stay calm and pick them up slowly and they stay calm. That's awesome that you picked up that snake he's lucky to find you and that's awesome he already eat too!