A big THANK YOU for this thread. Just about EVERYTHING I've read on the Internet advises to feed in a separate container so the snake doesn't mistake your hand for food. I'm thinking that surely snakes are smarter than that!

We fed our new little snake in a paper grocery bag put inside its tank so that it still had its heating pad under it. It ate, but I didn't like moving it out of and then back into its tank, especially with a full belly. But hey, I don't know anything about snakes and so followed all that advice.

Amen for this thread. It confirmed my gut feeling.