Feed in cage or separate cage?

[Freaky_Ferret]

I've read that it's best to feed out of cage simply so your snake will never confuse you with food, I have never fed out of cage and so far my hand has not been confused with food nor have I ever been bitten in general. So personal preference I guess.

[Chris Fleming]

I feed all of my snakes in their tanks. Only exception has been fussy baby corns that went into a paper bag inside their tanks. Never had any aggression issues or impaction issues. If the animal is properly hydrated they shouldnt have any problems passing small pieces of substrate such as aspen shavings. They have been eating in the wild for hundreds of years and seem to be doing pretty good.

[nbelval]

I just got my first "real" bite and even that was pretty minor (baby corns don't count!)

I had cleaned my Normal BP's cage and noticed that she hadn't eaten one of the F/T, So I tossed the mouse in the garbage bag and finished cleaning. Then I went to my adult corn snakes cage, set the bag right outside his cage and like an idiot I reached in even though I knew he could smell the mouse and he was looking mighty interested in my hand. He tagged me and then quickly let go. I've owned reptiles for 10 years (snakes for 6), and this is my first bite, so I think feeding in cage is fine as long as you use your brain (obviously mine wasn't on). I have a friend that will only feed out of cage so I think it really depends on what your comfortable with and whether or not your snake will eat out of cage.