Matt, you are not a newbie, at least not to me. But the difference here is not how much experience you have, is how much you are willing to learn. Like you said, it seems to you and many others, including me, is what the OP said from previous threads.

Like feed in or out of enclosure debate. Here are the reasons the OP posted:

Quote Originally Posted by BanditNClyde View Post
there are many reasons:

1.they dont swallow substrate they cant digest

2.wont confuse your hand with food everytime you go to pick it up

3.Feeding on a plastic bag is cheaper and more sanitary because you dont have to worry about cleaning up their tank and redoing substrate and all you got to do is rinse down the plastic bag

4.if rats/mice poop or pee you dont have to worry about cleaning that up because itll be on the plastic bag versus in the tank
Yet feeding upside down from a computer desk does not really follow with some of those reasons.