Ok. Like I said, I am a new to snakes (other than the ones Ive ran into in the wild), and while this is the first BP my wife has ever had, she has had several snakes in the past.

But newho... Ive talked to a few people that I know that have snakes, and I talked to the guy we got Bella from, and they all tell me that it is a bad idea to feed her in her tank because she is more likely to become possessive of the tank, and may end up associating the hand coming in the tank with food. So by feeding in the tank, I am more likely to have her bite if we reach in to pick her up by feeding in tank. The wife says this is the first she has heard of it.

Is this BS, or is it a valid way of thinking?