Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
In the four and a half years I've been feeding about 40 ball pythons in their enclosures, I've never been mistaken for food. But then, I also don't smell like a rodent (another vital piece of the classical conditioning) when I go into their enclosures.
I was saying that that is why I DO feed them in the enclosures. By feeding it outside of the enclosure it will come to think that you picking it up means food is coming soon, thus it will be more likely to strike at you if you move it than if you don't. (Classical Conditioning)