Ive never owned a snake before but i am very interested in a ball python as my first. After holding one today for the first time i think im in love. Well to the point I have read that these are shy pretty well behaved snakes. How often if ever have you been lashed out toward? Im looking at getting a baby male. I have heard that you should take him out of his tank and place him in a plastic bin of sorts for feeding to keep him from assocating opening the tank with feeding time. When I do this i assume it probably would not be safe to try to pick him up without being lashed at. So what would be the safest way for me and the snake to get him back in the tank? simply sliding him out of the bin into the tank or wat?

Also how are adult males behavior wise?