Quote Originally Posted by Flicker View Post
Maybe that's because you're standing there while it's trying to eat?

And we're talking about 4 foot BPs. not 7 Foot snakes. If you have a nasty eater, just leave it inside. I'm saying i prefer feeding my BPs out of the cage because it has advantages.
You seem to have a bit of a bite yourself.

There are no advantages to feeding outside an enclosure. Your stressing out the animal, and possibly causing regurgitation. Ball pythons don't associate feeding with hands or enclosures or hides.
When you have as many snakes as I do, it makes no sense to feed outside enclosure. None are bitey, and none have associated my hand with feeding. If substrate is an issue, it's not, because a little substrate ingested won't cause any problems.

If your just doing it for 'show' so you can see the process better, I find that selfish.